Course focus ¡V There are altogether 30 lessons. It takes about 2 hours to cover each lesson, 60 hours for the whole course. The main focus of the course will be on the development of spoken competence and listening competence. Meanwhile, the lessons will also develop your reading and writing skills and introduce elements of cultural awareness. It also covers Chinese essential grammar points.

2. Course objective ¡Vit uses a communicative approach and places emphasis on learning communication skills. At the end of the course, approximately, you will learn around 550 of the most frequently used words in daily life; 188 key sentences make up the main structure of the course, around which situational dialogues are introduced, covering the most useful situations in real life. Language Points are explained in simple English and set out in a logical step-by-step order that is easy to understand.

3. What you could achieve with the course
a. Greetings and self-introductions
b. Numbers, dates, and telling the time
c. Make and answer the telephone calls
d. Describing daily schedules
e. Go shopping and Bargain
f. Making appointments
g. Asking for directions
h. Ordering food and drinks and paying the bill.
i. Talking about daily activities, whether and feeling¡K The course Topics covered:

Beginner I Lesson 1 Greetings & Farewells Lesson 2 Names & Titles Lesson 3 Nationalities & Languages Lesson 4Days & Dates Lesson 5 Time & Daily Routine Lesson 6 Summary for Lessons 1-5 Lesson 7 Addresses & Telephone Numbers Lesson 8 Family & Family Members Lesson 9 Work & Professions Lesson 10 Interests & Abilities Lesson 11 Invitations & Appointments Lesson 12 Summary for Lessons 7-11 Lesson 13 Telephoning & Messages Lesson 14 Money & Currency Lesson 15 Shops & Shopping
Beginner II Lesson 16 Colors & Clothing Lesson 17 Size & Style Lesson 18 Summary for Lessons 13-17 Lesson 19 Food & Restaurants Lesson 20 Cafes, Pubs & Drinks Lesson 21 Hotels & Services Lesson 22 Travel & Transport Lesson 23 Places & Directions Lesson 24 Summary for Lessons 19-23 Lesson 25 The Weather Lesson 26 Activities & Progression Lesson 27 Intentions & Plans Lesson 28 Health & Body Lesson 29 Compliments & Well-wishing Lesson 30 Summary for Lessons 25-29

Our teaching methodology: Its focus on communication and listening skills involving a lot of student participation and interaction, activities such as role plays, dialogues. Each lesson includes an assortment of exercises designed to make students think more about the language as they learn it, so that they can understand and respond more confidently when confronted with the same situations in real life.