在職華語進修
- Introduction to Chinese Course in Daily Life Conversation
- Chinese Classes for Career-Professionals Class Contents
- 2010 Chinese Conversation Class Schedule
- 2010 Chinese Conversation for Career-Professionals series curriculum
Introduction to Chinese Course in Daily Life Conversation
Introduction to Chinese Course in “Daily Life Conversation”
一、Explanation of Course
Mandarin Chinese, a New TrendThis advertisement was found on a street in Paris, “Studying Chinese will mean that your future years will be filled with rich and prosperous opportunities.” The popularity of the Chinese language is currently increasing in scope around the world. Today, in all countries and all businesses, communication in Chinese is a new trend
The Mandarin Learning Center at the Chinese Cultural University is especially aimed at providing foreigners working in Taiwan with Mandarin Chinese courses and the language tools for life in Taiwan. Courses will teach professionals how to communicate in Chinese in basic topics in daily life such as introducing yourself, meeting new friends, ordering food at a restaurant, shopping, and setting up a meeting on the phone. Other topics of study include work and recreation, relationships, emotional pressures, and the steps needed to improve spoken Chinese. The center uses interactive teaching methods to improve language ability and communication and aid assimilation into daily conversation. Language study combines realistic daily situations with culture and practical language usage which will empower students to fluidly and confidently speak Chinese and give them a competitive edge on the world stage.
Course Characteristics-All courses use the Hanyu Pinyin teaching method
-Courses explore all levels, from the basic to advanced steps, of language study
-Interactive and skilled teaching, listening, and dialogue training
-Courses combine chief aspects of life and culture with familiarity with all daily conversation
二、Introduction to Courses
1. Basic Chinese Conversation
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Who is this course for
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For those with limited or no previous Chinese language experience, the aim is to strengthen pronunciation and basic language conversation ability.
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Teaching Goals
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Strengthen student pronunciation and tones and allow students to engage in simple conversation such as asking for the time, introducing yourself, setting a time to meet, looking for work, asking for directions, shopping, ordering food, making a phone call. Strengthen student’s ability to understand simple sentences, complete sentence responses, and ability to answer and express yourself in simple terms.
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Study Hours
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Basic Chinese Conversation（1）：32 hours / 2 months
Basic Chinese Conversation（2）：32 hours / 2 months
Basic Chinese Conversation（3）：32 hours / 2 months
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Teaching Materials
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Specialty Self-Edited MLC Chinese Conversation Teaching Materials
-《Basic Chinese Conversation 1》L01-L07
-《Far East Chinese Life 1》L01-L12
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Course Content
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Chief content includes life topic such as self introduction, family, work and daily life events. The course teaches 800 commonly used characters, 150 basic sentence patterns, and uses Hanyu Pinyin teaching methods and different role-playing exercises regarding daily life conversations and situations in order to build a basic Chinese foundation.
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Study Topics
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《Basic Chinese Conversation 1》
1. Pronunciation and Tones
2. Self-Introduction
3. Guess Who I am
4. Setting a Time
5. Work
6. Asking for Directions
7. Ordering Food at a Restaurant
8. Shopping
《Far East Chinese Life 1》
1. How Much Does That Cost?
2. Shopping
3. Paying A Bill
4. Calling on the Phone and Setting a Time
5. Where?
6. Looking for a House
7. Big Problems
8. Making Friends
9. Sending a Letter
10.What’s Good to Eat
11.Ordering Food at a Restaurant
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2. Elementary Chinese Conversation|
Who is this course for
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For students who have already studied Chinese for 100-300 hours and have an elementary Chinese foundation and the ability to introduce and express themselves. Students wish to progress to the next stage of learning of practical spoken conversation.
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Teaching Goals
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Advance student’s sentence patterns and teach students to fully express themselves in different daily topics of social interactions, describe emotions, and participate in different leisure activities and entertainment events. Advance student’s ability so they can discuss different conversation topics, communicate meaning, and clearly and fully express their own ideas.
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Study Hours
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Elementary Chinese Conversation（1）：32 hours / 2 months
Elementary Chinese Conversation（2）：32 hours / 2 months
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Teaching Materials
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-Specialty Self-Edited MLC Chinese Conversation Teaching Materials
-《Elementary Chinese Conversation 1》
-《Elementary Chinese Conversation 2》
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Course Content
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This course combines life interests and their individual significance. The course discusses commonly encountered situations and circumstances to advance conversation strategy, oral expression ability, and allow students to engage in meaningful discussion. Short text readings about daily life and small group discussion extend to deeper themes and conversations topics. Students use 10 practical expression patterns to gradually advance and cultivate their oral communication ability.
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Study Topics
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1. Flower Season
2. Language Communication
3. Birthday Gifts
4. I Love Television
5. Chinese Breakfast
6. Happiness
7. New Year’s Countdown
8. Pressure
9. Making Friends
10.Am I Pretty?
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3.Intermediate Chinese Conversation|
Who is this course for
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For students who have already studied Chinese for 300 hours or more, and want to progress and improve oral expression ability, conversation tactics, listening ability, and technical ability.
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Teaching Goals
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Students will already have a basic language foundation and learn to improve flexibility to apply vocabulary in sentence different structures, smoothly and logically reply and express viewpoints, express rationale, transition between sentence patterns, posses the ability of persuasion, and be able to understand the important points of a longer message and make rationale and appropriate responses.
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Study Hours
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Intermediate Chinese Conversation (1)：32 hours / 2 months
Intermediate Chinese Conversation（2）：32 hours / 2 months
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Teaching Materials
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-Specialty Self-Edited MLC Chinese Conversation Teaching Materials
-《Intermediate Chinese Conversation 1》
-《Intermediate Chinese Conversation 2》
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Course Content
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Every class begins with a supplementary recording and listening practice warm-up. This exercise promotes student’s listening and speaking ability by encouraging students to become familiar with the main points of the listening and then clarify these points. Instruction methods include small-group and cooperative communication studies of realistic topics in order to strengthen oral expression and flexibility and advance and promote spoken communication ability. Teaching materials also relate to daily life and cultural readings, and complement inquiry into different questions and practical topics. These methods aim to encourage student’s confidence in their Chinese ability and relieve student’s language apprehensions and concerns.
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Study Topics
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1. Who is Coming to Dinner
2. Recruiting for Work
3. Participating in an Exhibition
4. I am a foreigner
5. Recreational Life
6. Relationships
7. Study
8. Travel
9. The Value of Work
10.Generation Gap
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4.Advanced Intermediate Chinese Conversation|
Who is this course for
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For students who have studied Chinese for more than 400 hours. Students will already be able to converse and respond to discussion about daily topics, and aim to strengthen their spoken Chinese ability and expression.
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Teaching Goals
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This course focuses on practical spoken and expressional ability; students will have the ability to express themselves in all different types of situations, issue warnings, use persuasion, and recite commands. Students will advance their ability to converse about both specific and abstract content. This course touches on a relatively large number of topics to ensure a solid level of smooth and fluid conversation, full language expression through detailed explanations, clarifying viewpoints and ideas about different choices, advantages, and disadvantages.
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Study Hours
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Advanced Intermediate Chinese Conversation 1：32 hours / 2 months
Advanced Intermediate Chinese Conversation 2：32 hours / 2 months
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Teaching Materials
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-Specialty Self-Edited MLC Chinese Conversation Teaching Materials
-《Advanced Intermediate Chinese Conversation 1》
-《 Advanced Intermediate Chinese Conversation 2》
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Course Content
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The chief objective of this course is language functionality; every class studies three different language functionalities, nine sentence pattern expressions, and thorough conversational practice to further student’s understanding of language functionality and practical usage. Instructors use their energy and skilled experience in order to raise questions and guide students to develop their conversation skills. Small-group exercises also strengthen and mature every functionality of applied language. Moreover, short essays and discussion about different topics in the news are also used in classroom discussion in order to give students a clearer understanding of language usage, opportunities and suitability.
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Study Topics
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1. A Good Livelihood
2. What a Pity
3. Good and Bad Teachers
4. Looking at Life’s Plan and Value
5. Renting a House
6. Lies
7. Self-Confidence is the Best
8. Managing a Crisis
9. Who Gossips the Most?
10.How to Refuse
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Chinese Classes for Career-Professionals Class Contents
Chinese Classes for Career-Professionals Class Contents
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Curriculum
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Course Level
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Speaking
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Conversation
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Listening
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Reading
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Crash Course in
Writing
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Test Prep
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Practical Audio- Visual Chinese
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Business Chinese
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Culture Courses
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Introduction
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Pronunciation Class
16hrs/term
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Foundation Chinese Characters
16 hrs/term
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1. Differences between Americans and Chinese
2. Overview of Chinese Etiquettes
3.Comparing Chinese vocabulary used in Taiwan and Mainland China
4. Taiwanese Drinking Culture
5. Art of Tea, mah-jong, Caligraphy, Martial Arts
6.Singing Chinese Songs
7.Taiwanese (Language)
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Foundation
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Foundation Speaking
96 hrs/term
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Advanced Chinese Characters
16 hrs/term
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Classes for Strengthening Your :
-Listening Skills
-Reading Comprehension
-Grammar
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Foundation Audio-Visual Chinese
48 hrs/term
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Beginner
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Beginner Speaking
64 hrs/term
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Beginner Listening
64 hrs/term
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Beginner Reading
64 hrs/term
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Beginner Audio-Visual Chinese
48 hrs/term
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Intermediate
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Intermediate Speaking
64 hrs/term
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Intermediate Listening
64 hrs/term
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Intermediate Reading
64 hrs/term
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Intermediate
Writing
16 hrs/term
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Intermediate Audio-Visual Chinese
48 hrs/term
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High
Intermediate
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High
Intermediate Speaking
64 hrs/term
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High
Intermediate Speaking
64 hrs/term
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High
Intermediate Reading
64 hrs/term
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High
Intermediate
Writing
16 hrs/term
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-Listening Skills
-Reading Comprehension
-Grammar
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High Intermediate Audio-Visual Chinese
48 hrs/term
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Business Chinese for High
Intermediate
48 hrs/term
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Advanced
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Advanced Speaking
64 hrs/term
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Advanced Listening
64 hrs/term
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Advanced Reading
64 hrs/term
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Advanced Writing
16 hrs/term
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-Listening Skills
-Reading Comprehension
-Grammar
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Advanced Audio-Visual Chinese
48 hrs/term
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Business Chinese for Advanced
48 hrs/term
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2010 Chinese Conversation Class Schedule
2010 Chinese Conversation Class Schedule
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Month
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First day of classes
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Last day of classes
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January
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1/19
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2/23
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February
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2/23
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4/15
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March
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3/23
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5/13
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April
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4/20
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6/10
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May
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5/25
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7/15
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June
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6/22
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8/12
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July
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7/20
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9/9
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August
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8/24
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10/14
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September
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9/21
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11/11
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October
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10/19
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12/9
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November
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11/23
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1/13
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December
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12/21
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2/10
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2010 Chinese Conversation for Career-Professionals series curriculum
Chinese Conversation for Career-Professionals Series Curriculum
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Course Name
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Hours
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Duration
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Total Hours
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Material
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Chinese Beginner Conversation（1）
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32 hrs
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2 Months
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96 hrs
(Six Months)
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Chu Ji Kou Yu Biao Da 1 L01-L08
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Chinese Beginner Conversation （2）
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32 hrs
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2 Months
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Far East Everyday Chinese 1 L01-L06
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Chinese Beginner Conversation （3）
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32 hrs
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2 Months
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Far East Everyday Chinese 1 L07-L12
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Chinese Basic Conversation（1）
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32 hrs
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2 Months
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64 hrs
(Four Months)
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Chu Ji Kou Yu Biao Da 1 2 L01-L05
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Chinese Basic Conversation（2）
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32 hrs
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2 Months
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Chu Ji Kou Yu Biao Da 1 2 L06-L10
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Chinese Intermediate
Conversation（1）
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32 hrs
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2 Months
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64 hrs
(Four Months)
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Chu Ji Kou Yu Biao Da 1 L01-L05
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Chinese Intermediate
Conversation （2）
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32 hrs
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2 Months
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Chu Ji Kou Yu Biao Da 1 L06-L10
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Conversation（1）
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32 hrs
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2 Months
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64 hrs
(Four Months)
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Zhong Gao Ji Kou Yu Biao Da 1 L01-L05
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Chinese Interadvanced
Conversation（2）
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32 hrs
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2 Months
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Zhong Gao Ji Kou Yu Biao Da 1 L06-L10
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