Quick Start Mandarin Course

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Quick Start Mandarin Course

$8,000.00

Total Hours: 20
Duration of Lesson: 1-2 hour(s)
Suggested Frequency: Once a week

Product Description

The Quick Start Mandarin course is a 20 hours short course for Mandarin beginner. The aim of the course is to help you teach yourself a tongue which will let you communicate in real life, whether your purpose is to do business, to travel, or just to study out of interest. The language we use here is as “everyday” as we can make it, and we have tried to present it in scenes which are common and natural in China today.

Total Hours: 20
Duration of Lesson: 1-2 hour(s)
Suggested Frequency: Once a week

Learning Objectives:
Students will be able to

  • 1. Using pinyin to learn Mandarin on their own
  • 2. Utter some essential phrases in daily conversations

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Topics:

  • Some Key Phrases
  • Introductions
  • Numbers
  • Making Requests
  • Locations
  • Directions
  • Times
  • Describing things
  • Like and dislike
  • Actions
  • Airport and immigration
  • Meeting new friends
  • International call
  • Address
  • Ask for the way
  • Buying tickets

Textbook:

  • TUNG, P.C. and BAKER, H.D.R.(2010) Speak Chinese with Millions. New York, The Commercial Press
  • LIU, H.M. (2006). Chinese Express. 漢語快車Beijing, Beijing Language and Culture University Press