Chinese courses offered by institutions aim to help non-Chinese speaking students use Chinese language and understand Chinese culture. There are also Chinese business courses to help students acquire the necessary skills for doing business in China.

 

Chinese Courses For Beginners

 

Practical Chinese courses are for non-Chinese students wanting to learn beginner Chinese for daily usage. Practical Chinese Courses are designed for adult students, from zero level to mastery level. Most practical Chinese courses offer flexible modules including conversation, culture, grammar, pinyin and characters.

Beginners will learn Pinyin system and most often used conversational phrases, characters and expressions. The focus is on practical conversation, oral expression and essential Chinese. By the end of beginner Course, students should be able to converse Chinese confidently and fluently

 

Higher Level Chinese Courses

 

High level Chinese courses help student understand deeper meaning of Chinese characters, in relation to Chinese culture. There is also coverage of Chinese grammar points, Chinese literature, Chinese words and word explanations. There are taught by synonymy contrast, illustrations and advanced grammar points. By the end of these Chinese courses, Students is expected to be able to express and write Chinese colorfully and exactly.

 

Business Chinese Courses

 

Business Chinese courses are designed for those who need to communicate in Chinese on business dealings. Business Chinese courses covers wide range of learners: those who need to do business with Chinese, those who are doing business in China, those who plan to work in China, those who work in a Chinese speaking environment, those who work in Chinese corporations and even those who are dealing with Chinese officials.

Business Chinese courses are therefore different from practical Chinese courses in that it has strong focus of Chinese culture and business culture. They need to cover sufficiently on Chinese business environment, business vocabulary and business conversation. For example: customs inspection in the airport, useful office conversation, business lunch and real business case studies. Some business Chinese courses even include complex business topics and deeper China business culture with introduction of business skills in China and teach students the survival techniques on doing business in China.