| Course Content |
Session 1: Greetings, pronunciation, pinyin, oral practice, writing in Chinese.
Session 2: What do you want to drink? Pronunciation, oral practice, writing
Session 3: Names & Nationalities, pronunciation, oral practice, writing
Session 4: Introduce your colleague, present business card, pronunciation, oral practice, writing
Session 5: Where’s the meeting? Pronunciation, oral practice, writing
Session 6: Review all materials, pronunciation, oral practice, writing, Chinese tea etiquette
Session 7: Who is that? Sentence patterns and word substitution, oral practice, writing
Session 8: Introduce your company, sentence patterns, reading, oral practice, writing
Session 9: Dates, days, months, year, sentence patterns, reading, oral practice, writing
Session 10: Buying daily necessities, sentence patterns, reading, oral practice, writing
Session 11: Getting a taxi, sentence patterns, reading, oral practice, writing
Session 12: Go to the doctor, sentence patterns, reading, oral practice, writing
Session 13: Renting an apartment/office, sentence patterns, reading, oral practice, writing
Session 14: Review, oral presentation. |
| Learning Outcomes |
Introduction to Chinese for Business Level 1 will provide participants with the fundamentals of the Chinese language, including meeting and greeting business colleagues, presenting and receiving a business card, Chinese business culture, and sending an email in Chinese.
To communicate in a Chinese business environment, it is essential not only to have language skills, but also knowledge of Chinese business culture and economic information. Therefore, every session will include information on the Chinese business culture. In these sessions all of the pronunciation and tones will be taught, situational vocabulary, writing in Chinese, typing and sending emails. All sessions would provide ample opportunities to practice and participants will be encouraged to use every opportunity to fully utilize the Chinese language. |
