Mandarin Chinese Course Descriptions for Youth and Children

Mandarin Chinese Course Descriptions for Youth and Children

Course Description: 

This course is for kids who desire to know how Chinese looks and sounds like in terms of its major difference from their own mother-tongue. Through online card games, nursery rhymes singing, color identification, video watching and many more children-centered, age-appropriate activities, kids will learn mainly about Chinese pronunciation. They will also learn about the basic character strokes, and how they work in writing Chinese characters. The very basic knowledge and experience obtained from this short course will arouse the kids’ interest in continuing to learn Mandarin Chinese systematically. 

 

Course Objectives:

By the end of the course, kids will be able to:

  • Learn Pinyin – a phonetic system of Mandarin Chinese
  • Know the basic strokes and their writing order
  • Count Chinese numbers from 1-100
  • Speak a few common greetings 
  • Introduce themselves such as names and siblings

Pre-requisite: No prior knowledge of Chinese for this course is required.

 

Course Materials

Chinese Made Easy for Kids 2nd Ed (Simplified) Textbook 1

Yamin Ma (马亚敏), Joint Publishing (H.K.), 2014

ISBN: 9789620435904

Other printouts

Course Description: 

This course is for kids who have successfully finished the course Chinese for Kids Beginner 1 Part 1 or have the equivalent ability. In this course, while kids will continue to build up their vocabulary and characters, they start to learn basic grammar such as the word order and parts of speech. In the process of reviewing what they learned previously and learning new characters and vocabulary, kids will learn more radicals and their example words and phrases. Through storytelling, singing, reciting and many more fun games, kids will practice and consolidate what they learn in all four aspects of the Chinese language: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. 

 

Course Objectives:

By the end of the course, kids will be able to:

Recognize about 80 new characters
Master about 8 new Chinese radicals
Be able to introduce own names and family members
Be able to write Chinese numerals   

 

Pre-requisite: Beginner Chinese for Kids Beginner 1 Part 1 or equivalent.

Tuition fee: QAR 

Discounted rate: see discount policy

 

Course duration: 19 January –27 April 2021 (15 Weeks), 30 hours

 

Schedule:

Chinese for Kids Beginner 1 Part 2: 

Session 1: Mixed Ages

Time: Tuesday, 4:00 PM –6:00 PM

 

Course Materials: 

Chinese (Second Edition) Book 1, by College of Chinese Language and Culture, Jinan University, Jinan University Press, 2006. 

Other printouts

Course Description: 

This course is for kids who have successfully finished the course Chinese for Kids Beginner 1 Part 2 or have the equivalent ability. In this course, while kids continue to improve their pronunciation and recognize basic Chinese characters, they will start learning the basic grammar such as the word order and parts of speech. In the process of reviewing what they learned previously and learning new characters and vocabulary, kids will learn a few more radicals and their example words and phrases. Through storytelling, singing, reciting and fun games, kids will practice with listening and simple speaking, such as self-introduction and simple family matters.

 

Course Objectives:

By the end of the course, kids will be able to:

Recognize about 80 new characters
Master about 8 new Chinese radicals
Make simple conversations at ease
Be able to write simple sentences 

 

Pre-requisite: Beginner Chinese for Kids 1 Part 2 or equivalent.

Tuition fee: QAR 

Discounted rate: see discount policy

 

Course duration: 19 January –27 April 2021 (15 Weeks), 30 hours

 

Schedule:

Chinese for Kids 2 Part 1: 

Session 1: Mixed Ages 

Time: Tuesday, 4:00 PM –6:00 PM

 

Course Materials: 

Chinese (Second Edition) Book 2, by College of Chinese Language and Culture, Jinan University, Jinan University Press, 2006. 

Other printouts

Course Description: 

This course is for kids who have successfully finished the course Chinese for Kids Beginner 2 Part 1 or have the equivalent ability. In this course, while kids will continue to build up their knowledge of vocabulary and characters, they learn a few basic radicals of characters, as well as grammatical points such as sentence structures and patterns. In the course of practicing what they learned previously and learning new characters and vocabulary, kids will practice more with talking and listening. Through storytelling, singing, reciting and many more fun games, kids will practice and consolidate their skills in speaking and understanding Chinese. 

 

Course Objectives:

By the end of the course, kids will be able to:

Recognize about 80 new characters
Master about 8 new Chinese radicals
Be able to read simple text without help
Be able to write simple sentences about daily life

 

Pre-requisite: Beginner Chinese for Kids 2.1 or equivalent.

Tuition fee: QAR 

Discounted rate: see discount policy

 

Course duration: 19 January –27 April 2021 (15 Weeks), 30 hours

 

Schedule:

Chinese for Kids 2 Part 2: 

Session 1: Mixed Ages 

Time: Tuesday, 4:00 PM –6:00 PM

 

Course Materials: 

Chinese (Second Edition) Book 2, by College of Chinese Language and Culture, Jinan University, Jinan University Press, 2006. 

Other printouts

 

This course is for kids who have successfully finished the course Chinese for Kids Beginner 2 Part 2 or have the equivalent ability. In this course, while kids improve their reading level with recognizing more Chinese characters, they will continue learning the basic grammar such as the word order and parts of speech. In the process of reviewing and learning new characters and vocabularies, kids will learn to read them in classical poems and stories. Through storytelling, singing, reciting and fun games, kids will practice with structural speaking and simple storytelling. What’s more, students will be encouraged to write short paragraphs.

Course Objectives:
By the end of the course, kids will be able to:
1.    Recognize about 120 new characters and be able to write 60 of them
2.    Master about 15 new Chinese radicals
3.    Make simple conversations at ease
4.    Be able to write simple sentences 
5.    Be able to write short paragraphs to describe pictures.

Pre-requisite: Chinese for Kids Beginner 2 Part 2 or equivalent.

Course Materials: 
Yuwen (部编版《语文》一年级下册), Vol. 2 for Grade 1, Ministry of Education Group, People’s Education Press, 2017 (ISBN 978-7-107-31520-6)

Other printouts
 

Course Description: 

This course is for kids who have successfully finished the course Chinese for Kids Beginner 2Part 3 or have the equivalent ability.

In this course, while kids improve their reading level with recognizing more Chinese characters, they will continue learning the basic grammar such as the word order and parts of speech. In the process of reviewing and learning new characters and vocabularies, kids will learn to make sentence with them. Through storytelling, singing, reciting and fun games, kids will practice with structural speaking and simple storytelling. What’s more, students will be encouraged to retell stories and write short paragraphs on selected topics.

 

Course Objectives:

By the end of the course, kids will be able to:

1. Recognize about 250 new characters and be able to write 60 of them

2. Master about 15 new Chinese radicals

3. Make simple conversations at ease

4. Be able to retell stories

5. Be able to write short paragraphs to describes pictures.

 

Pre-requisite: Beginner Chinese for Kids 2 Part 3 or equivalent.

 

Course Materials: 

Yuwen (部编版《语文》一年级下册), Vol. 2 for Grade 1, Ministry of Education Group, People’s Education Press, 2017 (ISBN 978-7-107-31520-6)

Other printouts

 

 

Course Description 

This course is for kids who have almost finished their beginner level courses or have the equivalent ability. In this course, kids will continue to enlarge their recognition of Chinese characters and vocabulary. In the process of reviewing and learning new characters, kids will continue to learn sophisticated Chinese radicals, in order to consolidate their knowledge of grammatical structure and poly-semantic meaning of Chinese characters. Through comprehensive narrative reading, card game, riddle making, mini speech, and many other activities, kids will consolidate their skills in listening, speaking, and comprehension. 

 

Course Objectives:

By the end of the course, kids will be able to:

Recognize about 100 new characters
Master about 10 Chinese radicals
Begin to write simple composition on various topics
Be able to read children books in Chinese easily

 

Pre-requisite: Beginner Chinese for Kids 3.1 or equivalent.

Tuition fee: QAR

Discounted rate: see discount policy

 

Course duration: 16 January –24 April 2021 (15 Weeks), 30 hours

 

Schedule:

Chinese for Kids 3 Part 2: 

Session 1: Mixed Ages 

Time: Saturday, 12:50 PM –2:50 PM

 

Course Materials: 

Chinese (Second Edition) Book 3, by College of Chinese Language and Culture, Jinan University, Jinan University Press, 2006. 

Other printouts

 

Course Description: 

This course is for kids who have successfully finished the previous level course Pre-Intermediate 2 Part 1 or have the equivalent ability. In this course, kids will continue to learn more Chinese characters and their related vocabulary. In the process of reviewing and learning new characters, kids will also learn useful radicals, in order to understand more about the etymological side of the basic Chinese characters. Through comprehensive narrative reading, card game, riddle making, mini speech, and many other fun games, kids will consolidate their language skills in listening, speaking and reading. 

 

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, kids will be able to:

Recognize about 100 new characters
Master about 10 Chinese radicals
Begin to write simple composition on various topics
Be able to read children books in Chinese easily

 

Pre-requisite: Pre Intermediate 1 Part 1 or equivalent.

Tuition fee: QAR 

Discounted rate: See discount policy

 

Course duration: 16 January –24 April 2021 (15 Weeks), 30 hours

 

Schedule:

Chinese for Kids Pre-Intermediate 2 Part 2: 

Session 1: Mixed Ages 

Time: Saturday, 12:50 PM –2:50 PM

 

Course Materials:

Chinese (Second Edition) Book 3, by College of Chinese Language and Culture, Jinan University, Jinan University Press, 2006. 

Other printouts

Course Description: 

This course is for students who have successfully finished the Intermedate1.2 level course or have the equivalent ability. In this course, students will continue to learn more characters, vocabulary, and grammar points. Students will be able to read short articles with the minimum help of Pinyin. Through comprehensive narrative reading, card game, story-telling, mini speech, and many other fun games, students will consolidate their skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing Chinese. 

 

Course Objectives:

By the end of the course, kids will be able to:

Recognize about 150 new characters
Master about 10 new Chinese radicals
Begin to write simple composition on various topics
Be able to read children books in Chinese easily

 

Pre-requisite: Chinese for Kids Intermediate 1 Part 2 or equivalent.

Tuition fee: QAR 

Discounted rate: see discount policy

 

Course duration: 16 January –24 April 2021 (15 Weeks), 30 hours

 

Schedule:

Chinese for Kids Intermediate 2 Part 1: 

Session 1: Mixed Ages 

Time: Saturday, 10:40 AM –12:40 PM

 

Course Materials

Chinese (Second Edition) Book 5, by College of Chinese Language and Culture, Jinan University, Jinan University Press, 2006. 

Other printouts

 

Course Description:

This course is for students who have successfully finished the Intermediate 2.1 level course or have the equivalent ability. In this course, students will continue to learn more characters, vocabulary, and grammar points. Students will be able to read short articles with the minimum help of Pinyin. Through comprehensive narrative reading, card game, story-telling, mini speech, and many other fun games, students will consolidate their skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing Chinese. 

 

Course Objectives:

By the end of the course, kids will be able to:

Recognize about 150 new characters
Begin to write simple composition on various topics
Begin to write summary of the text.
Be able to read children books in Chinese easily.

 

Pre-requisite: Chinese for Kids Intermediate 2 Part 1 or equivalent.

Tuition fee: QAR 

Discounted rate: see discount policy

 

Course duration: 16 January –24 April 2021 (15 Weeks), 30 hours

 

Schedule:

Chinese for Kids Intermediate 2 Part 1: 

Session 1: Mixed Ages 

Time: Saturday, 12:50 PM –2:50 PM

 

Course Materials:

Chinese (Second Edition) Book 6, by College of Chinese Language and Culture, Jinan University, Jinan University Press, 2006. 

Other printouts

Course Description:

This course is for teenagers who have successfully finished the previous post-intermediate level courses, specifically Post-Intermediate 2.1, or have the equivalent ability. In this course, students will continue to read original texts such as news reports, essays, novels and poems written by famous Chinese writers and poets of ancient and modern times. The focus of learning is on rhetorical devices in literature to enrich students’ vocabulary and creative writing. Through comprehensive reading, intensive practice in class and at home through homework, and oral and writing presentation in class, students will further develop and facilitate their language proficiency in the Chinese language. 

 

Course Objectives:

 

By the end of the course, kids will be able to:

Understand around 250 new and difficult characters
Know more about rhetorical devices in the Chinese writing
Continue to write creative composition on different topics
Be able to read authentic articles in Chinese more comfortably

 

Pre-requisite: Post-Intermediate Chinese for Kids/Teenagers 2 Part 1 or equivalent.

Tuition fee: QAR

Discounted rate: See discount policy

 

Course duration: 16 January –24 April 2021 (15 Weeks), 30 hours

 

Schedule:

Chinese for Kids Post-Intermediate 2 Part 2: 

Session 1: Mixed Ages 

Time: Saturday, 10:40 AM - 12:40 PM

 

Course Materials:

Yuwen (部编版《语文》八年级上册), Vol. 1 for Grade 8, Ministry of Education Group, People’s Education Press, 2017 (ISBN 9787107319310)

Other printouts

Course Description 

This course is for students who have successfully finished the Intermediate 2.2 level course or have the equivalent ability. In this course, the students will have a thorough review of Book 1-5. They will go over the characters, vocabulary, and sentence structures they have learned, and integrate listening, speaking, reading and writing skills through different games and practices.  

 

Course Objectives:

By the end of the course, kids will be able to:

  • Recognize about 800 characters 
  • Begin to write simple composition on various topics
  • Be able to read children’s books in Chinese

 

Pre-requisite:    Chinese for Kids Intermediate 2 Part 2 or equivalent.

 

Course Materials

Chinese (Second Edition) Book 1-5, by College of Chinese Language and Culture, Jinan University, Jinan University Press, 2006. 

Other printouts

Course Description:

This course is for teenagers who have successfully finished the previous post-intermediate level courses, specifically Post-Intermediate 2.1, or have the equivalent ability. In this course, students will continue to read original texts such as news reports, essays, novels and poems written by famous Chinese writers and poets of ancient and modern times. The focus of learning is on rhetorical devices in literature to enrich students’ vocabulary and creative writing. Through comprehensive reading, intensive practice in class and at home through homework, and oral and writing presentation in class, students will further develop and facilitate their language proficiency in the Chinese language. 

 

Course Objectives:

By the end of the course, kids will be able to:

  • Understand around 200 new and difficult characters
  • Know more about rhetorical devices in the Chinese writing
  • Continue to write creative composition on different topics
  • Be able to read authentic articles in Chinese more comfortably

 

Pre-requisite: Post-Intermediate Chinese for Kids/Teenagers 2 Part 2 or equivalent.

 

 

Course Materials:

Yuwen (部编版《语文》八年级上册), Vol. 1 for Grade 8, Ministry of Education Group, People’s Education Press, 2017 (ISBN 9787107319310)

Other printouts

This course is for teenagers who have successfully finished the previous post-intermediate level courses, specifically Post-Intermediate 3.1, or have the equivalent ability. In this course, students will continue to read original texts such as news reports, essays, novels and poems written by famous Chinese writers and poets of ancient and modern times. Translations of well-known foreign literary and scientific essays will also be learned to show different ways of thinking and writing styles. The focus of learning is on rhetorical devices in literature to enrich students’ vocabulary and creative writing. Through comprehensive reading, intensive practice in class and at home through homework, and oral and writing presentation in class, students will further develop and facilitate their language proficiency in the Chinese language. 

 

Course Objectives:

By the end of the course, kids will be able to:

Understand around 200 new and difficult characters and words
Know more about rhetorical devices in writing
B capable of creative writing on various topics
Be able to read authentic articles in Chinese more comfortably

Course Materials:

Yuwen (部编版《语文》八年级下册), Vol. 2 for Grade 8, Ministry of Education Group, People’s Education Press, 2017 (ISBN 978-7-107-31361-4)

Other printouts

 

Course Description:
This course is for teenagers who have successfully finished the previous post-intermediate level courses, specifically Post-Intermediate 3.1, or have the equivalent ability. In this course, students will continue to read original texts such as news reports, essays, novels and poems written by famous Chinese writers and poets of ancient and modern times. Translations of well-known foreign literary and scientific essays will also be learned to show different ways of thinking and writing styles. The focus of learning is on rhetorical devices in literature to enrich students’ vocabulary and creative writing. Through comprehensive reading, intensive practice in class and at home through homework, and oral and writing presentation in class, students will further develop and facilitate their language proficiency in the Chinese language. 

Course Objectives:
By the end of the course, kids will be able to:
Understand around 100 new and difficult characters and words
Know more about rhetorical devices in writing
B capable of creative writing on various topics
Be able to read authentic articles in Chinese more comfortably

Pre-requisite: Post-Intermediate Chinese 3 Part 3 or equivalent.
Course Materials:
Yuwen (部编版《语文》九年级上册), Vol. 1 for Grade 9, Ministry of Education Group, People’s Education Press, 2017 (ISBN 978-7107328053)
Other printouts
 

This course is for kids who have successfully finished the Intermediate 3.2 level course or have the equivalent ability. While many of the linguistic tasks students will learn to handle are similar to those of Level 3.2, the level of language required to carry out these tasks is more advanced. In this course, students will be required to comprehend and produce paragraph-level Chinese. Rigorous practice of spoken and written Chinese in complex communicative activities will be complemented by intensive drills to fine-tune pronunciation, expand vocabulary, and internalize more complex grammatical constructions. 

Course Objectives:


By the end of the course, kids will be able to:
1.    Recognize about 100 new characters and 140 new words
2.    Begin to write simple composition on various topics
3.    Be able to read children books in Chinese easily

 

Course Materials:
Chinese (Second Edition) Book 6, by College of Chinese Language and Culture, Jinan University, Jinan University Press, 2006. 

Other printouts
 

This course is for teenagers who have successfully finished the previous post-intermediate level courses, specifically Advanced Chinese 1 Part 1, or have the equivalent proficiency. In this course, students will continue to read original texts such as news reports, essays, novels and poems written by famous Chinese writers and poets of ancient and modern times. The focus of learning is on rhetorical devices in literature to enrich students’ vocabulary and creative writing. Through comprehensive reading, intensive practice in class and at home through homework, and oral and writing presentation in class, students will further develop and facilitate their language proficiency in the Chinese language. 

Course Objectives:


By the end of the course, kids will be able to:
1.    Understand around 200 new and difficult characters
2.    Know more about rhetorical devices in the Chinese writing
3.    Continue to write creative composition on different topics
4.    Be able to read authentic articles in Chinese more comfortably

Pre-requisite: Advanced 1 Part 1 or equivalent.

Course Materials:
Yuwen (部编人教版《语文》九年级上册), Vol. 1 for Grade 9, Ministry of Education Group, People’s Education Press, 2015 (ISBN 9787107307263) 

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