This Course is for you and your families who are going to relocate to China for work and business. The goal is to get you speaking basic Chinese and enjoy your journey in China.
Most Chinese people do not speak English, how are you going to survive there without assistant? Learn basic Chinese with us before you go to China. It will make your living in China much easier and more enjoyable. You will also notice how much you flatter your Chinese friends by speaking a couple of Chinese words, which is good a start of relationship.
This course focuses on speaking of basic Mandarin. We practice densely through game, group studying and other methods within these two days, so that you can remember and use them in the future. Through the language learning, you will understand more about the Chinese culture too.
You will also learn "Pin Yin" - the official phonetic system for transcribing the sound of Chinese characters into Latin script in China. It is also the dominant method for entering Chinese text into computers. With basic knowledge of Pin Yin, you can read Chinese annotated with Pin Yin. Nowadays, most signs in public places are annotated with either Pin Yin or English.
Day 1
09.45 Gathering and coffee
10.00 Short history of Chinese and Swedish Language
11.00 Greetings and self introduction
12.00 Chinese lunch
- Can you use chopsticks?
- How to behave at banquet?
13.00 Taking taxi and go to restaurant
14.00 Numbers
- Week, month, date, time
14.40 Coffee
15.00 Pin Yin - pronuncation system of Mandarin
- a, b, c, d, e, f ... z
- ai, ei, ui, ao, ou, iu ...
16.30 Free questions and discussion
17.00 End of day 1
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Day 2
09.00 Practice of Pin Yin
10.00 Game
10.30 Coffee
10.50 Practice of conversations
12.00 Chinese lunch
13.00 Weather and emergency
14.00 Group work
14.30 Coffee
14.50 Introduction of today's China
15.30 Free questions and discussion
16.00 End of the course