Courses
Oral Chinese
Beginner A
Course Length 36 hours
Optional Textbooks Chinapax textbook and supporting materials
Entry Level This course is for those who have no knowledge in Chinese or who know just a few simple Chinese words.
Learning Objectives 6 hours phonetic learning to master the basic rules of pinyin pronounciation. Daily conversation around 10 different topics, training everyday listening and speaking ability (e.g. daily life, greetings, shopping, taking a taxi, etc.).
Beginner B
Course Length 48 hours
Optional Textbooks Chinapax textbook and supporting materials
Entry Level Beginner A OR those who have some basic oral skills and prerequisites in other courses.
Learning Objectives Immersion in Chinese using fairly complex sentences to enable communication with local people, introduction of simple local slang and proverbs, expansion of the Beginner A topic areas focusing on practical language skills in order to facilitate more complex communication (e.g. broken down car, hotel reservations).
Intermediate A
Course Length 36 hours
Optional Textbooks “Talk about Pictures”
Entry Level Those who have a full grasp of Beginner A and B, OR those who possess the ability to converse in sentences
Learning Objectives Development of the ability to use some level of sentence
structure to describe pictures and explain a complete story as told by pictures. Focuses on the ability to express a long passage.
Intermediate B
Course Length 36 hours
Optional Textbooks Topics and themes will be selected together with the students based on the student’s interests, profession and focus.
Entry Level Those who have completed studying the “Talk about Pictures” text book OR who can converse freely about specific topics and give a presentation about their work or a topic; equivalent to 1/2 – 1 year of university level Chinese.
Learning Objectives This course uses a variety of techniques such as conversing about media events, radio, bbs and blogs, TV shows and films. These topics will be taught in practice using actual media material. The goal is develop the ability to express in-depth one’s opinions and views.
Advanced B
Course Length 54 hours
Optional Textbooks Self-compiled selection of subjects
Entry Level Advanced A; equivalent to 1-2 years of university level Chinese
Learning Objectives Develop the ability to express oneself in a formal setting and to articulate simple oral reports. Focuses on paragraph style and more complex oral expression. The course covers specifics like business, trade, stock market and management language. These topics will be taught in practice drawing upon a variety of contemporary media events and prevalent topics in the news.
Chinese Characters
Beginner A
Course Length 38 hours
Optional Textbooks Chinapax in-house teaching materials
Entry Level Those who want to learn Chinese characters quickly in a modern and exciting way.
Learning Objectives To learn 10 Chinese characters and 20 phrases that go along with each character per lesson.
The goal is to master 70 radicals and 380 characters by the end of the course. Course instruction includes the use of QQ, MSN or any other SNS or IM client (e.g. facebook, renren.cn) in order to learn how to type characters in a computer. Students will be able to write an essay of 600 words after 5 weeks of study.
Beginner B
Course Length 60 hours
Optional Textbooks In-house teaching materials
Entry Level Beginner A OR those who have mastered 70 basic Chinese radicals and 380 Chinese characters.
Learning Objectives The radical grouping method, which is unique to our school, is a fast and understandable way of learning Chinese characters. The comparison of similarly shaped characters as well as comparison of the homophones enable students to master an additional 600 Chinese characters in 6-8 weeks.
By the end of the Beginner A and Beginner B courses, the student masters around 1,000 Chinese characters. 1000 covers more than 90% of Chinese characters used in everyday oral communication. This means that by the conclusion of course A and B students will be able to read simple newspaper articles and write at that level.
Online Course
Course Length No time limit, no space limit, no network.
Optional Textbooks If enrolled in this course, Chinapax offers a text book to download for free from our website.
Entry Level Those who have regular access to a computer and the Internet and cannot easily engage in face-to-face learning programs due to working or other constraints.
Learning Objectives By using our own exclusively designed interactive Chinese learning software, this course focuses on advancing the student’s pronunciation. The software program analyzes pronunciation flaws and corrects them, and provides a detailed summary of the student’s abilities and improvement. Students can learn at any time and at any place.
HSK Exam Preparation
Course Length 27 hours
Optional Textbooks HSK test papers plus self-compiled set of questions
Entry Level Those who are preparing for the HSK test.
Learning Objectives To guide students prepare for HSK examination. Participating in this course will increase HSK scores in short time and help students pass HSK exam easily.