Intensive Chinese for Beginners

Course Description: Through games, role plays and presentations, students will learn the basics of Chinese, from greetings and basic conversational skills to being able to order food, shop and travel. This is an intensive basic course designed for students who are eager to begin the Chinese language by learning both the pinyin and characters.

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Course Goals: To be able to greet and introduce yourself, order at restaurants, be able to shop and travel and most importantly, to appreciate the Chinese culture.

Course Curriculum: Course follows Integrated Chinese and created by Hills Learning, please note that regular homework will also be given. It is not necessary to buy your own text.

Maximum Attendance: We feel that having a smaller amount of students makes for a better language learning experience. Please sign up now as space is limited to 8 students.


What students are saying about this class:

“Small class size is excellent. Teacher is knowledgeable and helpful.”

- Educator

“The first lesson was very good! This is my first experience with Mandarin – spoken or written – but I feel that I am now able to say a few phrases and learning to write at least my own name”

- Corporate Employee

What students are saying about Hills Learning:

“My teacher has been wonderfully prepared and enthusiastic about tailoring lessons to suit my requests and interests. We covered pretty much everything on my list of goals and even more. And, it was quite fun.”

- Art Design Scholar

“In addition to great Japanese instruction, the staff goes out of their way to help you with with other things you may need relating to Japan. My teacher, along with the head of the company, helped me research jobs in Japan, and write my resume in Japanese. This has been extremely helpful to me in my job search.”

- Recent College Graduate Who Just Got a Job in Japan

“After trawling through Craigslist and various online sites, I was lucky enough to find Hills Learning. Tuition rates are much more affordable than with comparable organizations in the city and my teacher has been superb.”

- Financial Analyst

“The classes are very helpful, and I feel like I’m learning a lot.”

- Business Owner