Speaking & Listening Reading & Writing Business Chinese Survival Chinese HSK Dialects

TLI-China Online offers six different course series with almost thirty curriculums, for different levels. To find details of each course, please register on our website to become a TLI-China online candidate student. Besides Mandarin, TLI also provides a Dialects Teaching Service (Taiwanese, Cantonese and Shanghai languages) to our students. Dialects Teaching Service is specially designed for foreigners who would live in those regions for a long period of time.

Code Courses Time unit For subjects level A1 Beginner Oral Chinese I 40 Survival Chinese for basic communicative needs. Begin with Romanized pronunciation, basic greetings, and salutations. A2 Beginner Oral Chinese II (Required) 35 Familiar topics for everyday situations. Begin from hobbies, part-time jobs, foreign language learning, and holiday plans – a broad range of conversation areas for speaking practice. A3 Chinese Reading & Writing for Beginner (Elective) 40 Sentences and stories in each lesson for reading and writing practice. Begin with Romanized pronunciation, English definitions, and stroke order for writing. Code Courses Time unit For subjects level B1 Intermediate Oral Chinese 30 Discussion topics on lifestyle and well-being. Begin with life in China, hospital visits, and relationships. B2 Intermediate Testing Chinese 60 One year study plan for HSK preparation. Ideal for HSK and Japanese students. B3 Intermediate Chinese Reading 60 Expand on basic reading skills. Upon completion, students will have mastered 300 characters and can begin to study characters which apply to their fields of specialization. B4 Survival Chinese  - Shopping 10 Survival Mandarin for basic communicative needs during shopping. To help participants improve their survival Mandarin in a short period, and this course suits foreigners who have achieved primary level and who wish to have a short period studying. Besides some basic grammars, most of the content are frequently-used words, sentences, dialogues in the dairy life, such as dialogues frequently-used in convenient shop, food market, super market, super mall, franchised store, book store etc. B5 Survival Chinese - Socializing 10 Survival Mandarin for basic communicative needs in social situation. To help participants improve their survival Mandarin in a short period, and this course suits foreigners who have achieved primary level and who wish to have a short period studying. Besides some basic grammars, most of the content are frequently-used words, sentences, dialogues in the dairy life, such as dialogues frequently-used in annual meeting banquet of a company, an official banquet, a party in KTV, to visit a patient in hospital, to visit a friend as a guest, to have a chat with a stranger in airport etc. B6 Office Chinese 10 Survival Mandarin for basic communicative needs in office. To help participants improve their survival Mandarin in a short period, and this course suits foreigners who have achieved primary level and who wish to have a short period studying. Besides some basic grammars, most of the content are frequently-used words, sentences, dialogues in the dairy life, such as dialogues frequently-used in introducing new coworker, to introducing office equipment, to ask for assistance, meeting, presentation, to entertain customers visited your company, to ask for leave etc. B7 Survival Chinese - Restaurants 10 Survival Mandarin for basic communicative needs in restaurants and some dinner occasion. To help participants improve their survival Mandarin in a short period, and this course suits foreigners who have achieved primary level and who wish to have a short period studying. Besides some basic grammars, most of the content are frequently-used words, sentences, dialogues in the dairy life, such as dialogues frequently-used in seat booking, food ordering, complaint, payment, giving a banquet to guest in home etc. B8 Chinese for Specific Purpose - Olympics 10 Survival Mandarin for basic communicative needs in a chat or a discussion in the topic of Olympics. To help participants improve their survival Mandarin in a short period, and this course suits foreigners who have achieved primary level and who wish to have a short period studying. Besides some basic grammars, most of the content are frequently-used words, sentences, dialogues in the chat or discussion, such as dialogues frequently-used during talking about Olympics' history, tenet, watchword, programmed, important events, 2008 Beijing Olympics etc. Code Courses Time unit For subjects level B9 Upper Intermediate Oral Chinese 30 Introduce different ways of expressions. Upon completion, students can describe, explain, and narrate in paragraphs. B10 Upper Intermediate Testing Chinese 60 One year study plan for HSK preparation. Ideal for HSK and Japanese students. B11 Upper Intermediate Chinese Reading 60 Improve reading skill. Upon completion, students will have mastered 400 characters and can read short stories. B12 Business Oral Chinese I 60 Covering topics such as business meetings, computer network use, employment, financial discussions, the factory, price negotiation, contract signing, placing orders, advertising, business planning and investments. Twenty lessons with a new vocabulary count of 1 171, and 125 key sentences patterns. B13 Chinese for Specific Purpose – Travel & Culture 10 Introduces Taiwanese and Mainland China's traditions, customs, and social situations. Exchange views on the societies flanking the Strait. Learn about different customs and social statuses. Be involved in communication across the Strait. Make worthwhile contributions to culture and education. B14 Improvised Speech 10  Develop formal oral skills. Upon completion, students can give a speech for 30 different occasions. B15 Beginner & Intermediate HSK 60 HSK3~8 Code Courses Time unit For subjects level C1 Advanced Oral Chinese 35 Polish advanced oral skills. Upon completion, students can have in-depth discussions on any given topic and work in a total Chinese environment. C2 Advanced Multiple Chinese (shifted towards morphological) 90 This course is fitting to students who plan to study more than a year and need to participate HSK, especially the staff of Japanese companies. C3 Business Oral Chinese II 60 Covering topics such as business meetings, computer network use, employment, financial discussions, the factory, price negotiation, contract signing, placing orders, advertising, business planning and investments. Twenty lessons with a new vocabulary count of 1 171, and 125 key sentences patterns. C4 Television News and Newspaper Reading 60 To help participants develop their language abilities in listening and understanding Television News, reading and understanding Chinese Newspaper, and to help participants to improve their Mandarin in these particular fields. C5 Banking &Securities 25 Covering topics such as arriving at new place, opening a bank account, complete documents, renting a safe deposit box, remitting money, understanding investing, carefully selecting an investment package, opening a brokerage-account, doing well in the stock market etc. C6 Picture Stories 30 In words and pictures. Edited with a concern for practicality and realism and specially designed to allow vocabulary gains and increased conversation practice and ability for intermediate students. Enables students to read short articles on culture-related topics, and to write with 1 500 characters. C7 Introductory Classical Chinese 30 Covering topics such as general knowledge of Classical Chinese, this course suits participants who are interested about Classical Chinese and Classical Chinese Lecture, especially foreign students studied relevant majors. C8 Chinese for Specific Purpose - Meeting 30 Survival Mandarin for basic communicative needs in meeting. To help participants improve their survival Mandarin in a short period, and this course suits foreigners who have achieved primary level and who wish to have a short period studying. Besides some basic grammars, most of the content are frequently-used words, sentences, dialogues in meetings. It especially suits the businessmen who works in China. C9 Advanced HSK 60 HSK9~11 Code Courses Time unit For subjects level D1 Practical Cantonese 30 Pronunciation / Intonation;Common phrases & Practical expressions;100 Practical Sentences for Q & A;Situational Dialogues. D2 Practical Shanghainese 30 Pronunciation / Intonation;Common phrases & Practical expressions;100 Practical Sentences for Q & A;Situational Dialogues. D3 Practical Taiwanese 30 Pronunciation / Intonation;Common phrases & Practical expressions;100 Practical Sentences for Q & A Situational Dialogues.

Promotion Price: TLI member 18 USD/unit (~Dec.30,2009)