Class Schedule
Class meets Sunday 2pm- 4pm in-person instruction and one-hour virtual office hour on a weekday (Time: TBD)
There are 12 classes total from September to January. Class dates are: 9/15, 9/22, 9/29, 10/6, 10/20, 11/3, 11/10, 11/17, 11/24, 12/8, 1/12, 1/19
ECS Adult Beginner Chinese Description
Adult Chinese 101
This beginning course is to provide a basic introduction to the language of Mandarin Chinese and culture. Designed for students with little or no previous exposure to the target language, the course will go over major characteristics of the language, such as the tones, Pinyin system, and the writing system. It will also help develop learners’ senses of the basic structural forms of the target language to make meanings in communication.
Multiple topics in real life will be introduced in the course. Starting from their immediate environment, students will learn to use the target language to describe themselves and their family in the culturally-appropriate contexts. They will use common expressions and polite greetings to exchange basic information for basic topics, such as name, residence, family members, school, weather and season, days of the week, dates, time, activities, food and drink, and color and clothes, etc.
Students will have frequent teacher and peer interactions throughout the 12-class session. This course provides students with substantial opportunities for oral presentations. Students will practice frequently to communicate with each other in Chinese. This will be a highly interactive and engaging language class, and it will be fun, too!
Adult Chinese 102
This course is designed for students with at least 2 years of exposure to Chinese. Multiple topics in real life will be introduced in this course. Students will use common expressions and polite greetings to exchange information for various topics, such as self-introduction, family members, school, occupation, weather and season, leisure activities, meetup plans, food and drink, color and clothes, vacation and travel plans, etc. Students will learn to function in real-life situations using advanced and commonly used vocabulary, complex sentences, and language structures.
Students will have frequent teacher and peer interactions throughout this 12-class session. This course provides students with substantial opportunities for oral presentations. Students will practice frequently to communicate in Chinese with each other. This will be a highly interactive and engaging language class, and it will be fun, too!
Last class of 2021 fall semester
Teacher's Bio
Ms. Chia-Chi Hsiung has served as a volunteer, a resource teacher, and a classroom teacher in Chinese schools in the Washington Metropolitan Area for several years. She has taught K-12 and adult learners at various language levels. She is capable of providing effective instruction to meet the needs of language learners from different age groups and backgrounds.
Ms. Hsiung is a current licensed Chinese language teacher in Virginia. She received her Foreign Language Licensure Graduate Certificate from the program of M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction at George Mason University and received her VA Postgraduate Teaching License in 2015. Ms. Hsiung was certified as Superior at ACTFL in Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) and Writing Proficiency Test (WPT).
Required Textbooks (Including in the tuition)
- Sun, Yi-Fen eds., Let’s Learn Chinese (學華語向前走). Taipei: Overseas Community Affairs Council (OCAC), Republic of China (Taiwan). 2017.
Teacher's Bio
Ms. Sheng is an accomplished educator with a rich background in teaching language and culture across diverse academic institutions including Montgomery College, Northern Virginia Experimental Chinese School and Kuang-Chi Chinese School for over 10 years.
Her teaching style is student-centered learning. It revolves around using real-life situations and sentence patterns to focus on speaking skills. She will ensure lots of practice through the small group discussions and to make sure everyone is making progress in the Chinese learning journey. Also the class will incorporate numerous Taiwanese-related elements to deepen your understanding of Chinese culture.
Required Textbooks (Including in the tuition)
- Sun, Yi-Fen eds., Let’s Learn Mandarin (來! 學華語). Taipei: Overseas Community Affairs Council (OCAC), Republic of China (Taiwan). 2021.
- Liu, Jihua ed., Speak Mandarin in Five Hundred Words (五百字說華語). Taipei: Overseas Community Affairs Council (OCAC), Republic of China (Taiwan), 2012.
Fee Schedule
- Tuition: $300
Questions?
Contact us at registration@nvaecs.org
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