Intermediate Mandarin
Fees: £360 for 20 hours online or face to face
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Book 1: New Practical Chinese Reader 2/3/4/ 3rd Edition
Pace: 2 or 4 hours weekly
Class time: 4 hours a week, as shown below:
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19:00-21:00 Mondays & Wednesdays,
19:00-21:00 Tuesdays & Thursdays,
12:00-14:00 Tuesdays & Thursdays online classes
12:00-14:00 Mondays & Wednesdays online classes
2 hours weekly, as shown below:
12:00-14:00 Wednesdays online classes
14:00-16:00 Saturdays
14:00-16:00 Sundays
Minimum: 4 students
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Compiled under the sponsorship of the China National Office for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language (NOTCFL), and in consultation with the Chinese Proficiency Test (HSK) Guidelines, the New Practical Chinese Reader (NPCR) series is designed to help native English speakers easily learn Chinese.
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Based on the highly acclaimed and time-tested Practical Chinese Reader (PCR), it combines the grammatical strengths of the old Practical Chinese Reader with contemporary material and more emphasis on the learner’s ability to use Chinese in everyday conversation. The New Practical Chinese Reader consists of 70 lessons in six volumes, covering beginning to intermediate levels, for three years of instruction.
The series develops the learner’s ability to communicate in Chinese through the study of language structure, language function, and related cultural knowledge along with training in listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills.
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Book 2: Integrated Chinese 2/3/4 (4th Edition)
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Pace: 2 or 4 hours weekly
Class time: 4 hours a week, as shown below:
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19:00-21:00 Mondays & Wednesdays,
19:00-21:00 Tuesdays & Thursdays,
12:00-14:00 Tuesdays & Thursdays online classes
12:00-14:00 Mondays & Wednesdays online classes
2 hours weekly, as shown below:
12:00-14:00 Thursdays online classes
12:00-14:00 Saturdays
12:00-14:00 Sundays
Minimum: 4 students
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Integrated Chinese is an acclaimed Mandarin Chinese textbook series that teaches beginning language learners the skills they need to communicate effectively in Chinese. First published in 1997, it has become the most widely adopted Chinese language textbook series in North America and beyond. Now in its 4th Edition, the time-tested series has been carefully revised to meet the needs of today’s learners.
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Integrated Chinese is a four-volume series designed to cover two years of study at the college level. The series’ holistic pedagogical approach ensures that students with no prior knowledge of Chinese concurrently develop and strengthen their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Students who complete the series progress from novice-low to intermediate-high levels of proficiency, building a firm foundation for further study.
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One of the calling cards of Integrated Chinese is its cohesive system of print and digital resources: each volume includes a Textbook, Workbook, Character Workbook, and free audio downloads. The 3rd Edition DVDs can be used with the 4th Edition.
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Book 3: A trip to China: An Intermediate Reader of Modern Chinese - Revised Edition
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Pace: 2 or 4 hours weekly
Class time: 4 hours a week, as shown below:
19:00-21:00 Mondays & Wednesdays,
19:00-21:00 Tuesdays & Thursdays,
12:00-14:00 Tuesdays & Thursdays online classes
12:00-14:00 Mondays & Wednesdays online classes
2 hours weekly, as shown below:
12:00-14:00 Tuesdays online classes
9:00-11:00 Saturdays
9:00-11:00 Sundays
Minimum: 4 students
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A Trip to China is an intermediate Chinese language textbook designed for students who have studied one year of college Chinese. Offering a strong foundation in grammar and vocabulary, it is written from the perspective of a foreign exchange student who has just arrived in China for the first time. This thoroughly revised edition not only provides students essential lessons for advancing their Chinese language skills, but also introduces important aspects of contemporary
Chinese society and culture.
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Book 4: Beyond the Basics: Communicative Chinese for Intermediate and Advanced Chinese Learners
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Pace: 2 or 4 hours weekly
Class time: 4 hours a week, as shown below:
19:00-21:00 Mondays & Wednesdays,
19:00-21:00 Tuesdays & Thursdays,
12:00-14:00 Tuesdays & Thursdays online classes
12:00-14:00 Mondays & Wednesdays online classes
2 hours weekly, as shown below:
12:00-14:00 Tuesdays online classes
10:00-12:00 Saturdays
10:00-12:00 Sundays
Minimum: 4 students
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Beyond the Basics takes intermediate and advanced-level students of Chinese to new heights of interpersonal communication. The textbook with free audio downloads takes a communicative approach to contemporary and thought-provoking conversation topics such as childhood, vocation, crime, poverty, romance, politics, art, and the meaning of life. An emphasis on the spoken language encourages serious dialogue among students, while task-based activities require genuine, active communication and create a meaning-centred atmosphere.
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Each of 15 chapters comprises a model dialogue, discussion questions, an indexed list of new words, text pattern explanations, and supplementary vocabulary.
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