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Survival Chinese Courses
These courses are designed for students who have busy schedules and do not have time for a long term study plan. The course enables students to survive daily life in China by focusing first on the Chinese phonetic system called "Pinyin" and then on basic daily conversational situations such as living, working and traveling in China, the course enables you to easily  ‘’survive” in daily life. You can take a class level by level according to your specific situation and requirement with the purpose of improving your ability in Mandarin gradually. We offer part time (2-3 sessions/week) and intensive group classes (4-5 sessions/week), with 2.5 or 3 hours each session.
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Survival Mandarin Course
Starting with Pin Yin, these courses focus on listening and speaking abilities for daily life. Upon completion of the three beginner courses, students will be able to conduct simple daily conversations.
These courses focus on natural Mandarin  mainly involving expatriates' day-to-day life in China. Upon completion of the courses, students will be able to employ appropriate expressions within different contexts, and compose complex sentences and paragraphs expressing personal opinions fluently on selected topics.
These courses help students expand their vocabulary, reach native-speaker fluency and deepen their understanding of Chinese culture and society.
Beginner Courses

The beginner level includes three courses – beginner I, beginner II & beginner III. These courses are suitable for students who have had no previous mandarin instruction. Upon completion of the beginner courses, students should have a command of more than 1,000 basic words and 200 sentences. This will enable students to conduct and understand simple communication in daily life, such as, greeting, self introduction, shopping, taking taxi, making appointment, asking for help, ordering food, seeing doctors, booking tickets, communicating with housekeeper, etc.

Schedule for Group Class

Beginner 1

40 hours

Beginner 2

40 hours

Beginner 3

40 hours


Textbook
"My Chinese classroom"--- This series of texts are the first series of Chinese textbooks published by a training school, specifically designs for foreigners living and working in Shanghai. Due to their popularity, these texts are published nationally and internationally.
What are the features of our textbook?

* Interesting and practical topics that are related to daily life;
* CD of standard pronunciation attached, read by the TV anchors from the Shanghai Broadcast Station.
* Useful listening exercises
Latest Schedule for Group Class
Level Location Time Start Date End Date Tuition Fee Apply Now!
Beginner 1 Metro Plaza 9:30-11:30am,Mon-Fri Oct.13 Nov.7 3000
Beginner 1 Metro Plaza 9:30-11:30am,Mon-Fri Oct.27 Nov.21 3000
Beginner 1 Metro Plaza 2:00-4:00pm,Tue&Thur Oct.13 Dec.18 3000
Beginner 1 Metro Plaza 11:30am-1:30pm,Mon/Wed/Fri Oct.20 Dec.3 3000
Beginner 2 Metro Plaza 2:00-4:00pm,Tue&Thur Oct.13 Dec.18 3000
Beginner 2 Metro Plaza 2:00-4:00pm,Mon-Fri Oct.13 Nov.7 3000
Beginner 2 Metro Plaza 11:30am-1:30pm,Mon,Wed&Fri Oct.22 Dec.5 3000
Beginner 2 Metro Plaza 9:30-11:30am,Mon-Fri Oct.27 Nov.11 3000
Beginner 3 Metro Plaza 7:00-9:00pm,Mon,Wed&Fri Oct.13 Dec.18 3000
Beginner 3 Metro Plaza 9:30-11:30am,Mon-Fri Oct.13 Nov.17 3000
Beginner 3 Metro Plaza 11:30am-1:30pm,Tue&Thur Oct.22 Dec.5 3000
Beginner 3 Metro Plaza 9:30-11:30am,Mon-Fri Oct.27 Nov.21 3000
Beginner1 World Trade Center 7:00-9:00pm, Mon-Fri Oct.20 Nov.14 3000
Beginner1 World Trade Center 3:00-5:00pm,Mon-Fri Nov.3 Nov.28 3000
Beginner2 World Trade Center 9:30-11:30am,Mon-Fri Oct.20 Nov.14 3000
Beginner2 World Trade Center 7:00-9:00pm,Mon-Fri Nov.3 Nov.28 3000
Beginner3 World Trade Center 7:00-9:00pm,Mon-Fri Oct.20 Nov.14 3000
Beginner3 World Trade Center 1:00-3:00pm,Mon-Fri Nov.3 Nov.28 3000
Intermediate Courses

It needs 60 hours to complete, mainly for the people who have a foundation of Chinese. This course aims at strengthen the abilities of listening and speaking, total covers around 300 new words, 50 grammar points and sentence patterns. Contents emphasize particularly on daily conversation, including Introduce your experience, Make friends, Arrange travel, Discuss about the experience of the travel, Buy digital products, Communicate with the supervisor about the work and etc. Upon completion of this level, you can make progress not only on vocabulary extension, but also on your communication skills obviously.

Textbook
《My Chinese classroom》Intermediate (1)(2)(3)
Latest Schedule for Group Class
Level Location Time Start Date End Date Tuition Fee Apply Now!
Intermediate 1 Metro Plaza 4:10-6:10pm,Mon-Fri Oct.13 Nov.31 4800
Intermediate 1 Metro Plaza 7:00-9:00pm,Mon,Wed&Fri Oct.13 Dec.19 4800
Intermediate 1 Metro Plaza 4:10-6:10pm,Mon-Fri Oct.20 Dec.5 4800
Intermediate 1 World Trade Center 7:00-9:00pm,Mon-Fri Oct.20 Nov.28 4800
Intermediate 1 World Trade Center 7:00-9:00pm,Tue/Thur Oct.21 Jan.29 4800
Intermediate 1 Metro Plaza 5:00-7:00pm,Tue&Thur Oct.21 Feb.5 4800
Intermediate 1 World Trade Center 9:30-11:30am,Mon-Fri Nov.3 Dec.12 4800
Intermediate 1 World Trade Center 3:00-5:00pm,Tue/Thur Nov.4 Feb.12 4800
Intermediate 2 Metro Plaza 3:00-5:00pm,Mon,Wed&Fri Oct.13 Dec.19 4800
Intermediate 2 Metro Plaza 4:10-6:10pm,Mon-Fri Oct.13 Dec.19 4800
Intermediate 2 Metro Plaza 2:00-4:00pm,Mon-Fri Oct.20 Dec.5 4800
Intermediate 2 World Trade Center 7:00-9:00pm,Mon-Fri Oct.20 Nov.28 4800
Intermediate 2 World Trade Center 7:00-9:00pm,Mon/Wed/Fri Oct.20 Dec.26 4800
Intermediate 2 Metro Plaza 3:00-5:00pm,Tue&Thur Oct.21 Feb.5 4800
Intermediate 2 World Trade Center 3:00-5:00pm,Mon-Fri Nov.3 Dec.12 4800
Intermediate 2 World Trade Center 3:00-5:00pm,Mon/Wed/Fri Nov.3 Jan.9 4800
Advanced Courses

The advanced level includes two courses–Advanced I and Advanced II.

The course is suitable for students who have achieved intermediate level or possess a vocabulary of approximately 2,000 words. Courses focuses on communication skills through discussion of current issues in society, for example; the economy, culture, and other facets of China . The texts are mostly selected from magazine, newspaper and literature. There will be a unique topic in each lesson, such as, “Knowing Yourself”, “Leisure and Entertainment”, or “Human beings and the natural science”, etc. Upon completion of the course, students should have a command of about 1,500 new words, including slang, phrases, and especially, the way how local people speaking. In addition, students will acquire a better understanding of Chinese society and Culture and further perfect their language ability.

Schedule for Group Class

Advanced 1

60 hours

Advanced 2

60 hours

Textbook
Advanced Spoken Chinese I, II
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