Study Guidance –Online Mandarin Chinese Course

This course is designed for learners who have no previous knowledge of Chinese language, and is divided into 5 units. Pronunciation, some basic grammar points, useful phrases and a few Chinese characters are introduced. Upon finishing this course, learners will have a general idea of the Chinese language, and will have learned to introduce themselves and to use a few common daily phrases.
At least 2 hours should be spent on each unit.

Credit Reference for schools: 2

There are 54 lessons based on everyday life and work topics, graded in 6 levels:

Level 1-2: Daily Connection;
Level 3-4: Daily Competence;
Level 5-6: Daily Comfort.

About 1500 vocabulary and most of the basic language structures in daily use are taught in the complete course. Upon successful completion of Daily Chinese you should be able to communicate confidently and comfortably in all everyday life and work situations.

For people who study by themselves online, an average 5 hours are needed for each lesson; For those who also study with a teacher, the time spent on each lesson can be adjusted between time with the teacher and time online by oneself. For instance: 4 hours teacher-1.5 hour online; 2 hours teacher- 3 hours online; 1 hour teacher- 4 hours online, etc.

Credit Reference for schools: 18

About 2000 new vocabulary items and structures for higher levels of Chinese are taught. The focus is still mainly on listening and speaking practice, but there is also a lot of practice of reading and writing content. The aim is to enable students to describe situations accurately by using precisely appropriate language. Upon successful completion of Elite Chinese you should be able to understand TV news and dramas, and to get the gist of newspaper and magazine articles if you also choose the option of learning Chinese characters

For people who study by themselves online, an average 6 hours are needed for each lesson

Credit Reference for schools: 30

There are 100 essential colloquial phrases and sentences in dialogues, divided into six topics, such as:
- planning a tour,
- booking tickets and rooms,
- hiring a car and finding a guide,
- sickness and accidents,
- praising the scenery,
- complaining about service, etc.

The 100 phrases are suitable for learners who have already studied at least 100 hours of Chinese, and need to quickly learn more travel-related expressions. They are written in Chinese characters as well as in Pinyin, and have English translations and audio recordings for learners to practice listening and speaking.

Credit Reference for schools: 3

There are 60 useful phrases and sentences about bidding to host the Olympic games, watching sports events, competition and competitors, the language of commentaries, and other relevant topics.

The phrases are written both in Pinyin and Chinese characters, and all have English translations and audio recordings for learners to practice listening and speaking.

To study these 60 sports-related phrases by yourself, your level of Chinese should be equivalent to Level Six of Daily Chinese at Chinese Horizon.

Credit Reference for schools: 3

This course applies a systematic approach to teaching written Chinese language, namely from word to phrase, and from phrase to sentence.

About 200 basic characters are taught over 50 days, providing an excellent introduction for people wishing to learn to read and/or write Chinese. In 50 days students not only learn the basic strokes from which the characters are formed and the order in which to write them, but also improve their ability to use them in complete phrases. This will greatly help students in their future study of the characters, and will also help to develop their reading ability. (Located in the Resource Center)

Credit Reference for schools: 3

Chinese Horizon has made a breakthrough in the creation of the Chinese character writing system in three dimensions - the design of the character writing technically, the integration of the lesson vocabulary into the writing system, and words are displayed and pronounced in phrases, unlike a lot of character writing software in which phrases are pronounced in single and un-natural sounds.

The animated characters are based on the vocabulary of the 108 CH lessons, so that in this course you will learn to write about 4000 Chinese characters naturally and smoothly, and systematically learn to write the characters you have learned to say during the course. This will build on the speaking skills you have developed in the course and will enhance your mastery of the language. (Located in the Resource Center)

Credit Reference for schools: 36