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Chinese Language (Autumn Semester）

Teaching Medium:	Chinese
Degree Awarded:	Non-Degree
Entry Requirements:	High School Graduate
Duration:	1 Year
Hours/Week:	N/A
Starting Date:	Sep.2025
Application Deadline:	Aug 20, 2025
Tuition Fee:	CNY 15,600 per year
Application Fee:	150 USD (Non-Refundable)
Schools:	Other

Program Description

Teaching Objective

These programs are designed to help students become linguistically and culturally competent in Mandarin Chinese. Placement test will be given to determine the appropriate course for you.

Chinese programs are offered at elementary, intermediate, and advanced levels with 10-15 students in each class. Language classes normally meet four hours daily, five days per week, including lectures, small group drills, conversation sessions, and individual practice sessions.

The curriculum teaches the four main language skills: reading, writing, speaking, and listening. A language partner who is student in Shandong University of Science and Technology will be assigned upon request.

Elective courses in Taiji, Chinese Calligraphy, and Brush Painting will be available. Lectures on Chinese culture and topics relevant to modern China will also be scheduled.

Elementary Chinese Course

1. Training Levels: For students having not learned any Chinese or having learned Pinyin and mastered about 200 words

2. Teaching Objectives: After they conclude one school-year's study they are supposed to have a vocabulary of 1900-2100 words and complete the grammar study at the elementary phase.

3. Training Hours: One academic year contains two terms, the first term will last for 19 weeks. and the second term will last for 19 weeks, 38 weeks in total. There are 20 teaching hours per week, altogether 760 teaching hours in one academic year

Chinese Calligraphy Class (click the pic to enlarge)

Taiji Course(click the pic to enlarge)

Intermediate Chinese Course

1. Training Levels: For students having mastered about 1900-2100 Chinese words.

2. Teaching Objectives: After they conclude one school-year's study they are supposed to have a vocabulary of 4500 Chinese words or so and finish learning the grammar and lexical usage of the intermediate phase.

3. Training Hours: One academic year contains two terms. The first term will last for 19 weeks. And the second term will last for 19 weeks, 38 weeks in total. There are 20 teaching hours per week, altogether 760 teaching hours in one academic year.

Advanced Chinese Training Course

1. Training Levels: For students having mastered about 4500 Chinese words.

2. Teaching Objectives: After they conclude one academic year's study they are supposed to have a vocabulary of 8000 Chinese words or so and part of the grammar in the advanced phase.

3. Training Hours: One academic year contains two terms. The first term will last for 19 weeks. The second term will last for 19 weeks, 38 weeks in total. There are 20 teaching hours per week, altogether 836 teaching hours in one academic year.

Chinese tutoring

Once a week Chinese teachers will tutor students, to check their studying progress and answer their question. This tutoring provides the students with an opportunity to practice their Chinese in a relaxed environment and solve their problems on studying and campus life.

Entry Requirements

Application Materials

1. Photocopy of valid passport
With name, passport number & expiration date, and photo included

2. Passport photo
A recent passport-sized photo of the applicant

3. High school graduate certificate
Graduation certificate in languages other than Chinese or English should be translated into Chinese or English and be certified by notarization.

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