Chinese Language Course

Mandarin and Cantonese as a foreign / second Language at home through

These private courses allow you to choose either a General Mandarin or Cantonese course and then fix a schedule to suit your need ....
Adult students (over the age of 17) whose native language is not Mandarin Chinese and who do not speak or read Mandarin Chinese.

Duration
Spoken Chinese 1: 5 weeks.
Spoken Chinese 2: 5 weeks.

Course structure and goals
The course focuses on speaking in Cantonese through Mandarin Chinese. Students learn basic sentence structures and grammatical rules, and acquire a vocabulary of 400 words used in basic conversation. Course texts are written in Pinyin, the widely-used transliteration system for Chinese characters. This allows students to focus on improving their communication skills, both speaking and comprehension. The class meets once a week and students are required to complete the homework assignments sent by the teacher after each lesson.

At the end of the course the student will
Have acquired a vocabulary of 400 basic words that will enable them to conduct basic conversations on a variety of topics, including greetings, shopping, orientation, transportation and more. Know all Chinese tones, which are vital to pronunciation. Be able to construct simple sentences in Chinese using basic grammatical structures. Be familiar with the Pinyin transliteration system used to transliterate Chinese.