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Practical Chinese Courses 1-5 (Spring 2023)

 

When 2022 approaching its end, finally China is opening up her borders for visitors.

2023 may still be challenging in Europe and around the world on fronts of both peace and order as well as economic developments.

 

Good times or bad, business and professional people are seeking to bonding ties instead of building walls, because only connections and exchanges will bring opportunities for prosperity and separations never. As for new, China is still a global powerhouse of manufacturing, technology and consumption. In spite of her recent challenges, her economic locomotive still remains one of the most powerful among the world’s top economies.

 

Very beginning of 2023, is this not the best and the most appropriate time to pick up some or more communication skills in Mandarin Chinese? So that you can build more rapports with your Chinese associates? Hence, you secure a better chance to win bigger when the ocean of economy gets even more turbulent. These two weekly courses here can be a great place to start, resume or carry on with your Mandarin Chinese learning journey.

 

Practical Chinese Courses (PCC) have proven highly productive in the past 4 terms since 2021. It can be a good solution to help you make a successful learning journey because these courses are:

 

  1. Online (live) Zoom courses with no commuting time wasted.

  2. Live lessons during your lunchbreak hours, with least conflicts to your work.

  3. 90 minutes each session, one session per week, easier to fit into your tight schedule.

  4. Highly interactive teaching-learning with tangible outcomes.

  5. With excellent track records ever since its start in 2021.

  6. By Top-notch native Chinese teachers, both motivated, experienced, skilled and passionate.

  7. With thoughtfully designed structure and contents in each lesson.

  8. Not only highly practical but also digestible over a week.

  9. Verbal communication focused, ready for you to use immediately.


These are specially designed courses to help adult learners who have some Chinese basics and aim to use Chinese when traveling, working or socializing.

Our PCC courses were launched in September, 2021. This is the fifth intake of the courses. In our new term from the last day of January to June, 2023, we are offering 5 levels of PCC, from upper beginner to intermediate. We gladly maintained dozens of happy learners till now. Here are some feedback of them.

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TESTIMONIES OF THE PARTICIPANTS

“Practical topics, convenient delivery via Zoom, excellent trainer… I’m learning lots of a new vocabulary and I enjoy reviewing  the grammatical constructions. As a more experienced learned, I am surprised also how quickly the more novice participants are picking up pronunciation and can dissect longer sentences.”

(A business owner and former language teacher, in Belgium)

 

”Excellent (course). … I think the best part is the teacher that take his time to teach everyone and take time to give examples so the students can have a deeper understanding of the subject.”
(A learner in Belgium)

 

“A very good course. Good and useful content. Good mix of rehearsal and new things. The course was what I expected it to be and makes me want to continue learning Chinese.”
(A learner from Belgium Meat Office)

“(Teacher) involved us actively during the lessons, so that we must listen carefully and concentrate well during the lesson and it helps us to advance more rapidly. Patient and enjoyable teacher. Very much appreciated and highly helpful are the (video/audio) dialogues you send us as these are very useful in rehearsing what we learned especially regarding the pronunciation”
(A learner from Switzerland)

 

MORE INFORMATION OF PCC

Level: 1

TARGET GROUP

Participants should have mastered:

Pinyin system

About 300 to 350 basic words

Some basic sentence structure knowledge

Or have finished 50 to 70 hours of Chinese class learning.

(If you are not sure about your own level, please email us for free consultation.)

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OBJECTIVES

The course will still focus on:

  1. verbal communications,

  2. vocabulary expansion,

  3. pronunciation improvements  

 

The major objectives of this program lie on 2 aspects:

Consolidation

To systematically reinforce:

About 200-300 core basic words

Two key skills: listening and speaking

Three basic tenses: (simple) past, present and progressive

About 20 communication functions/topics: from telephoning to shopping and ordering foods.

Learning new things:

  1. New functions and topics, such as:

    1. Talking about business writing tasks and task completion

    2. Terminologies: holidays and leaves; energy related;

    3. Travelling

    4. Info about past events/activities

    5. Illness and symptoms

    6. Service basics at a hotel

 

  1. New grammar structures:

    1. Emphasizing certain information about past activities

    2. Measure words

    3. Alternative questions

    4. Complement-1

    5. Permission and prohibition

    6. Comparing things

 

DATES & TIMING:

From February 2, 2023 to June 1, 2023. (May 18 is a public holiday)
15 sessions in total. Each session is 90 minutes.
Easter Holidays: April 1- April 16, 2023
On Thursdays, from 12:00 to 13:30 CEST.

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Level: 2

TARGET GROUP

Participants should have mastered:

Over 400 basic words

Some basic sentence structure knowledge

Or have finished 70 to 80 hours of Chinese class learning.

(If you are not sure about your own level, please email us for free consultation.)

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OBJECTIVES

The course will still focus on:

  1. verbal communications,

  2. vocabulary expansion,

  3. pronunciation improvements  

  4. engaging learners to deliberate recognition of some frequent characters.

 

The major topics of this program include:

  1. Permission and prohibition

  2. Comparing things

  3. Direction of actions

  4. Can or cannot get something done

  5. Some business-related terms

  6. Custom and habit (gifts)

  7. Giving/Choosing gifts

 

New grammar structures:

  1. Verbs indicating directions

  2. Complement of direction

  3. “得”-structure indicating possibility

  4. For comparison “比” “没有” “跟……一样”

  5. Measure words for action

  6. Sentences with dual objects

 

DATES & TIMING:
From February 1, 2023 to May 24, 2023
15 sessions in total. Each session is 90 minutes.
Easter Holidays: April 1- April 16, 2023
On Wednesdays, from 12:00 to 13:30 CEST. 

 

Level: 3

TARGET GROUP

Participants should have mastered:

More than 500 basic words

Some basic sentence structure knowledge

Or have finished about 100 hours of Chinese class learning.

(If you are not sure about your own level, please email us for free consultation.)

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OBJECTIVES

The course will still focus on:

  1. verbal communications,

  2. vocabulary expansion,

  3. pronunciation improvements  

  4. engaging learners to deliberate recognition of some frequent characters.

 

The major topics of this program include:

  1. Custom and habit (gifts)

  2. Giving/Choosing gifts

  3. Awarding a prize

  4. Taking about experiences

  5. Sport matches

  6. Some business-related terms

 

New grammar structures:

  1. Measure words for action

  2. Sentences with dual objects

  3. Indicating the same with跟…一样”

  4. Pivotal sentences in Chinese

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DATES & TIMING:
From February 3, 2023 to May 26, 2023.
15 sessions in total. Each session is 90 minutes.
Easter Holidays: April 1- April 16, 2023
On Fridays, from 12:00 to 13:30 CEST.

 

Level: 4

TARGET GROUP

Participants should have mastered:

More than 600 basic words

Some basic sentence structure knowledge

Or have finished about 120-150 hours of Chinese class learning.

(If you are not sure about your own level, please email us for free consultation.)

 

OBJECTIVES

The course will still focus on:

  1. verbal communications,

  2. vocabulary expansion,

  3. pronunciation improvements  

  4. engaging learners to deliberate recognition of some frequent characters.

 

The major topics of this program include:

  1. Life and work experience

  2. Seeking employment

  3. Renting an apartment

  4. Unhappy experience

  5. Security check

  6. Plans

 

New grammar structures:

  1. The “把” sentence

  2. The “被” sentence

  3. Reduplication of verbs

  4. “有点儿” and “一点儿”

  5. “要……了” for something taking place soon

 

DATES & TIMING:
From February 1, 2023 to May 24, 2023
15 sessions in total. Each session is 90 minutes.
Easter Holidays: April 1- April 16, 2023
On Wednesdays, from 12:00 to 13:30 CEST.


Level: 5

TARGET GROUP

Participants should have mastered:

More than 800 basic words

Some basic sentence structure knowledge

Or have finished about 150-180 hours of Chinese class learning.

(If you are not sure about your own level, please email us for free consultation.)

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OBJECTIVES

The course will still focus on:

  1. proficiency improvements,

  2. vocabulary expansion,

  3. improving recognition of some frequent characters

  4. develop ability to generate paragraphs  

  5. further improving listening, speaking and reading skills.

 

The major topics of vocabulary include:

  1. Traffic and driving

  2. Sports and body movements

  3. Adjectives

  4. Pronouns

  5. Parts of human body

  6. Books and magazines

  7. Electric appliances

 

New grammar points:

  1. 既……又……

  2. V + 着

  3. 才，就

  4. 却

  5. 把……成…….

  6. Reduplication of verbs

  7. “有点儿” and “一点儿”

  8. “要……了” for something taking place soon

 

DATES & TIMING:

From January 31, 2023 to May 23, 2023
15 sessions in total. Each session is 90 minutes.
Easter Holidays: April 1- April 16, 2023
On Tuesdays, from 12:00 to 13:30 CEST.

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DELIVERY

Online live interactive webinars on Zoom.

Group members will have digital handouts, audio files and some suggested Apps.

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INSTRUCTORS

Confucius Institute at Group T-Academy has handpicked two top-notch teachers to design and deliver these courses.

Prof. Dun Liao and Prof. Mayinuer both have been teaching Mandarin Chinese for 20 years in China, Asia and U.K. When they taught at London School of Economics (LSE) from 2016 to 2019, they continuously delivered successful business Chinese courses at various levels, which were well received among learners not only at LSE but also in HSBC, Bank of England and JP Morgan. Since September 2021, Prof. Liao and Prof. Mayinuer have successfully delivered four-term live online PCC courses and they were highly appreciated by all the participants, please see the testimony above.

 

With their expertise and track records, the upcoming course they design and co-run will offer great value to participants.

 

ENROLLMENT FEE
€270 for 15 weeks course | €225 for Confucius Institute Alumni & KU Leuven students and teaching staff

 

Bank Account:

Account: BE24 7360 3017 4138
Name: Confucius Institute AT GROUP T 
BIC: KREDBEBB

Reference: Practical Chinese + (your surname, if different from the name of bank account)

 

We provide invoice upon request. Please fill out the registration form with the name, the address and the VAT number of your company or organization.

 

REGISTRATION

Online registration. The courses start with a minimum of 5 registrations in general.

If you are interested, please sign up before January 23, 2023.

https://shorturl.at/irMUX

 

CERTIFICATE
At the end of the courses, Confucius Institute at GROUP T - Academy will issue the course certificates to the students who have at least 70% attendance in the registered course.

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MORE INFORMATION & CONTACT
Website:  https://www.leuvenkongyuan.com/
e-mail:    leuvenkongyuan@gmail.com
Tel:  +32 16 30 11 24

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