Learn Chinese: Language Programs at BLCU

An Undisputed World Leader in Chinese Language Education

Since its founding in 1962, BLCU has trained some 160,000 foreign students from more than 180 countries and regions who are proficient in the Chinese language and familiar with the Chinese culture. BLCU has always been a leading liberal arts university in China with 12,000 students from all over the world in undergraduate, graduate and language training programs.

Mini United Nations
BLCU brings ideas and brilliant minds together, inspiring global communications and exchanges with real impact today and in the future. More than 12,000 international students every year has already granted the university a nick name “Little United Nations”.

Cradle of Sinologists and Cultural Ambassadors 
BLCU has become the academic base for the study of languages and culture and the cradle for diplomats. BLCU graduates spread all over the world, among whom are government ministers, parliament speakers and other governmental officials. Some of those graduates became senior diplomatists such as ambassadors, ministers and counselors in China. More of them have become envoys to spread friendship and civilization. They are all playing important roles in promoting mutual understanding between China and the world. 

A Full Range of Chinese Language Courses with Constant Innovation in Curriculum

♦  6 levels of courses from the very beginner’s to advanced; 
♦  Tailor-made courses and text materials based on the results of placement test; 
♦  More than 20 elective courses, including HSK Test Preparation, Business Chinese, Chinese Culture taught in English, Chinese Music, Chinese Calligraphy, Chinese Painting, Taichi, etc.; 
♦  Diversified programs: regular and intensive Chinese Courses, In-service Training Program for Teachers of Chinese Language, Business Chinese for in-service company staff, “Beijing Study Tour” Summer Camp, Parent-Child Summer Camp, and customized curriculum for group applicants;
♦  Extracurricular activities – cultural tour in Beijing and other cities, enjoying sports, theatre, the performance arts, and social soirees ;
♦  School certificate and transcripts will be awarded; credits can be transferred; 
♦  Partnership with more than 280 overseas universities and educational institutions — BLCU organizes various Study Abroad programs during summer and winter vocation. These programs provide all the students with an opportunity to study in famous universities and colleges in other countries and experience their diversified cultures.

Most Recognized Teaching Quality

As the largest and a globally recognized Chinese language training center,　 BLCU is    committed to    
excellence which reflects a rich diversity of perspectives and a strong sense of social  responsibility that
sets us apart. We accommodates every year over 7,000 Chinese language learners for long or short term 
training. This training empowers learners to thrive in the worldand achieve their life goals through a rigorous 
academic foundation balanced by real-world experiential education. 

Strong and Committed Faculty
♦  Of the 300 full-time Chinese language faculty and 200 training teachers, 40 percent are with senior titles, 50 percent holding PhD degree, and 80 percent having taught Chinese abroad. 

♦  BLCU is always well-known for its remarkable achievements in teaching and academic research. Quite a few teaching teams have won awards at both national and municipal levels.

Course Characteristics:

◆“Chinese + vocational skills” (Cooperate with vocational colleges and enterprises)

◆ Application of Chinese intensive training education (Four weeks to one year short-term application of intensive training Chinese)

Teaching Philosophy:

The integration of language and national culture learning; Integration of language learning and professional learning; Integration of language learning and vocational skill training; Integration of knowledge learning and practical experience; The integration of traditional teaching pattern and intelligent teaching; Off-line teaching is integrated with on-line teaching.

Multi-activity:

In order to assist international students in learning Chinese, understand China’s actual conditions and culture, and get close contact with Chinese society, the College organizes international students to implement language practice activities and colorful cultural experience activities such as exchange with Chinese students, visiting places of interest and historical sites, visiting factories and enterprises, etc.

Practical Chinese quickly succeed course schedule (For reference):

*“Chinese for Special Purposes” refers to the Chinese language adopted in certain occupational fields, such as Culture and Tourism Chinese, Workplace Chinese, Business Chinese, etc. For details, see “Chinese for Special Purposes Course Elective Form” below.

*Same as above.

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*Same as above.

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*Same as above.

Chinese for Special Purposes Course Elective Form

Teaching Object: Students who have been admitted to China for one academic year/semester.

Training Objectives: The purpose of practical Chinese intensive course is to provide short-term intensive Chinese language and Chinese culture education to overseas students through rich and practical language and culture courses and practical activities, so as to maximize the comprehensive application of Chinese language and the cognitive and understanding ability of Chinese culture for learners of different starting points in the shortest time, and cultivate international talents who know China and are friendly to China for the whole world.

Specific training objectives for each level are:

1. Training objectives for primary level

• Language: Master about 2,000 words and 200 grammar points.
• Skills: General ability of listening, speaking, reading and writing. Can retell a long passage fluently and completely, can use a small number of more complex sentence patterns. Be able to communicate briefly on basic topics such as daily life, study and work, and complete daily social communication.
• Culture: Feel the charm of China’s excellent traditional culture and contemporary culture, have a strong interest in and certain understanding of Chinese culture, and have a preliminary awareness of cross-cultural communication.
• Chinese for special purposes: master the basic vocabulary of Chinese for special purposes, and have the most basic Chinese communication skills for relevant jobs.

2. Training objectives for intermediate level

• Language: about 5,000 words and 400 grammar points.
• Skills: Have certain listening, speaking, reading and writing skills and general translation skills. Can read Chinese newspapers and general literature works, basically understand the general content of radio and television news. Be able to conduct rich, fluent and appropriate social communication on the study and work topics of some professional fields. Be able to express opinions on in-depth topics, with basic standard and proper language expression, complete and clear semantics, and the ability to use Chinese flexibly.
• Culture: Have a deep understanding of Chinese excellent traditional culture and contemporary culture, and a preliminary understanding of Chinese revolutionary culture. Love China, be friendly to China, and have certain cross-cultural communication skills.
• Chinese for special purpose: language ability to handle general work tasks under relevant scenarios.

3. Training objectives for advanced level

• Language: Master about 7,000 words and 500 grammar points.
• Skills: Good listening, speaking, reading and writing skills and basic professional translation skills. Be able to conduct standard, fluent and appropriate social communication on broader and higher-level topics. Master the idiomatic spoken and written forms of Chinese. Have strong oral and written language organization and expression skills. Can understand a variety of situations in a variety of topics slightly complex language materials, including personal work and professional language materials, and can grasp the key points, with a certain degree of summary and analysis.
• Culture: Know and be friendly to China, have a profound appreciation and understanding of Chinese traditional culture, revolutionary culture and contemporary culture. Can sense the longevity, uniqueness and value of Chinese culture, and have a true, three-dimensional and comprehensive understanding of China. Have high cross-cultural communication skills.
• Chinese for special purpose: language ability to handle relatively complex work tasks under relevant scenarios.

Basic Framework of the Training Program

• Credit granted for completion of courses: 30 credits.
• Completion score: 60 points or above for major courses (comprehensive and oral Chinese) and 60 points or more for at least two secondary courses.
• Total credit hours: 1020 credit hours/510 credit hours
• Total number of teaching weeks: one academic year (34 weeks)/one semester (17 weeks)

Main Courses

Practical Chinese intensive classes are divided into three grades and five levels, namely, preliminary class A and class B, intermediate class C and class D, and senior class E. According to the training direction and objectives, all grades have been provided with highly targeted and rich compulsory courses and elective courses, including not only language skills courses, but also special-purpose Chinese courses. The main courses are as follows:

• Class A: Elementary Comprehensive Chinese I, Elementary Chinese Speaking I, Elementary Chinese Listening I, Elementary Chinese Characters, Standard Chinese Pronunciation, Language Practice
• Class B: Elementary Comprehensive Chinese II, Elementary Chinese Speaking II, Elementary Chinese Listening II, Language Practice
• Class C: Quasi-Intermediate Comprehensive Chinese, Quasi-Intermediate Speaking Chinese, Quasi-Intermediate Listening Chinese, Quasi-Intermediate Reading Chinese, Language Practice
• Class D: Intermediate Comprehensive Chinese, Intermediate Speaking Chinese, Intermediate Listening Chinese, Intermediate Reading Chinese, Intermediate Chinese Listening and Speaking, Language Practice
• Class E: Quasi-Advanced Comprehensive Chinese, Quasi-Advanced Speaking Chinese, Quasi-Advanced Listening Chinese, Quasi-Advanced Reading Chinese, Chinese Social Culture, Language Practice

Courses of Chinese for special purposes at all levels include: General Chinese in International Workplaces, Business Chinese, Cultural Tourism Chinese, Science and Technology Chinese, all of which have three levels and five levels.

Main Practice Links and Time Arrangement

In addition to regular language teaching, the Practice Chinese Intensive Class also includes language practice classes, including daily language practice activities once a week and short-distance language practice activities in Beijing two to three times per semester.

1. Daily language practice activities: The daily language practice activities once a week are divided into preliminary level (AB class), and intermediate level and advanced level (CDE class). The language practice activities of the preliminary class include going to a restaurant to learn to order dishes, meeting Chinese friends, class activity day, Chinese contest, Chinese knowledge contest, etc. The language practice activities of the intermediate and advanced class include social investigation, class activity day, etc. The specific activity time is every Friday afternoon. In addition, there is a one-day cultural experience day in each semester.
2. Short-distance language practice activities: The Practical Chinese Intensive Class organizes students to carry out short-distance language practice activities in Beijing for two to three times in each semester, such as visiting the scenic spots and historic sites – the Great Wall; experiencing the excellent traditional Chinese culture – Lao She Teahouse; appreciating the landscape of Chinese ancient and modern gardens – the Garden Museum.

Certificate of Award

Upon completion of the course of study, those taking the examination for completion of the course can obtain the “Transcript of Completion”.

The “Completion Certificate” will be issued by Beijing Language and Culture University to those who have completed the prescribed courses, qualified attendance rates and passed the examination and general assessment during one academic year or one semester.

For those who fail the general assessment of one (including one) or more major courses, or who have been largely absent from classes and have been disqualified for taking part in the examinations but have not yet been disqualified for the programme, the School of Applied Chinese will issue a “Certificate of Study”.

Those who have been disqualified for the programme because of high absenteeism will not be able to obtain any certificate of study.

Students who terminate their studies for any reason and are absent for less than the prescribed number of hours may apply for a certificate of study upon approval. The learning time of the certificate of study shall be limited to the termination time.

Target Student: Chinese learners who have engaged in or intend to engage in trade and business cooperation with China, and Chinese learners who are interested in business Chinese. For example, overseas people coming for business activities in China, people who are in charge of Chinese business in overseas trading companies, international students in China study in economic and trade majors, and so on. Learners are required to have a certain Chinese language base, with certain listening, speaking, reading and writing skills, and the Chinese language level is equivalent to the former HSK3 level or above.

Class Hours: The standard teaching period is 16 weeks and the short programs are 4-8 weeks; 4 class hours per week; Credit can be obtained with more than 64 class hours (including review, examination and various teaching activities) in total. This course is 4 credits.

Use of Teaching Materials: “New Silk Road · Intermediate Quick-learned Business Chinese 2” (Peking University Press)

Teaching Objectives: Sino-foreign economic and business communication is essentially a cross-cultural communication behavior. In order to succeed in business, first of all, we must remove the language barriers as language is a communication tool, and secondly, remove the cultural barriers, and understand and master the culture, characteristics and rules represented by the target language. Therefore, foreigners should acquire the ability to learn business Chinese in three aspects:

1. Practical and basic Chinese language knowledge and skills related to business activities.
2. The ability to carry out business communication in China’s economic environment needs to master the basic characteristics of China’s economic environment and the rules of economic activities, which should include not only the communication ability in trade, investment and cooperation, but also the communication ability in enterprise management.
3. Cross-cultural communication ability under the background of Sino-foreign economic exchange and cooperation, including business etiquette, custom and Chinese cultural background knowledge.

Therefore, this course will use language as the carrier, combine business activities and cross-cultural cognition, and develop the trinity ability of learners. This ability is embodied in language communication skills, which can be divided into four levels from low to high:

1. Necessary etiquette communication skills, such as welcome, greeting, introduction, apology, congratulation, etc.
2. Practical daily communication skills, such as shopping, travel, transport, communication, appointment, etc.
3. Basic business information communication skills, such as company introduction, product briefing, inquiry, quotation, consultation, presentation, etc.
4. Certain negotiation and communication skills, such as bargaining, plan making and revising, cooperation method discussing, affairs evaluating, problem analyzing, dispute resolving, etc.

Level 1 and level 2 are the communication skills that the elementary business Chinese course focuses on, while as a Business Chinese (Intermediate) course, it focuses more on levels 3 and 4.

This course is suitable for short-term intensive Chinese learning, with emphasis on oral skills training, as well as listening, reading and writing. Pay attention to the cultivation and training of students’ oral communication skills in business communication and business management activities by using Chinese for common business discussion, negotiation and communication. It focuses on training learners’ oral communication skills needed for business transactions and cooperation in Chinese. The purpose is to enable learners to complete the following language skills and business cultural knowledge objectives through 64 or so hours of teaching:

1. Grasp about 500 common business words, about 60 syntactic structures and grammatical rules.
2. Master the common oral expressions under the communicative functions of explanation, description, asking, suggestion, request, approval, criticism, objection, rejection, concession, etc., including the characteristics of discourse organization and conversation structure, be able to present information, explain the situation completely and accurately, and express opinions, attitudes, suggestions and requests, and to make appropriate responses to other people’s views, attitudes, suggestions and requests.
3. Understand China’s economic system, market characteristics, business practices and business communication culture.

Teaching Content & Requirements

Teaching Principles: The purpose of Business Chinese (Intermediate) is to develop students’ ability to use Chinese for business communication. Its teaching principles are as follows:

1. The principle of more intensive teaching and more practice and explaining the profound in simple terms. Take students as the center, avoid teacher-centered teaching method, actively mobilize students to participate, and pay attention to inspiration and guidance. Whether it is vocabulary teaching or knowledge teaching, the method of just copying the annotation should be avoided, concise language explanation should be used, the teacher needs to pay attention to examples, and choose different teaching methods according to the characteristics of language knowledge.
2. The principle of communication. The application shall be emphasized in teaching, focusing on practice and supplemented by lecture. Teachers combine the teaching contents to create rich communication scenes of business activities, and guide students to complete the communication tasks with the vocabulary, sentence pattern and expression structure they have learned. In addition, classroom teaching will supplement relevant real cases, through student-centered case-based teaching and rich and interesting classroom interaction, to help students learn and apply, and truly build up the ability to analyze and solve problems. In addition, both vocabulary teaching and vocabulary practice should emphasize the principle of communication, explain the example sentences used with new words, and help students practice the designed situation of new words, and pay attention to the common use and authenticity.
3. Combination of Structure and Function. The teaching materials used in the course are communication-oriented, subject-oriented and communication function-oriented. The teaching goal is to be able to carry out the oral output and conversational coping skills required by various communication behaviors under a specific communication event. However, this does not mean that the user of the teaching material may not pay attention to the accuracy of the language structure. Because in business communication, it is very important to accurately convey meaning, emotion and attitude, otherwise it may affect the relationship and communication atmosphere of both parties, and then may affect the realization of will and realistic interests. Therefore, attention should be paid to the accuracy training of phonetics, vocabulary and syntactic forms, such as mechanical exercises and situational sentence-making exercises. At the same time, teachers should also pay attention to correct the errors in pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar.

Teaching Materials

1. Main Textbook. “New Silk Road · Intermediate Quick-learned Business Chinese 2” published by Peking University Press was used as the main textbook. This textbook is one of the series of business Chinese textbooks with practical content, rich practice, strong communication and comprehensive training of listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. The compilation of the vocabulary of the textbook not only takes into account the actual communication needs of the business scene, but also closely links with the vocabulary outline of the BCT test, which is of great help to the students preparing for the test.
2. Supplemental Learning Materials. In order to make up for the limitation and timeliness of the teaching materials, and to meet the diverse learning needs of students, teachers will select articles, videos and books related to the subject of the course for expanded teaching. The selection principle of the materials is that the content is authoritative, the viewpoint is novel and the language standard is vivid.

Test

1. Nature of Tests: Written and spoken language proficiency tests.
2. Test Purpose: Evaluation of written expression ability of business scenarios; Evaluation of business oral communication, expressive ability and flexible language ability.
3. Test Form: Written Test+Oral Test.
4. Test Content: Take the topic, communication task and expression as the main body of examination, and not stick to the text itself, so as to examine the students’ practical application ability.
5. Score Weight: Among the graduation grades, the final examination score accounts for 50%, the usual performance accounts for 30%, and the attendance and classroom performance account for 20%.

Target Student: Chinese learners who have engaged in or intend to engage in trade and business cooperation with China, and Chinese learners who are interested in business Chinese. For example, overseas people coming for business activities in China, people who are in charge of Chinese business in overseas trading companies, international students in China study in economic and trade majors, and so on. Learners are required to have higher Chinese listening, speaking, reading and writing skills, and the Chinese language level is equivalent to HSK Level 4 or above.

Class Hours: The standard teaching period is 16 weeks and the short programs are 4-8 weeks; 4 class hours per week; Credit can be obtained with more than 64 class hours (including review, examination and various teaching activities) in total. This course is 4 credits.

Teaching Materials: “New Silk Road · Intermediate Quick-learned Business Chinese 1” (Peking University Press)

Teaching Objectives: This course is based on real business corpus and focuses on intensive teaching of listening, speaking, reading and writing, so that learners can use Chinese to engage in business affairs freely and calmly. Through 64 hours of learning, learners will complete the following language skills and business culture knowledge objectives:

1. Master about 500 commonly used business words and 60 syntactic structures.
2. Basically master the common written expressions of business and workplace related topics such as enterprise introduction, investment and loan, investment and franchise, recruitment and job application, welfare treatment, team training, job reporting and promotion, product innovation, etc., and be able to accurately state information, analyze cases, express opinions and make paragraph expression for relevant topics.
3. Understand certain business system, market characteristics, business pattern, workplace rules and skills in China.

Teaching Content & Requirements

Teaching Principles: Business Chinese (Advanced) aims to develop students’ ability to use Chinese for business communication. Its teaching principles are as follows:

1. The learner-centered principle. On the one hand, teaching should be based on the students’ learning needs, aiming at the obstacles and difficulties that learners encounter in the learning of business Chinese. On the other hand, teachers should play the role of director in teaching, fully mobilize students’ initiative in learning through ingenious teaching design, and make students become the protagonists of learning activities through flipped classroom and strong communication activities in the classroom.
2. The principle of communication. The application shall be emphasized in teaching, focusing on practice and supplemented by lecture. The teacher guides the students to use the vocabulary, sentence structure and expression structure to complete the communication task in combination with the teaching content. In addition, classroom teaching will supplement relevant real cases, through student-centered case-based teaching and rich and interesting classroom interaction, to help students learn and apply, and truly build up the ability to analyze and solve problems. In addition, both vocabulary teaching and vocabulary practice should emphasize the principle of communication, explain the example sentences used with new words, and help students practice the designed situation of new words, and pay attention to the common use and authenticity.
3. The principle of the combination of “structure-function-culture”. The structure is the foundation, the function is the purpose, and the culture is the auxiliary. To master the language rules of business Chinese through the systematic and comprehensive study of language structure, the purpose of learning language structure is to express the specific functions of job hunting and job reporting, so as to achieve the basic purpose of language communication, so function is the goal of structure. Know the culture of business or workplace activities allows for the proper use of the target language. The introduction of culture should be closely combined with language teaching, and culture teaching should serve the teaching of structure and function.

Teaching Materials

1. Main Textbook. “New Silk Road · Intermediate Quick-learned Business Chinese 1” published by Peking University Press is used as the main textbook. This textbook is one of the series of business Chinese textbooks with practical content, rich practice, strong communication and comprehensive training of listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. The vocabulary compilation of the textbook takes into account the actual communication needs of the business scene, and closely links the vocabulary outline of the BCT test, which is also of great help for students to prepare for the test.
2. Supplemental Learning Materials. In order to make up for the limitation and timeliness of teaching materials, and to meet the diversified learning needs of students, teachers can supplement relevant articles, videos and books for expanded teaching. The selection of materials shall follow the principles of content authority, novel viewpoint and vivid language standard.

Test

1. Nature of Tests: Written and spoken language proficiency tests.
2. Test Purpose: Evaluation of written expression ability of business scenarios; Evaluation of business oral communication, expressive ability and flexible language ability.
3. Test Form: Written Test+Oral Test.
4. Test Content: Take the topic, communication task and expression as the examination main body, at the same time, not stick to the text itself, pay attention to the examination of the practical application ability of students.
5. Score Weight: Among the graduation grades, the final examination score accounts for 50%, the usual performance accounts for 30%, and the attendance and classroom performance account for 20%.

The College of International Chinese Studies, BLCU, is a teaching and research institute which is good at teaching Chinese to international students and conducting research. As the most famous language institute, the college has abundant teaching resources and professional teaching team, and can provide high-quality HSK training service for students. We can not only customize the courses in accordance with the students’ level and needs, so as to guarantee that the students can successfully pass the examination in a short time, but also focusing on cultivating the practical application ability of the students, so that the students can use Chinese fluently in daily life and work.

Schedule of Enrollment Time and Tuition Fee in 2024

1. Weekend class (4 class hours/week, 20 weeks in total)

2. Holiday intensive training class (20 class hours/week, 4 weeks in total)

Note:

Online and offline students can be enrolled, with a class of over 20 students

It is suggested to submit the certificate of the existing Chinese proficiency level, determine the corresponding level in accordance with the students’ Chinese level and willingness, and the course can be customized

Course Offered

1. Basic Training Courses

2. Special Training Courses

3. Auxiliary Intensive Training Courses

I. Teaching Object

• Foreign learners with a certain level of Chinese (Those who passes HSK4)
• Winter undergraduate graduation requires studying related courses in order to have further study for those foreign learners in September.

II. Project Characteristics

• Special prepared training program to provide professional knowledge courses for those learners who has certain Chinese foundation
• A wealth of self-selected courses that can assist students in building up knowledge for the postgraduate stage

III. Teaching Arrangement

Introduction to courses

Elementary

Elementary (Level 1)

Compulsory Courses
Elementary courses (Level 1)  
Credit points：20

This is a compulsory course that provides comprehensive language skill training. The student will be equipped with fundamental communication skill via lectures of basic Chinese vocabulary and grammar as well as comprehensive practices of listening, speaking, reading and writing. There are 2 formats of classes for this level.

Elementary Chinese A (compulsory): This is a primary lecture class, including basic Chinese vocabulary and grammar learning.

Elementary Chinese B(compulsory): This is a practice class, reviewing and practicing what are learned in Elementary Chinese A. Practical skills on listening, speaking, reading and writing comprehension will all be trained.

Elementary (Level 2)

Compulsory Courses
Elementary Chinese
Credit points：10

This is a comprehensive language skill training class composed of Chinese listening, speaking, reading and writing. It is aimed at improving communication skills of the students.

Elementary Chinese Listening and Speaking
Credit points：4

This is a listening comprehension and speaking skill cultivation class. Through listening, the student will learn about Information and common knowledge essential to daily living in China. Through speaking, the student will learn to verbally convey the information and solve various kinds of problems that may be encountered in their daily living. This will enhance the student’s practical communication skill.

Elementary Chinese Reading and Writing
Credit points：4

This is a reading and writing skill cultivation class. It aims at advancing the student’s reading ability and teaches basic reading strategy and skill. From the reading content, the student will learn about the complex structure of Chinese writing and short articles which will be used to improve the student’s basic and practical writing skills.

Elective Courses

Language Application (HSK Level 4)
Credit points：2

This is an integrated skills classes that aims to improve Chinese skills through frequent practice and various exercises including word practice, summarizing grammar points and various integrated drills，deepening and strengthening students’ grasp of Chinese words and grammar, understanding the rules of how to distinguish and memorize Chinese characters, consolidate and broaden vocabulary, improve reading ability and skills，improve one’s ability to implement Chinese knowledge，while you can grasp that how to deal with the Chinese Proficiency Test Level 4(HSK 4) at the same time.

Elementary Chinese Grammar(Primary) (MOOC)
Credit points：2

This course through vivid and interesting animation situations, refined grammar structure formulas, classic examples and real scene short films. It helps learners understand and master each grammar and syntax knowledge point, as well as the basic characteristics of Chinese semantics and pragmatics. Under the guidance and inspiration of teachers, learners can practice fully and effectively, and learn and use them flexibly. In addition, self-test questions are carefully designed to help students test and consolidate the grammar points they have learned.

Spoken Chinese
Credit points：2

This is a spoken Chinese training course, aimed at equipping the students with abilities to conduct daily conversations and general communication.

Intermediate

Lower Intermediate

Compulsory Courses
Intermediate Chinese (Lower Intermediate)
Credit points：6

This is a comprehensive language skill training class, aiming at promoting students’ comprehensive language skill, such as listening, speaking, reading and writing. And we will elaborate some linguistic and cultural knowledge. And as vocabulary increase, we will enhance the ability to express the sentence patterns that they’ve learned orally and in written on this course.

Elective Courses

Intermediate Chinese Listening and Speaking (Lower Intermediate)
Credit points：4

This is listening and speaking training class aiming at students’ understanding and expression ability in daily communication, the comprehension of Mandarin Chinese without knowing critical new words and difficult grammar, and the frequent use of learned words and sentence patterns in daily life.

General Reading (Lower Intermediate)
Credit points：4

This is a reading skills training class. By training the ability and skills in passage reading, students’ reading skills will be improved. And the ability to deal with general obstacles in reading, inquiring the required information, and knowing the synopsis will all be enhanced in this course.

Spoken Chinese of Economics and Trade (Lower Intermediate)
Credit points：4

This is a spoken language skill training class. It will let students know some common-used sentence patterns and professional terms on economics and trade. And students’ abilities on spoken language and the ability to stay alert in communication will all be improved. Besides, there will be some introduction to the basic knowledge of economics and trade.

Basic Chinese Writing (Lower Intermediate)
Credit points：2

This is a writing skill training class, aiming to make students write with correct words and grammar, even with some Chinese rhetoric. And the writing ability will be improved after the professional training.

Spoken Chinese on Hot Issues
Credit points：2

This is a spoken language skill training class. The hot issues mainly revolve around social and cultural life in China and China’s social and economic development. And by discussion on those issues, students will gain the overall grasp of the oral Chinese expression. And on that basis, the fluency and proficiency of spoken language will be enhanced.

Human Culture and Geography in China (Lower Intermediate)
Credit points：2

This is a culture knowledge explanation class. In this course, students could get a general knowledge of Chinese geography, Chinese history, Chinese culture and some local conditions and customs. And this general knowing will be deepened after a visit led by our college during semester.

Language Application (HSK Level 5)
Credit points：4

This course aims at students’ ability to use Chinese in their study and life. Also, it helps students to adapt to Chinese Proficiency Test Level 5(HSK 5) at the same time.

HSK Words Analyses(Level 5) (MOOC)
Credit points：2

This course analyzes common synonyms in HSK (Level 5), as well as similar words with the same part of speech and related meaning. This course will explain the language knowledge, test questions and improve the Chinese language ability. Based on HSK, this course takes similar words with high frequency and similar meanings as the main line, so as to accumulate words, enlarge vocabulary, accurately use key words, understand HSK test questions, master some related problem-solving skills, and specifically tackle the difficult points in the exam.

Elementary Chinese Grammar (MOOC)
Credit points：2

This course through vivid and interesting animation situations, refined grammar structure formulas, classic examples and real scene short films. It helps learners understand and master each grammar and syntax knowledge point, as well as the basic characteristics of Chinese semantics and pragmatics. Under the guidance and inspiration of teachers, learners can practice fully and effectively, and learn and use them flexibly. In addition, self-test questions are carefully designed to help students test and consolidate the grammar points they have learned.

Upper Intermediate

Compulsory Courses
Intermediate Chinese (Upper Intermediate)
Credit points：6

This is a comprehensive language skill training class, aiming at promoting students’ comprehensive language skill, such as listening, speaking, reading and writing. And we will elaborate some linguistic and cultural knowledge. And as vocabulary increase, we will enhance the ability to express the sentence patterns that they’ve learned orally and in written on this course.

Elective Courses

General Reading (Upper Intermediate)
Credit points：4

This is a reading skills training class. By training the ability and skills in passage reading, students’ reading skills will be improved. And the ability to deal with general obstacles in reading, inquiring the required information, and knowing the synopsis will all be enhanced in this course.

Spoken Chinese of Economics and Trade (Upper Intermediate)
Credit points：4

This is a spoken language skill training class. It will let students know some common-used sentence patterns and professional terms on economics and trade. And students’ abilities on spoken language and the ability to stay alert in communication will all be improved. Besides, there will be some introduction to the basic knowledge of economics and trade.

Basic Chinese Writing (Upper Intermediate)
Credit points：2

This is a writing skill training class, aiming to make students write with correct words and grammar, even with some Chinese rhetoric. And the writing ability will be improved after the professional training.

Human Culture and Geography in China (Upper Intermediate)
Credit points：2

This is a culture knowledge explanation class. In this course, students could get a general knowledge of Chinese geography, Chinese history, Chinese culture and some local conditions and customs. And this general knowing will be deepened after a visit led by our college during semester.

Basic Translation (English-Chinese)
Credit points：2

This is a translation and interpretation skills training class. Knowing of differences and similarities between Chinese and students’ mother languages in terms of language structure and expression way are the main targets of this course. Besides, the realization of rules for two languages conversion also enjoys high priority. And the capability of Translation and Interpreting will be enhanced after those training.

Business Chinese
Credit points：4

The course involves dozens of commercial subjects, such as Business Management, Marketing, Investment Financing, International Trade etc. And it aims to make students master the words, expression and the knowledge related to commerce. In addition, students could complete the verbal and written communication task. A comprehensive ability on Chinese listening, speaking, reading and writing in commercial circumstances will be enhanced.

Language Application (HSK Level 5)
Credit points：4

This course aims at students’ ability to use Chinese in their study and life. Also, it helps students to adapt to Chinese Proficiency Test Level 5(HSK 5) at the same time.

HSK Words Analyses(Level 5) (MOOC)
Credit points：2

This course analyzes common synonyms in HSK (Level 5), as well as similar words with the same part of speech and related meaning. This course will explain the language knowledge, test questions and improve the Chinese language ability. Based on HSK, this course takes similar words with high frequency and similar meanings as the main line, so as to accumulate words, enlarge vocabulary, accurately use key words, understand HSK test questions, master some related problem-solving skills, and specifically tackle the difficult points in the exam.

Elementary Chinese Grammar (MOOC)
Credit points：2

This course through vivid and interesting animation situations, refined grammar structure formulas, classic examples and real scene short films. It helps learners understand and master each grammar and syntax knowledge point, as well as the basic characteristics of Chinese semantics and pragmatics. Under the guidance and inspiration of teachers, learners can practice fully and effectively, and learn and use them flexibly. In addition, self-test questions are carefully designed to help students test and consolidate the grammar points they have learned.

Chinese History
Credit points：2

Language is a part of culture, and culture is a part of history. Understanding Chinese history can help you better understand Chinese culture: why it is like this way versus not like that way. Why Chinese people’s thoughts, ideas, morals, traditions, and social situations are like this way versus not like that way. Why there are countries whose culture has similar aspects to Chinese culture and others whose culture is very different from Chinese culture. After learning about Chinese history, perhaps you will better understand why Chinese culture is like this way versus not like that way. History influences culture, and culture influences language: why do Chinese people say the same thing in this way but not in that way. Why Chinese characters and calligraphy are the way they are, and why many Chinese idioms have strong ties to Chinese history. Chinese food, clothing, housing, and transportation, Chinese holidays, characteristics of food culture, styles of human interaction, and ways of doing things, all of these are very much connected to the development of Chinese history. Understanding Chinese history will help you understand Chinese culture more fully, which will then help you use Chinese more authentically and appropriately.

This course will introduce you to Chinese history through a wealth of historical documents and information. There are many different presenting ways to learn, such as: audio, text, pictures, maps, numbers, video, audio, etc. The difficulty level is between HSK level 4 and 5. If you are an intermediate level student, then you can learn the language and learn about history at the same time. If you are an advanced level student, then you can learn about history while discussing Chinese history with your teacher and classmates. For example, facing a history question, what do you think about it. What would you do. With international students from different countries discussing together, you will have the opportunity to learn this: it will be interesting to see how people from different historical and cultural backgrounds see Chinese history.

Chinese Audio Lingual-visual Course I
Credit points：2

This is a listening and speaking skills training class. By means of audio-visual, the course will use sentences, dialogue fragments, short plays, films, television programs, etc., which reflect real Chinese life, to make the training. And after training, students are expected to make a long expression on one special topic with learned words and sentences.

Advanced

Lower Advanced

Compulsory Courses
Advanced Chinese (Lower Advanced)
Credit points：6

This course provides comprehensive and advanced training on Chinese listening, speaking and reading, helping students to improve the capability of differentiating and using words, also to enhance the ability to comprehend Chinese accurately, talk frequently and read rapidly. Through these professional training, students could become skilled and agile in mastering and applying Chinese.

Elective Courses

Advanced Spoken Chinese (Lower Advanced)
Credit points：4

This course provides advanced training on oral communication ability, aiming at proficiency in oral communication. And it gives much attention to the accuracy and appropriateness of communication. In order to meet the needs of work, the cultivation of students’ special oral ability (negotiation, maintaining public relations, translation) enjoys high priority in this course.

Chinese Newspaper and Periodical Reading
Credit points：4

This course provides reading skills training on Chinese newspapers and periodicals. For the sake of understanding the general Chinese newspapers and periodicals, it pays the emphasize on the ability of skip reading, guess reading and fast reading, also the abilities of summary, extraction, and finding useful information are all the essential qualities for a qualified reader.

Business Case Analysis
Credit points：4

This course provides professional knowledge on business cases. There will be 15 classical cases involving Enterprise Strategy, Marketing Management, Organization Management, Human Resource Management, Manufacturing Management and Enterprise Culture Management, etc. After getting the general meaning of the cases and mastering some basic vocabularies, there will be some discussion and analysis on business knowledge and extracurricular cases.

China’s National Conditions (Economy)
Credit points：2

This course provides professional knowledge on China’s national condition. It will introduce special topics, such as Land and Resources, Population and Nation, Economic Situation, Industry, Agriculture, Secondary and Tertiary Industries, Finance and Insurance, Environmental Protection, People’s Life etc. After these learning, students could know more about Chinese natural resource and economy conditions and accumulate more words especially on economy. Besides, students’ reading speed, the ability of speaking and understanding will all be enhanced. Moreover, students could have a thorough discussion with the professional knowledge they learned in Chinese.

Chinese Writing
Credit points：2

This course provides writing skills training, aiming at students’ knowing and acquisition of writing elements in different styles and structural features (Biography, News, Dispatch, Survey, Travel Notes, Exposition, Narration, Argumentation, Book Review, Speech, Literary Criticism, Contract). Through practical training and enlargement of vocabularies, students could write different styles of composition properly with correct grammar and proper expression.

News Listening (Upper Intermediate)
Credit points：2

This is a listening skills training class. We will spend much time on cultivating and improving students’ listening ability to understand radio and television news.

Chinese Idioms
Credit points：2

This course provides language knowledge, introducing meanings and applications of commonly used Chinese idioms especially the four characters idiom. And the course will also introduce some folk adages, idiomatic phrases, and allegorical sayings. Through various teaching forms and classified explanations, students will learn and know more than 700 terms of Chinese idioms.

Translation (English-Chinese)
Credit points：2

This course provides practical training on Translation and Interpretation. By comparison, students will get a better knowledge of the similarities and differences between Chinese and students’ mother language (or medium language). And after the advanced comparison of languages and cultures, students could know and learn Chinese from a higher perspective, and improve the capability of Translation and Interpretation.

Language Application (HSK Level 6)
Credit points：4

This course aims at students’ capability of using Chinese in their study and life. Also, it helps students to adapt to Chinese Proficiency Test Level 6 (HSK 6).

Business Chinese
Credit points：4

The course involves dozens of commercial subjects, such as Business Management, Marketing, Investment Financing, International Trade etc. And it aims to make students master the words, expression and the knowledge related to commerce. In addition, students could complete the verbal and written communication task. A comprehensive ability on Chinese listening, speaking, reading and writing in commercial circumstances will be enhanced.

Chinese History
Credit points：2

Language is a part of culture, and culture is a part of history. Understanding Chinese history can help you better understand Chinese culture: why it is like this way versus not like that way. Why Chinese people’s thoughts, ideas, morals, traditions, and social situations are like this way versus not like that way. Why there are countries whose culture has similar aspects to Chinese culture and others whose culture is very different from Chinese culture. After learning about Chinese history, perhaps you will better understand why Chinese culture is like this way versus not like that way. History influences culture, and culture influences language: why do Chinese people say the same thing in this way but not in that way. Why Chinese characters and calligraphy are the way they are, and why many Chinese idioms have strong ties to Chinese history. Chinese food, clothing, housing, and transportation, Chinese holidays, characteristics of food culture, styles of human interaction, and ways of doing things, all of these are very much connected to the development of Chinese history. Understanding Chinese history will help you understand Chinese culture more fully, which will then help you use Chinese more authentically and appropriately.

This course will introduce you to Chinese history through a wealth of historical documents and information. There are many different presenting ways to learn, such as: audio, text, pictures, maps, numbers, video, audio, etc. The difficulty level is between HSK level 4 and 5. If you are an intermediate level student, then you can learn the language and learn about history at the same time. If you are an advanced level student, then you can learn about history while discussing Chinese history with your teacher and classmates. For example, facing a history question, what do you think about it. What would you do. With international students from different countries discussing together, you will have the opportunity to learn this: it will be interesting to see how people from different historical and cultural backgrounds see Chinese history.

Chinese Audio Lingual-visual Course II
Credit points：2

This is a listening and speaking skills training class. By means of audio-visual, the course will use sentences, dialogue fragments, short plays, films, television programs, etc., which reflect real Chinese life, to make the training. And after training, students are expected to make a long expression on one special topic with learned words and sentences.

Into contemporary China
Credit points：2

Taking ideological and political education as the general direction and objective, this course aims at enriching the knowledge system, comprehensive quality and discipline vision of international students from multiple perspectives, introducing the development context and overview of Chinese history, enabling students to comprehensively and deeply understand all aspects of Chinese historical development, thus promoting students to establish a correct and positive outlook on China. Encourage students to compare the historical development of China and other countries in the world, and promote the communication and exchange between international students in the connection of Chinese history and world history. This course is devoted to spreading Chinese culture, improving students’ intercultural communication ability, and understanding China and the world with a correct, objective and dialectical view of history. Through rich historical materials (including but not limited to words, photos, maps, figures, etc.), supplemented by video, audio and other content display suitable for the above contents, the course enables students to understand Chinese history in a multi-dimensional manner from multiple angles and aspects, and then understand China more comprehensively and systematically from the perspective of historical perspective, becoming a multi-modal, multi-dimensional, and multi High level international Chinese talents with international cultural communication ability.

Selected readings of Chinese contemporary and contemporary literary works
Credit points：2

This course uses the methods of detailed reading and task teaching to guide the students to understand the important contemporary Chinese writers and their representative works, and to have a perceptual understanding of the main contemporary Chinese literary schools and their creative characteristics. Improve students’ literary reading, understanding and appreciation ability through text reading, and deepen students’ understanding of Chinese society, literature and culture. This course adopts the self-made textbook selected readings of Chinese contemporary and contemporary literary works. The teaching content is centered on literary works and assisted by literary history, and strives to systematically and emphatically reflect the professionalism, knowledge and classics of this course.

Upper Advanced

Compulsory Courses
Advanced Chinese (Upper Advanced)
Credit points：6

This course provides comprehensive and advanced training on Chinese listening, speaking and reading, helping students to improve the capability of differentiating and using words, also to enhance the ability to comprehend Chinese accurately, talk frequently and read rapidly. Through these professional training, students could become skilled and agile in mastering and applying Chinese.

Elective Courses

Advanced Spoken Chinese (Upper Advanced)
Credit points：4

This course provides advanced training on oral communication ability, aiming at proficiency in oral communication. And it gives much attention to the accuracy and appropriateness of communication. In order to meet the needs of work, the cultivation of students’ special oral ability (negotiation, maintaining public relations, translation) enjoys high priority in this course.

Chinese Newspaper and Periodical Reading
Credit points：4

This course provides reading skills training on Chinese newspapers and periodicals. For the sake of understanding the general Chinese newspapers and periodicals, it pays the emphasize on the ability of skip reading, guess reading and fast reading, also the abilities of summary, extraction, and finding useful information are all the essential qualities for a qualified reader.

Business Case Analysis
Credit points：4

This course provides professional knowledge on business cases. There will be 15 classical cases involving Enterprise Strategy, Marketing Management, Organization Management, Human Resource Management, Manufacturing Management and Enterprise Culture Management, etc. After getting the general meaning of the cases and mastering some basic vocabularies, there will be some discussion and analysis on business knowledge and extracurricular cases.

China’s National Conditions (Society)
Credit points：2

This course provides professional knowledge on China’s national condition. It will introduce special topics, such as Land and Resources, History, Political system, Defense and Diplomacy. After these learning, students could know more about Chinese society and political situation, and accumulate more words especially on social specialty. Besides, students’ reading speed, the ability of speaking and understanding will all be enhanced. Moreover, students could have a thorough discussion with the professional knowledge they learned in Chinese.

Chinese Writing
Credit points：2

This course provides writing skills training, aiming at students’ knowing and acquisition of writing elements in different styles and structural features (Biography, News, Dispatch, Survey, Travel Notes, Exposition, Narration, Argumentation, Book Review, Speech, Literary Criticism, Contract). Through practical training and enlargement of vocabularies, students could write different styles of composition properly with correct grammar and proper expression.

Language Application (HSK Level 6)
Credit points：4

This course aims at students’ capability of using Chinese in their study and life. Also, it helps students to adapt to Chinese Proficiency Test Level 6 (HSK 6).

Chinese Audio Lingual-visual Course II
Credit points：2

This is a listening and speaking skills training class. By means of audio-visual, the course will use sentences, dialogue fragments, short plays, films, television programs, etc., which reflect real Chinese life, to make the training. And after training, students are expected to make a long expression on one special topic with learned words and sentences.

Into contemporary China
Credit points：2

Taking ideological and political education as the general direction and objective, this course aims at enriching the knowledge system, comprehensive quality and discipline vision of international students from multiple perspectives, introducing the development context and overview of Chinese history, enabling students to comprehensively and deeply understand all aspects of Chinese historical development, thus promoting students to establish a correct and positive outlook on China. Encourage students to compare the historical development of China and other countries in the world, and promote the communication and exchange between international students in the connection of Chinese history and world history. This course is devoted to spreading Chinese culture, improving students’ intercultural communication ability, and understanding China and the world with a correct, objective and dialectical view of history. Through rich historical materials (including but not limited to words, photos, maps, figures, etc.), supplemented by video, audio and other content display suitable for the above contents, the course enables students to understand Chinese history in a multi-dimensional manner from multiple angles and aspects, and then understand China more comprehensively and systematically from the perspective of historical perspective, becoming a multi-modal, multi-dimensional, and multi High level international Chinese talents with international cultural communication ability.

Selected readings of Chinese contemporary and contemporary literary works
Credit points：2

This course uses the methods of detailed reading and task teaching to guide the students to understand the important contemporary Chinese writers and their representative works, and to have a perceptual understanding of the main contemporary Chinese literary schools and their creative characteristics. Improve students’ literary reading, understanding and appreciation ability through text reading, and deepen students’ understanding of Chinese society, literature and culture. This course adopts the self-made textbook selected readings of Chinese contemporary and contemporary literary works. The teaching content is centered on literary works and assisted by literary history, and strives to systematically and emphatically reflect the professionalism, knowledge and classics of this course.

Chinese Idioms
Credit points：2

This course provides language knowledge, introducing meanings and applications of commonly used Chinese idioms especially the four characters idiom. And the course will also introduce some folk adages, idiomatic phrases, and allegorical sayings. Through various teaching forms and classified explanations, students will learn and know more than 700 terms of Chinese idioms.

Classes taught in English

I. Classes about Chinese Culture

II.Classes about Translation and English

Table 1: List of Types of Courses for Preparatory Liberal Arts Students

Table 2: List of Courses for Preparatory Students of Economics and Trade

II. Course Introduction

There are 6 types of preparatory courses: Basic Chinese course, professional Chinese course, HSK examination-oriented course, general education course, language practice and cultural experience course, extended course. In accordance with the entry Chinese level of the project students, the course is mainly at the primary level.

(I) Elementary Chinese Course

It includes basic preparatory Chinese comprehensive course, listening class, oral language class, reading and writing class, Chinese sound correction, Chinese character foundation, vocabulary outline and grammar outline.

1. Preparatory Chinese Preliminary Synthesis

This course is the core course of preparatory elementary Chinese. Learners comprehensively learn elementary language knowledge such as phonetics, Chinese characters, vocabulary and grammar, receive language skills training such as listening, speaking, reading and writing, understand and apply 1600 general vocabulary of preparatory courses, 115 grammar items, and have comprehensive language application ability, cross-cultural communication ability and self-learning ability.

2. Preparatory elementary Chinese listening

This course is a skills training course for preparatory elementary Chinese. Students listen to a large number of communicative discourse in life scenes, accurately distinguish Chinese phonetics, understand the meaning of listening materials and the intention of the speaker, and have the ability of accurate understanding and quick response in listening and speaking communication.

3. Preparatory Chinese Preliminary Reading and Writing

This course is a skill training course for preparatory elementary Chinese. By means of learning and training, learners are able to read and write basic words. In the aspect of reading, learners can read and understand more obvious introductory, explanatory and narrative words in daily life, study and work, and understand the main meaning and key information; In the aspect of writing, learners are able to write paragraphs in a standardized format on basic everyday learning, work and social topics, and express them clearly.

4. Chinese Pronunciation

This course is a combination of elementary Chinese language knowledge teaching and skill training. Learners will systematically understand where and how to pronounce Chinese phonetics. Especially aiming at the difficulty of pronunciation such as tone, under the guidance of teachers, correct errors, improve phonetic characteristics, and adopt correct pronunciation skills such as stress, intonation, rhythm and so on to express emotional attitude.

5. Basics of Chinese Characters

This course is a course combining the knowledge teaching and skill training of the preparatory elementary Chinese course. Learners will understand the origin and evolution of Chinese characters, learn the basic knowledge of Chinese characters, and receive systematic training in Chinese character reading and writing. Can write 600 elementary Chinese characters correctly using writing rules. Have the basic ability of recognizing and memorizing Chinese characters and the ability of fast writing, and feel the happiness of writing Chinese characters.

(II) Professional Chinese courses

Including liberal arts specialized vocabulary, liberal arts specialized comprehensive, liberal arts specialized reading and writing, liberal arts specialized listening and speaking.

1. Chinese Synthesis for Liberal Arts Majors

This course is the core course of preparatory liberal arts Chinese majors. Learners will be exposed to Chinese literature, history, philosophy, law, economics, diplomacy, politics and other related language materials. Learn the elementary vocabulary of 800 majors and understand the basic concepts and background knowledge of related majors. Have the language ability, cultural quality and learning ability required to study undergraduate related majors.

2. Chinese Listening and Speaking for Liberal Arts Majors

This course is a Chinese skills training course for preparatory liberal arts majors. Learners will learn how to record and organize their notes in a simulated classroom of professional teaching, and present their opinions on related professional topics on the basis of the corpus, and communicate and discuss with others. Have certain communication strategies and oral expression skills.

3. Chinese Reading and Writing for Liberal Arts Majors

This course is a Chinese skills training course for preparatory liberal arts majors. Learners will read popular articles containing related professional elementary knowledge, learn basic professional knowledge and main vocabulary, understand the common expression format of Chinese written style, have the reading adaptability of professional literature and the writing ability of professional small thesis.

4. Trial Reading of Liberal Arts Major

This course is designed for preparatory liberal arts students who have reached a high level of Chinese. Learners can choose the corresponding professional elementary courses in accordance with the undergraduate major they will study in the future, and share the class with the Chinese undergraduate students, so as to feel the atmosphere and scene of college classroom learning in advance and form the adaptability and learning habit of professional learning.

5. Chinese Professional Reading for Economics and Trade

This course is the core course of Chinese for preparatory courses in economics, trade and management. Students will read a large number of economic and trade science popularization articles, understand the elementary concepts and professional knowledge of related majors, understand and master 1500 economic and trade professional vocabulary and common expression formats of economic and trade articles. Have the language ability, knowledge accomplishment and learning ability needed to study undergraduate related majors.

6. Preparatory Mathematics

This course is set up for preparatory students of science, engineering, agriculture, medicine, economy and trade and management. It is a combination of knowledge teaching and skill training of preparatory major Chinese. Learners will learn parts of Chinese high school mathematics and advanced mathematics, understand and apply mathematical vocabulary, apply mathematical formulas and definitions to solve problems. Have the language ability to understand the teaching language of college mathematics teachers and apply Chinese to discuss mathematical problems.

(III) Language Practice Courses

As an application sector of classroom teaching in the real context, language practice is the test, effective extension and beneficial supplement of classroom teaching. It is not only the embodiment of applying what has been learned, but also the platform of practice teaching. It is of great significance to the formation and improvement of language adaptability, cultural adaptability and social adaptability of project students.

In accordance with the needs of courses at all levels, this class will arrange visits, cultural and sports activities, social investigation, travel and other activities to guide students to experience China, expand their horizons and enrich their experience. In this process, we should set up good team spirit and collective concept, and improve the ability of adopting Chinese to communicate and solve practical problems.

The courses are divided into 7 categories:

(1) Language Task Series: Complete language task and task list by means of conducting investigation and interview.

(2) Cultural Experience Series: Experience culture by means of conducting cultural activities, visits, and complete the report.

(3) Social Survey Series: Understand the national conditions/society and complete the report by means of investigation, observation and visit.

(4) Local Travel & Learn Series: Visit the local and surrounding attractions.

(5) Tours in other places, Xie Lie: Namely, language practice, long-term tour and investigation.

(6) Competition Series: Organize various competitions on the theme of language knowledge, skills, culture, sports, etc.

(7) Get-together Series: Organize fellowship, get-together, graduation ceremony and related Chinese program performance.

There are four founding principles for each series of language practices:

Firstly, practical teaching is directed against the standards and requirements of the National Fund Management Committee.

Secondly, practice teaching and classroom teaching should be constructed at the same time.

Thirdly, practice teaching and follow-up undergraduate learning effectively.

Fourthly, practice teaching fully reflects the integration and exchange of Chinese and foreign students.

In order to guarantee the effectiveness of language practice and monitor the implementation of language practice activities in the whole process, our institute will compile related written materials for various language practice activities and collect them into a volume, propose clear requirements and tasks, provide detailed operation instructions and assessment approaches, and timely summarize and display the results.

(IV) Extended Courses

These courses are designed to complement the main courses, including review and weekly examination, small class training and academic development guidance.

Review and Weekly Examination

This course is an auxiliary course for the basic Chinese core course. Conduct inductive summary and review in accordance with the weekly learning content of the core course, especially the key points and difficulties. By means of conducting a large number of exercises, test the learning effect and check up the gaps.

Re-training of Small Class

This course is an auxiliary course for the basic Chinese core course. Class size less than 10 people, in accordance with the students’ Chinese proficiency, learning needs, learning focus, and other dynamic classes. In accordance with the phased objectives of the core course of elementary Chinese and the key points and difficulties of the learning unit, a targeted re-training will be implemented.

Academic Development Guidance

 “Academic development guidance” is a free consultation and guidance service provided by the college, which determines the academic tutor after admission and focuses on the growth and development of students in the whole process. 3 to 4 hours of one-to-one talk time (Office Hour) every week to provide consultation and assistance on life adaptation, schoolwork, mental health, future development and other aspects related to project students.

1. Advanced Postgraduate Student (1-2 years): Has a Master’s Degree or has completed requirements for a PhD, intending to research a single specialized topic, age under 50.
2. Regular Non-Degree Seeking Student (1-2 years): Has completed at least one year of higher education, age between 18 and 50 years old.
3. Language Student (1-2 years): Minimum of High School Diploma or equivalent, age between 18 and 50 years old
4. Short-term Language Student (Less than 6 months): Minimum of High School Diploma or equivalent, age between 18 and 60 years old
5. Chinese Teacher Training: Minimum of Bachelor’s degree, currently engaged in Chinese education or intending to teach Chinese as a foreign language

① Diploma: Copy of applicant’s most recent diploma or an attestation letter from university
② Application form for Enrollment of Study
③ Copy of Applicant’s Passport
④ Copy of ID of applicant’s guarantor (passport or Chinese ID card)
⑤ Copy of receipt of application fee (paid online or by electronic transfer)

1. All incoming students must be physically healthy.
2. All applicants who are currently studying at another official school in China must provide:
   • Letter of approval for Transfer of Study from your school’s Office of Foreign Students (including official seal)
   • Letter of Recommendation from a teacher at your school
   • A copy of your current visa or residence permit
3. Faxed applications will not be accepted. Application materials and application fee will not be returned.
4. The application form is only good for a single program. If you plan to apply for another one, please prepare additional forms (you may submit photocopies).
5. Chinese Government Scholarship recipients and Exchange students will be handled according to the relevant regulations.