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Courses

Our Textbook - "Chinese Made Easy" series published by Joint Publishing Company H.K

You may visit the textbook website for details.

  Chinese Made Easy 3rd Edition (Simplified) Textbook 1

 

Designated for students who are Chinese learners with zero or little background. The course includes introduction to Pinyin (system of Romanized spelling for Chinese), listening and speaking Mandarin Chinese, reading and writing simplified Chinese characters. By the end of the school year, students will be able to recognize over 250 simplified Chinese characters and develop basic communication skills in Chinese.

  Chinese Made Easy 3rd Edition (Simplified) Textbook 1

 

Designated for beginning Chinese learners with a basic background. Students will continue to study new characters using pinyin in their textbooks and are expected to be able to understand basic phrases. They will continue to develop their skills in speaking and build their vocabulary. By completing the second year, students will be able to recognize over 500 simplified Chinese characters and will have developed a foundation of communication skills in Chinese

  Chinese Made Easy 3rd Edition (Simplified) Textbook 2

 

This class is for Chinese learners who have basic listening, reading, speaking and writing skills. Our goal is to help the students not only learn more Chinese characters but also know more about Chinese culture and customs. We make an encouraging learning environment via games, crafts, conversations, storytelling etc. And at the end of school year, student will be able to recognize over 750 simplified Chinese characters and be able to carry out conversations in Chinese.

  Chinese Made Easy 3rd Edition (Simplified) Textbook 2

 

This class is for Chinese learners who have basic to intermediate listening, reading, speaking and writing skills. Students will continue to study new characters using pinyin in their textbooks, and are expected to be able to understand basic to intermediate phrases. They will continue to develop their skills in speaking and will learn and use new vocabulary .And at the end of school year, student will be able to recognize over 900 simplified Chinese characters and be able to hold longer conversations in Chinese.

 Chinese Made Easy 3rd Edition (Simplified) Textbook 3

 

This class is for Chinese learners who have intermediate level of listening, reading, speaking and writing skills. Our class is designed to help students continually develop the four languages skill simultaneously: listening, speaking, reading and writing. We will help students to establish a solid foundation of vocabulary, grammar, knowledge of Chinese and communication skills through natural and graduate integration of language, content and culture. At the end of the school year, students will be able to recognize over 1200 simplified Chinese characters and grasp skills to communicate in Chinese in authentic contexts and express their opinions appropriately, precisely, logically and coherently.

  Chinese Made Easy 3rd Edition (Simplified) Textbook 3

 

This class is for Chinese learners who have intermediate to advanced level of listening, reading, speaking and writing skills. Our class is designed to help students continually develop the four languages skill simultaneously: listening, speaking, reading and writing. We will help students to establish a solid foundation of vocabulary, grammar, knowledge of Chinese and communication skills through natural and graduate integration of language, content and culture.at the end of the school year, student will be able to recognize over 1450 simplified Chinese characters and grasp skills to communicate in Chinese in authentic contexts and express their opinions appropriately, precisely, logically and coherently

  Chinese Made Easy 3rd Edition (Simplified) Textbook 4

 

This class is for Chinese learners who have advanced level of listening, reading, speaking and writing skills. Our class is designed to help students continually develop the four languages skill simultaneously: listening, speaking, reading and writing. We will help students to establish a solid foundation of vocabulary, grammar, knowledge of Chinese and communication skills through natural and graduate integration of language, content and culture.at the end of the school year, student will be able to recognize over 1700 simplified Chinese characters and grasp skills to communicate in Chinese in authentic contexts and express their opinions appropriately, precisely, logically and coherently

  Chinese Made Easy 3rd Edition (Simplified) Textbook 4

 

This class is for Chinese learners who have advanced level of listening, reading, speaking and writing skills. Our class is designed to help students continually develop the four languages skill simultaneously: listening, speaking, reading and writing. We will help students to establish a solid foundation of vocabulary, grammar, knowledge of Chinese and communication skills through natural and graduate integration of language, content and culture.at the end of the school year, student will be able to recognize over 2000 simplified Chinese characters and grasp skills to communicate in Chinese in authentic contexts and express their opinions appropriately, precisely, logically and coherently

  STRIVE FOR A 5 AP: AP CHINESE PRACTICE TESTS

 

This course is intended for advanced PCA students with various opportunities to further improve their proficiency in listening, reading comprehension, and writing skills to be ready for the AP Chinese exam. The course provides expansion and refinement of proficiency in Chinese, increased understanding of Chinese grammatical structures, and development of a more sophisticated vocabulary. Upon completion of the course, all students who have attended classes consistently and completed all requirements successfully should improve the abilities to:

  • - comprehend and interpret spoken Chinese in a variety of social and cultural contexts that pertain to daily life;
  • -demonstrate some degree of spontaneous application of language;
  • -describe an event or activity in a cohesive and coherent manner with linguistic accuracy
  • -demonstrate cultural appropriateness through spoken and written discourse

Suitable for students without any Mandarin Chinese background. The course focuses on listening and speaking Mandarin Chinese and introduces Pinyin (system of Romanized spelling for Chinese) and basic conversational phrases. By the end of the school year, the students will be able to engage in simple conversations and use pinyin to self-learn new words.

This course helps players of all level improve their game of chess (Western). Beginning players are taught the rules of the game, basic checkmating patterns, and simple strategies. As players develop their skills, openings, tactics, and basic endgames are taught together. After about 30 minutes of instruction, students play against each other to practice what they have learned.

This course provides an introduction to Taijiquan (Tai Chi) using internationally recognized beginner forms with some light stretching and warm up exercises. Taijiquan is a martial arts discipline with health and fitness benefits suitable for any age group. Comfortable clothing that does not restrict movement is recommended.

French sculptor August Rodin Said: “The world is not lack of beauty, its lack of the eyes to find the beauty”. If we want to train our eyes to find the beauties, the art education is sure necessary.

The goal of the art class in Chinese school is to train the students to observe, create, and enjoy the beauty of the world. In each class we are going to create beautiful art works under the guidance of the teacher. Student is going to learn the knowledge of composition, color, form etc. The teacher is going to introduce some masterpiece of the famous artists according to the theme of each class, this will give students the opportunity to learn and get some ideas for their own art works.

Also in this semester, the art class is going to introduce some Chinese art. Students are going to learn how to draw by using the line and special stroke.

The art class is going to have an art exhibition at the end of semester.

Students who join the art class need to prepare their own art supplies, like pencils, colored pencils, eraser, watercolor, Pastel, sketchbook etc.