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Classic Chinese
We recommend our Classic Chinese study plan which includes conversational
Chinese, Chinese characters and Chinese etiquette. There are three entry levels
for Classic Chinese lessons as follows;
Classic beginners Chinese lessons
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Classic advanced Chinese lessons |
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Objective Students will be able to conduct daily conversations with native speakers and also
have a command of approximately 1,000 words, 200 pattern sentences and 3,000 commonly
used sentences in everyday life.
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Objective:
Students will be able to conduct daily conversations with native speakers and also
have a command of approximately 1,000 words, 200 pattern sentences and 3,000 commonly
used sentences in everyday life. |
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Objective:
Advanced Chinese is geared towards a specialised subject domain and as such is generally
tailored to the individual goals of the student. Students can also provide a selection
of advanced subjects to study if required. |
Course text
Chinese in steps I, including topics;
- Hello
- My name is Wang Jing
- Mr. Wang is British
- What is the date today?
- He writes Chinese characters every evening
- I can speak a little Chinese
- Do you have Beijing roast duck
- There are four people in my family
- Beijing is hotter than London in summer
- How do you get to the shops
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Course text: Chinese in steps II, including topics;
- Where is the British library?
- How much is a bottle of mineral water?
- When does the canteen open?
- How long it will take to walk to the hospital?
- The pound sterling has gone up
- I came by bus
- You speak Chinese very fluently
- What are you doing?
- The computer I have just brought is cheap and good
- Have you been to the great wall?
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Example subject texts:
- Urban Chinese
- A Course in Chinese Colloquial Idioms
- A selection of Chinese Fables
- Story from Chinese Idioms
- Chinese Idiomatic Phrases for Foreign Students
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Prerequisites: None
Recommended hours: 48+ |
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Prerequisites:
Students will be expected to be able to converse in daily conversations with native speakers and also
have a command of approximately 1,000 words, 200 pattern sentences and 3,000 commonly
used sentences in everyday life.
Recommended hours: 96+ |
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Prerequisites:
Dependant on chosen subjects
Recommended hours: 192+ |
Course texts
Spoken Chinese: Colloquial Chinese I, The complete course for beginners
Spoken Chinese with characters I, II, The complete course for beginners
- Beginners Part I; Covering Chinese language and culture, and topics including:
- Meeting someone for the first time
- Name, nationality and age
- At a company party
- Asking the time
- Family and friends
- Beginners Part II; including the topics;
- The date and the weather
- Shopping
- At the restaurant
- Asking for directions
- Buying bus and train tickets
- At the hotel
- Making telephone calls
- Socialising
- Letter from abroad
- Beginner to Intermediate Part III; including the topics;
- The Chinese language and China
- Travelling in China
- Health
- Get-together and food
- Celebrate Chinese New Year
- Interest and hobbies
- Education
- Work
- Transport and environment
- Computers and internet
- Marriage and children
- Reform and change
The benefits
- Tailored to individual and group goals
- Flexible time and location
- Excellent value for money
- Supported study through Chinese-Zone monthly events (coming soon....)
- Personal study progress - We want you to reach your goals and can provide regular informal tests
Pick'n'mix modules
With our pick’n’mix system, you choose exactly what you want to study
from a variety of optional modules to compliment your Chinese study.
- Conversational Chinese; Pinyin, vocabulary, phrase, grammar, context, tense
- Chinese characters; Stroke, radical
- Chinese etiquette; Chinese culture, Chinese idiom, Chinese history
Take our online Chinese test to find your level
Not sure which level you are at? Take our online test now for an indicator
of your current level in the relevant language
- Conversational only test (coming soon...)
- Chinese character reading and writing test (coming soon...)
The ‘Chinese character reading and writing’ test requires
your being able to type Chinese on your computer. If you are unable to
use Chinese characters, make an appointment with us and we will be more
than happy to test you on one of our computers.
Study material
Chinese-Zone supplies textbooks which can be purchased either from us
directly by calling the number in the contacts page, or from our online
bookstore.
For private one-to-one lessons we recommend the following materials:
Title – Author – Our price – Buy online now!
Proficiency Title Author Description Our price
Become Chinese-Zone certified
Chinese-Zone provides a ‘Chinese-Zone Chinese Certified’
certificate indicating your proficiency in Chinese. Once the relevant
proficiency level has been achieved, we encourage our students to sit
the HSK exam endorsed by China. To find out more about HSK, please see
our HSK lessons page.
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