Curriculum

Ideal for complete beginners. We teach basic conversation (listening & speaking) through introducing foundational vocabulary and embedding them through songs & games. We also start to introduce the basics of Chinese characters using materials such as ‘Chinesasy’ by Shaolan.

Based on parents preference we split our classes into Zhùyīn ( 注音) - popular in Taiwan - and Pinyin (漢語拼音) systems to support the early development of reading and Chinese character learning.

Ideal for those children with some basic knowledge of Chinese. There is some initial overlap with the later content of our Gōngchē Bān beginners class, but this should be covered off quickly before moving on to the core syllabus of Huǒchē Bān.  We teach daily conversation topics (such as family and school life, hobbies & sports and food & drink) building on foundational vocabulary and embedding sentence structure through games. We also build on the basics of Chinese characters working towards recognition and writing of approx. 50-80 characters.

Ideal for those children with good foundational knowledge of Chinese.

As well as continuing to teach daily conversation topics we start to work on more complex sentence structures, and practice writing via daily diary entries. We also do more complex listening via recorded stories, and check students comprehension through verbal quizzes.

We expand on our foundational knowledge of Chinese characters working towards recognition and writing of approx. 200 characters.

We use a similar class format as Fēijī Bān but with a focus on those topics covered at GCSE by AQA and EdExcel exam boards. These classes are tailored to meet the needs of students who are considering taking (or who have already selected) Chinese at GCSE level.