Students are introduced to Mandarin Chinese through play-based storybooks. Topics include greetings numbers colors family members animals and everyday objects. Students learn to listen and speak basic Chinese words and phrases using Pinyin. Based on Better Chinese My First Chinese Words Series (books 1-18). English instruction with Mandarin Chinese. 5 hours per week over 8 weeks. Total contact hours: 40 hours.
Difficulty: Begginner
Students continue building foundational Mandarin vocabulary and sentence patterns through engaging storybooks. Topics include food clothing body parts shapes toys and daily routines. Students begin recognizing basic Chinese characters alongside Pinyin. Based on Better Chinese My First Chinese Words Series (books 19-36). English instruction with Mandarin Chinese. 5 hours per week over 8 weeks. Total contact hours: 40 hours.
Difficulty: Begginner
Students transition from storybooks to structured lessons with vocabulary exercises character practice and reading challenges. Topics include self-introduction school classroom objects weather and numbers 1-100. Students read simple Chinese sentences with Pinyin support. Based on Better Chinese My First Chinese Reader Volume 1. English instruction with Mandarin Chinese. 5 hours per week over 10 weeks. Total contact hours: 50 hours.
Difficulty: Begginner
Students develop reading and writing skills with more complex sentence patterns. Topics include food and drink shopping family activities hobbies and Chinese culture and traditions. Students write basic Chinese characters and form simple paragraphs. Based on Better Chinese My First Chinese Reader Volume 2. English instruction with Mandarin Chinese. 5 hours per week over 10 weeks. Total contact hours: 50 hours.
Difficulty: Begginner
Students strengthen reading comprehension and character writing with intermediate sentence structures. Topics include time and dates transportation places in the city health and body and Chinese festivals and celebrations. Based on Better Chinese My First Chinese Reader Volume 3. English instruction with Mandarin Chinese. 5 hours per week over 10 weeks. Total contact hours: 50 hours.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Students complete the elementary phase with extended reading passages and more complex writing. Topics include nature and environment sports and hobbies travel and directions Chinese history and culture and a capstone project. Students reach a solid elementary level in all four skills. Based on Better Chinese My First Chinese Reader Volume 4. English instruction with Mandarin Chinese. 5 hours per week over 10 weeks. Total contact hours: 50 hours.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Students enter the middle school phase with communicative and project-based learning. Topics include personal identity community and environment technology and media Chinese literature and intermediate grammar structures. Students develop conversational confidence and reading fluency. Based on Better Chinese Discovering Chinese Pro Volumes 1 and 2. English instruction with Mandarin Chinese. 5 hours per week over 12 weeks. Total contact hours: 60 hours.
Difficulty: Advanced
Students complete the program with advanced communicative tasks and written projects. Topics include society and culture science and innovation global issues Chinese classical literature and HSK 2-3 examination preparation. Students graduate with solid intermediate Mandarin skills. Based on Better Chinese Discovering Chinese Pro Volumes 3 and 4. English instruction with Mandarin Chinese. 5 hours per week over 12 weeks. Total contact hours: 60 hours.
Difficulty: Advanced