As the first step to learning Chinese, 300 hours is the required course. During this period, students use TLI materials to master Pinyin, 350 basic sentence patterns and 2500 commonly used vocabulary is introduced. Having finished this course, one can use Chinese to talk freely in your daily life and communicate with your Chinese colleagues and clients.
Introduction of TLI special materials
PIN YIN
22 hours, for beginners
Practical
Chinese I
70 hours, for the elementary students who have just finished 20 hours study of Pin Yin course
Practical
Chinese II
90 hours, for the students
who have studied about 100 hours, having mastered about
1000 vocabularies, but are not fluent in speaking
Intermediate Chinese
Dialogues I
80 hours, for the students
who have studied about 200 hours, having mastered 2000
vocabularies and basic Chinese grammar
Intermediate Chinese
DialoguesII
80 hours, for the students
who have mastered basic Chinese grammar, having good speaking
ability and hoping further study
New Chinese Reading
I
For Westerners who want
to read and write Chinese characters
New Chinese Reading II
For Westerners who want to read and write Chinese characters
New Chinese Reading III
For Westerners who want to read and write Chinese characters
Picture Story
Picture story, 60 hrs
This is a set textbook which has volume of drawing and volume of text. Your teacher will instruct you by having you looking at the drawing in the scene, say a story about the picture by speaking Chinese. This curriculum is very relaxing and interesting, more importantly, your spoken Chinese will be fluent.
Business Chinese Dialogue
80 hours, for the students who take up business-related careers and have studied more than 500 hours
