报名下学期:2022年冬季1月10日开始!
- Multiple levels
- Small class size - Max. 12 students
- Native-speaking & Experienced instructors
- Affordable tuition - $380 per level
- 4 terms Per year - each 10 weeks long
- Convenient downtown location or online
Learn Mandarin Chinese at ILI in Washington, DC or online.
The Mandarin Chinese language program offers students, without prior background either from schools or homes, classroom group classes of eleven different levels to acquire a solid foundation of the language and the ability to apply the language in life. Throughout these eleven levels, the four basic skills of listening, speaking, reading, 写作是一种和谐的追求,是用来相互加强的. 如欲查询您的关卡,请参阅关卡描述或使用我们的 self-evaluation guide. 以前在学校学习过这门语言的学生, or have experienced the language at home, are recommended to have a phone interview with one of our Mandarin teachers for proper placement, before registering.
我们的汉语课每周一次,在晚上或周六上午. Our teachers are all native-speaking and experienced. 我们保持小班授课,以保证每堂课有足够的时间进行交流. If you have further questions, please call Jane Edwards, ILI’s Foreign Language Coordinator, at extension 105. Enroll now!
现场、教师指导或在线汉语课程
使用Zoom亲自或在线学习汉语. All online classes are instructor-led, in real-time, 允许和我们的课堂一样的现场互动. 我们的一些课程结合了面对面和在线的学生. 我们在教室里安装了360度的摄像头,让在线参与者感觉自己是课堂的一部分. This hybrid class environment allows students to engage with each other and the instructor and to practice reading, writing, listening, and speaking the Mandarin Chinese Language.
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报名下学期:2022年冬季1月10日开始!
2022 Term: | Session Dates: | Registration Deadline: |
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Winter | Jan. 10-Mar. 19, 2022 | Monday, Dec. 27, 2021 |
Spring | Apr. 4-Jun. 11, 2022 | Monday, Mar. 21, 2022 |
Summer | Jun. 27-Sep. 3, 2022 | Monday, Jun. 13, 2022 |
Fall | Sep. 19-Dec. 3, 2022 | Monday, Sep. 5, 2022 |
Mandarin Chinese Level Description
Objective: The course is to provide students the most basic skills in studying Mandarin; to understand the differences between traditional and simplified characters and the benefits and disadvantages of both, to master the pronunciation.
Learning Outcome: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to pronounce Mandarin correctly, including tones, read and write around 100 words, introduce oneself or others, exchange greetings, Ask about someone's nationality, talk about family members, Ask about someone's profession, express time, dates and age, arrange a date or an appointment, and invite someone to a dinner or movie.
Topics: Chinese pronunciation system, surnames and full names, basic and ordinal numbers, Particles - "de", "Ma", "Nai ne", nationalities, greetings and introductions, measure words, question pronouns, dates and time.
Textbooks: "Integrated Chinese Level 1 Part 1" pack of 3 books (textbook, workbook and character), $124, lessons 1-3 & review
Objective: To strengthen the pronunciation; to understand stroke order in writing characters; to learn the basic radicals in characters; to recognize 100 new characters.
Learning Outcome: After completing this course, in addition to reading a minimum of 150 new words, students should be able to talk about hobbies, visiting friends or welcoming guests, set up an appointment on the phone, ask for favors, talk about daily routines and habits, and talk about studying Chinese vocabulary and grammar.
Topics: Word order in Chinese, go + action, verbs or adjectives as predicates, modal verbs, Preposition "in Zai" "give gě I", 3. particle "ba", particle "le", Adverb "JIU" "CAI", double objects, directional complements, descriptive complements.
Textbooks: "Integrated Chinese Level 1 Part 1" pack of 3 books (textbook, workbook and character), $124, lessons 4-7 & review
Objective: To enable students to hold uncomplicated communicative tasks in straightforward social situations; to express personal meaning on learned phrases or re-combinations of them.
Learning Outcome: Students will master at least an additional120 words and start writing simple sentences in Chinese characters. 学生应该能够就黄金城电子游戏进行简单的对话, purchase clothes and shoes independently, comment about several modes of transportation, and describe traffic routes.
Topics: The position of Time-When expressions, series of verbs/verb phrases, past tense and future tense, comparison sentence structures, topic-comment sentences, daily used associated conjunction structures.
Textbooks: "Integrated Chinese Level 1 Part 1" pack of 3 books (textbook, workbook and character), $124, lessons 8-10 & review
Objective: To comprehend and compose more complex sentences; to study etymology of basic characters; to converse with much advanced vocabularies and be understood by interlocutors who are accustomed to dealing with non-natives.
Learning Outcome: Upon completion of this course, students can expect to compose complete paragraphs, 运用复杂的词汇,构造复合句. 学生也应该能够谈论气候和天气, order dishes and drinks in a restaurant, and ask for and give directions.
Topics: Weather patterns, complex comparison structures, ordering Chinese dishes, partially agree or disagree with others, reduplication of adjectives and verbs, action in progress, 用作定语的动词短语和主谓短语, time duration, describe a past tense action, (b) m:) construction, location adverbs.
Textbooks: 《黄金城电子游戏》教材共3册, workbook and character), $128, lessons 11-13 & review
Objective: To provide students the abilities to actively participate in most informal and limited formal conversations related to work, school, home or leisure activities; to make structured arguments.
Learning Outcome: By the end of this course, students can expect to write paragraphs with ease as well as carry conversations with greater fluency. 学生将能够礼貌地接受和拒绝邀请, consult a doctor, describe current and ideal living quarters, name common pieces of furniture, and discuss and negotiate rent.
Topics: Verbal makes - descriptive, potential and directional complements, approximate number, question pronouns used in statement sentences, continuation, duration of actions, The status the particle (zhe), passive-voice sentences, question pronouns as indefinite references (whoever, whenever, etc.).
Textbooks: 《黄金城电子游戏》教材共3册, workbook and character), $128, lessons 14-17 & review
Objective: To provide students the abilities to actively participate in most informal and limited formal conversations related to work, school, home or leisure activities; to make structured arguments.
Learning Outcome: By the end of this course, students can expect to write paragraphs with ease as well as carry conversations with greater fluency. Students will be able to talk about sports, present vacation plans, describe and compare cities, book airplane tickets, and check in at the airport.
Topics: Verbal makes - descriptive, potential and directional complements, approximate number, question pronouns used in statement sentences, continuation, duration of actions, The status the particle (zhe), passive-voice sentences, question pronouns as indefinite references (whoever, whenever, etc.).
Textbooks: 《黄金城电子游戏》教材共3册, workbook and character), $128, lessons 18-20 & review
Objective: To recognize minimum of five hundreds characters while able to write half of them at least; to study Pinyin and Character Texts simultaneously; to write compound-complex paragraphs; to converse with greater ease and confidence.
Learning Outcome: 学生将能够更轻松地使用口头和书面普通话. More specifically, students will be able to give a detailed self-introduction, describe living quarters, to disagree tactfully, 会用中国地方菜系点餐和饮料, shop and bargain in Mandarin speaking settings, state their major area of study and academic department, and talk about career plans and goals.
Topics: The dynamic particle (LE), the Yes (shi)…The (DE)construction, connecting sentences, existential sentences, topic-comment sentence structure, The emphatic yes (shi), rhetorical questions, education system: China vs. US, complex resultative complements.
Textbooks: 《黄金城电子游戏》教材共3册, workbook and character), $135, lessons 1-5 & review
Objective: To provide students the abilities to narrate with ease and confidence; to negotiate a bargain when shop; to discuss about everyday life; to participate in ease on conversations in routine and social situations.
Learning Outcome: 学生将能够谈论中国的约会和婚姻习俗, Describe someone 's move, discuss uses of the internet, talk about educational expenses in China, discuss part-time jobs for college students, talk about friendships, briefly introduce the geographic features of China and the US, and plan a trip to China.
Topics: Adverbials and (DE), The (DE), Compare de and de, set phrases, complex potential and descriptive complements, Lai: Connecting two verb phrases, Adverb can (kě) and (bing), It was too late for me to say goodbye.
Textbooks: 《黄金城电子游戏》教材共3册, workbook and character), $135, lessons 6-10 & review
Objective: To provide students the abilities to actively participate in most informal and limited formal conversations related to work, school, home or leisure activities; to make structured arguments.
Learning Outcome: When successfully completing the course, students can expect to converse with accuracy, clarity and precision. 他们也将能够谈论中国的传统和节日, describe famous Chinese historical tourist sites, 讨论中国城市的发展和现代化, talk about daily routines and health issues, and talk about Chinese women’s social status changes.
Topics: The usage of The status the particle (zhe), reduplication of measure words, Particle (guo), Particle a and ma, numerals in idioms, multiple attributives, disyllabic words becoming monosyllabic, Make (sh ǐ) pivotal sentences, Pronoun (m ǒ u), Yes (shi)...Affirm a statement.
Textbooks: "Integrated Chinese Level 2 Part 2" pack of 3 books (textbook, workbook and character), $140, lessons 1-5 & review
Objective: To provide students the abilities to handle with ease and confidence on variety of topics relating to work, school, home, 公共利益以及个人利益或个人相关性.
Learning Outcome: Upon successful completion of the course, students can expect to comprehensively narrate and describe all major time frames; misunderstandings are kept to a minimum. Students' vocabulary will be fairly extensive – especially in a chosen area of specialization or interest (for example environmental issues, personal financing, important Chinese historical figures, job interview, time management, life abroad, culture shocks, etc.).
Topics: Adjectives that can be reduplicated like verbs, V zhe V zhe, Adj + in (yu), Summary of (bǎ) construction, grammar summary – word order in Chinese, frequency adverbs, presentation practice.
Textbooks: "Integrated Chinese Level 2 Part 2" pack of 3 books (textbook, workbook and character), $140, lessons 6-10 & review
This course is designed for students who have achieved an advanced level and is conducted entirely in Mandarin Chinese. The course is centered on a series of readings which analyze a variety of issues in the contemporary Chinese-speaking world, addressing such subjects as overpopulation, housing and education. Learners will be presented with cultural information and be provided with opportunities for discussion at an advanced level. Learners will develop their reading and writing skills, acquire new vocabulary-building strategies and become acquainted with both formal and informal vocabulary and phraseology.
Objective: 巩固阅读能力和文化知识, 达到高级的口头和书面交流水平. Learners will focus on clarity and precision, as well as more nuanced expression, 同时也考虑到风格和修辞手段的各个方面, such as metaphor and simile.
Outcome: Learners will develop advanced reading comprehension skills, while enriching vocabulary in a variety of subject areas. Learners will also perfect their spoken and written communication through the acquisition of more nuanced speech and writing through a consideration of style and rhetorical devices.
Topics: 这一层次的主题围绕着当代问题,如人口密度, overpopulation, housing and education. Grammar topics include adjective reduplication, adverbials in comparative sentences, causative verbs, zero pronouns and existential sentences.
Textbook: 《黄金城电子手游》修订版,$71
Lessons: Chapters 1 to 5, pages 1 to 55, 加上由教师选择或生成的补充材料.
This course is designed for students who have achieved an advanced level and is conducted entirely in Mandarin Chinese. The course is centered on a series of readings which analyze a variety of issues in the contemporary Chinese-speaking world, addressing such subjects as overpopulation, housing and education. Learners will be presented with cultural information and be provided with opportunities for discussion at an advanced level. Learners will develop their reading and writing skills, acquire new vocabulary-building strategies and become acquainted with both formal and informal vocabulary and phraseology.
Objective: 巩固阅读能力和文化知识, 达到高级的口头和书面交流水平. Learners will focus on clarity and precision, as well as more nuanced expression, 同时也考虑到风格和修辞手段的各个方面, such as metaphor and simile.
Outcome: Learners will develop advanced reading comprehension skills, while enriching vocabulary in a variety of subject areas. Learners will also perfect their spoken and written communication through the acquisition of more nuanced speech and writing through a consideration of style and rhetorical devices.
Topics: 这一层次的主题围绕着当代问题,如职业生活, marriage, and the status of women. Grammar topics include temporal connectives, compound types, directional complements, Chinese punctuation marks, and various rhetorical devices.
Textbook: 《黄金城电子手游》修订版,$71
Lessons: Chapters 6 to 10, pages 56 to 111, 加上由教师选择或生成的补充材料.
Program Details
We do not offer placement tests.
国际学院在以下节日放假:马丁·路德·金纪念日, Presidents' Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, New Year's Day. Group classes will not meet on these holidays and the missed class(es) will be made up at the end of the term.