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	Chinese Beginner 3 (Jan-14 start) cnbeginnerthree2502	January 14, 2025 to March 18, 2025 10 Weeks	Tuesday 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm	In Person Aldgate	£330 Textbook inclusive	BOOK NOW Fully Booked
Our Chinese Beginner 3 course is designed for students with good Pinyin foundation, and ideally with knowledge of 150 or more vocabularies. In this course, students will continue to further their Pinyin training to achieve natural pronunciations and tones. A total of 25 single component Hanzi and its use to create new Hanzi and words will be introduced in this course. In each of our lesson, the strong focus is on conversational skill training talking about your daily life, work, habits, weekend activities, holidays and travel experience etc. Our key grammar points covered include key forms of verb aspects, using 了，过，正在; use of frequency adverbs and degree adverbs, duration of time, dos and don’ts etc. If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 4. Lesson Topics Lesson 1 – Ice breaker, review and practice Lesson 2 – Hobbies Lesson 3 – Weekends Lesson 4 – Phone call Lesson Show more (+) Our Chinese Beginner 3 course is designed for students with good Pinyin foundation, and ideally with knowledge of 150 or more vocabularies. In this course, students will continue to further their Pinyin training to achieve natural pronunciations and tones. A total of 25 single component Hanzi and its use to create new Hanzi and words will be introduced in this course. In each of our lesson, the strong focus is on conversational skill training talking about your daily life, work, habits, weekend activities, holidays and travel experience etc. Our key grammar points covered include key forms of verb aspects, using 了，过，正在; use of frequency adverbs and degree adverbs, duration of time, dos and don’ts etc. If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 4. Lesson Topics Lesson 1 – Ice breaker, review and practice Lesson 2 – Hobbies Lesson 3 – Weekends Lesson 4 – Phone call Lesson 5 – Confident banter Lesson 6 – Mid course review and practice Lesson 7 – Past travel Lesson 8 – Holiday Lesson 9 – Languages Lesson 10 – Total review and practice
	Chinese Beginner 2 (Jan-21 start) cnbeginnertwo2501	January 21, 2025 to March 25, 2025 10 Weeks	Tuesday 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm	In Person Aldgate	£330 Textbook inclusive	BOOK NOW Fully Booked
Our Chinese Beginner 2 course is designed for students with Pinyin foundation already, and ideally with knowledge of 80 or more vocabularies. In this course, students will continue to further their Pinyin training to achieve natural pronunciations and tones. Another 30 essential Hanzi and learning methods of Hanzi will be introduced in this course. In each of our lesson, the strong focus is on conversational skill training talking about lifestyle, likes and dislikes, home and neighbourhood, favourite things to do and places etc. Our key grammar points covered include complete basic sentence structure, all forms of questions asking when, where, how etc, how to indicate directions and locations, use of modal verbs, measure words etc. If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 3. Lesson Topics Lesson 1 – Likes & dislikes Lesson 2 – Self introduction Lesson 3 – Daily Routine Lesson 4 – Commute Lesson 5 – Show more (+) Our Chinese Beginner 2 course is designed for students with Pinyin foundation already, and ideally with knowledge of 80 or more vocabularies. In this course, students will continue to further their Pinyin training to achieve natural pronunciations and tones. Another 30 essential Hanzi and learning methods of Hanzi will be introduced in this course. In each of our lesson, the strong focus is on conversational skill training talking about lifestyle, likes and dislikes, home and neighbourhood, favourite things to do and places etc. Our key grammar points covered include complete basic sentence structure, all forms of questions asking when, where, how etc, how to indicate directions and locations, use of modal verbs, measure words etc. If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 3. Lesson Topics Lesson 1 – Likes & dislikes Lesson 2 – Self introduction Lesson 3 – Daily Routine Lesson 4 – Commute Lesson 5 – Neighbourhood Lesson 6 – Mid course review and practice Lesson 7 – Directions Lesson 8 – Meeting Friends Lesson 9 – Eating Out Lesson 10 – Total review and practice
	Chinese Beginner 1 intensive (Jan-25 start) cnbeginner2503	January 25, 2025 to February 22, 2025 5 Weeks	Saturday 11:00 am - 3:00 pm	In Person Aldgate	£310 Textbook inclusive	BOOK NOW Fully Booked
Your first step to speak Chinese Our Chinese Beginner 1 Course is designed for beginners with zero or little Chinese learning. Students will start with intensive Pinyin (phonetic system) pronunciation training to build the foundation for any further learning. 50 essential Hani (written system) and its history will also be introduced in this course. There is a strong focus in conversation practise in each of our lessons. Our topics in this course include greetings, self-introduction, numbers, countries, job, daily activities, like and dislike. Our key grammar points covered include basic sentence structures, basic question forms, 是 , 有 and 在 sentences, basic use of adjectives and adverbs. If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 2. Lesson Topics Lesson 1 – Greeting Lesson 2 – Nationality Lesson 3 – Numbers Lesson 4 – Family Lesson 5 – Job Lesson 6 – Phone Numbers Lesson 7 – Birthday Lesson 8 – Weekly Routine Lesson Show more (+) Your first step to speak Chinese Our Chinese Beginner 1 Course is designed for beginners with zero or little Chinese learning. Students will start with intensive Pinyin (phonetic system) pronunciation training to build the foundation for any further learning. 50 essential Hani (written system) and its history will also be introduced in this course. There is a strong focus in conversation practise in each of our lessons. Our topics in this course include greetings, self-introduction, numbers, countries, job, daily activities, like and dislike. Our key grammar points covered include basic sentence structures, basic question forms, 是 , 有 and 在 sentences, basic use of adjectives and adverbs. If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 2. Lesson Topics Lesson 1 – Greeting Lesson 2 – Nationality Lesson 3 – Numbers Lesson 4 – Family Lesson 5 – Job Lesson 6 – Phone Numbers Lesson 7 – Birthday Lesson 8 – Weekly Routine Lesson 9 – Likes and Dislikes Lesson 10 – Self Introduction
	Chinese HSK5 Pre-Advanced 6 (Jan-27 start) cnadvanced2503	January 27, 2025 to April 14, 2025 12 Weeks	Monday 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm	In Person Aldgate	£380 Textbook exclusive	BOOK NOW 2places left
Our Chinese Pre-Advanced HSK5 Courses are designed for students who has finished Level 4 learning or are able to do the below: have independent speaker fluency ideally has knowledge of 1500 or more vocabularies. Ideally can read 800-1200 Hanzi without Pinyin There are 6 courses in this level. The topics covered in this course are relevant to current affairs, and traditional Chinese culture, history, and literature. Here are the headline topics: 了解生活谈古说今请听故事走近科学放眼世界修养身心交流文化体会教育感受人生关注经济观察社会亲近自然 You can join a HSK5 course from any term, as the topics in each unit are not connected. If you are unsure which term to join, please make sure you book a trial lesson before signing up. The learning results of our courses would be for students to achieve further speaking fluency discussing social issues or current affairs in depth, to understand videos and films in Chinese, to navigate a Show more (+) Our Chinese Pre-Advanced HSK5 Courses are designed for students who has finished Level 4 learning or are able to do the below: have independent speaker fluency ideally has knowledge of 1500 or more vocabularies. Ideally can read 800-1200 Hanzi without Pinyin There are 6 courses in this level. The topics covered in this course are relevant to current affairs, and traditional Chinese culture, history, and literature. Here are the headline topics: 了解生活谈古说今请听故事走近科学放眼世界修养身心交流文化体会教育感受人生关注经济观察社会亲近自然 You can join a HSK5 course from any term, as the topics in each unit are not connected. If you are unsure which term to join, please make sure you book a trial lesson before signing up. The learning results of our courses would be for students to achieve further speaking fluency discussing social issues or current affairs in depth, to understand videos and films in Chinese, to navigate a Chinese website, and to read authentic Chinese writings.
	Chinese HSK6 Advanced 8 (Jan-27 start) cnadvanced2504	January 27, 2025 to April 14, 2025 12 Weeks	Monday 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm	In Person Aldgate	£380 Textbook exclusive	BOOK NOW 2places left
Our Chinese Advanced HSK6 Courses are designed for students who has finished Level 5 learning or are able to do the below: have independent speaker fluency ideally has knowledge of 2500 or more vocabularies. Ideally can read 1500-2000 Hanzi without Pinyin There are 8 courses in this level. The topics covered in this course are relevant to current affairs, and traditional Chinese culture, history, and literature. Here are the headline topics: 生活点滴不甘平庸多彩社会走遍天下美丽家园趣味世界经典阅读人体探秘古今博览热点追踪 You can join a HSK6 course from any term, as the topics in each unit are not connected. If you are unsure which term to join, please make sure you book a trial lesson before signing up. The learning results of our courses would be for students to achieve excellent speaking fluency discussing current affairs, social issues and history events in depth and in details, to understand videos and news in Chinese Show more (+) Our Chinese Advanced HSK6 Courses are designed for students who has finished Level 5 learning or are able to do the below: have independent speaker fluency ideally has knowledge of 2500 or more vocabularies. Ideally can read 1500-2000 Hanzi without Pinyin There are 8 courses in this level. The topics covered in this course are relevant to current affairs, and traditional Chinese culture, history, and literature. Here are the headline topics: 生活点滴不甘平庸多彩社会走遍天下美丽家园趣味世界经典阅读人体探秘古今博览热点追踪 You can join a HSK6 course from any term, as the topics in each unit are not connected. If you are unsure which term to join, please make sure you book a trial lesson before signing up. The learning results of our courses would be for students to achieve excellent speaking fluency discussing current affairs, social issues and history events in depth and in details, to understand videos and news in Chinese, to achieve further reading skills of authentic Chinese writings, magazines, website and newspaper articles.
	Chinese HSK4 Upper-Intermediate 3 (Jan-27 start) cnupper-intermediate2501	January 27, 2025 to April 14, 2025 12 Weeks	Monday 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm	In Person Aldgate	£380 Textbook exclusive	BOOK NOW 3places left
Our Chinese Upper-Intermediate 3 Course is designed for students who has finished Level 3 learning or are able to do the below: can speak Chinese with natural pronunciation ideally has knowledge of 1000 or more vocabularies. Ideally can read 500-700 Hanzi without Pinyin can hold a conversation or talk about an event with ease have good foundation of all important grammatical structures like verb aspect, verb complements, use of modifiers and adverbs, special sentences like 是…的，把，被, and the colloquial nature of topic comment in Chinese. This course will focus on vocabulary building on a range of topics that are closed to daily life, at the same time the questions asked are more abstract or detailed, so as to practise speaking with organised thoughts, with specific vocabularies. The 5 headline topics in this course are 阅读，生活中的创意，世界文化，环境保护，教育。Students will practise their listening skills by listening to native speakers on video answering various related questions Show more (+) Our Chinese Upper-Intermediate 3 Course is designed for students who has finished Level 3 learning or are able to do the below: can speak Chinese with natural pronunciation ideally has knowledge of 1000 or more vocabularies. Ideally can read 500-700 Hanzi without Pinyin can hold a conversation or talk about an event with ease have good foundation of all important grammatical structures like verb aspect, verb complements, use of modifiers and adverbs, special sentences like 是…的，把，被, and the colloquial nature of topic comment in Chinese. This course will focus on vocabulary building on a range of topics that are closed to daily life, at the same time the questions asked are more abstract or detailed, so as to practise speaking with organised thoughts, with specific vocabularies. The 5 headline topics in this course are 阅读，生活中的创意，世界文化，环境保护，教育。Students will practise their listening skills by listening to native speakers on video answering various related questions in unfiltered language, then students will follow suite to practise answering these questions with their own options and stories.
	Chinese HSK3 Intermediate 1 (Jan-27 start) cnintermediate2502	January 27, 2025 to March 31, 2025 10 Weeks	Monday 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm	In Person Aldgate	£320 Textbook exclusive	BOOK NOW 2places left
Our Chinese Intermediate 1 course is designed for students who has finished Elementary Level 2 learning or are able to do the below: can speak Chinese with natural pronunciation ideally has knowledge of 600 or more vocabularies. Ideally has knowledge of 150-300 Hanzi can hold a conversation with a native Chinese speaker about common daily topics for 5 minutes or more have knowledge of important grammatical structures like verb complements of result, degree and direction In this course, students will continue to learn with the assistance of Pinyin, but will start to practise reading Hanzi in the texts. Another 50 Hanzi will be introduced along with the best ways to memorize them. Our lessons maintain strong focus on conversational skills training talking about asking for favour, provide solutions to issues, getting sick and seeing a doctor etc. The key grammar points in this course include conditional sentences using 如果，…的话, gradual changes using Show more (+) Our Chinese Intermediate 1 course is designed for students who has finished Elementary Level 2 learning or are able to do the below: can speak Chinese with natural pronunciation ideally has knowledge of 600 or more vocabularies. Ideally has knowledge of 150-300 Hanzi can hold a conversation with a native Chinese speaker about common daily topics for 5 minutes or more have knowledge of important grammatical structures like verb complements of result, degree and direction In this course, students will continue to learn with the assistance of Pinyin, but will start to practise reading Hanzi in the texts. Another 50 Hanzi will be introduced along with the best ways to memorize them. Our lessons maintain strong focus on conversational skills training talking about asking for favour, provide solutions to issues, getting sick and seeing a doctor etc. The key grammar points in this course include conditional sentences using 如果，…的话, gradual changes using 越，accompanied actions, and contextual uses of tone adverbs like 才 and 就。 If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Intermediate 2.
	Chinese Beginner 3 (Jan-27 start) cnbeginnerthree2503	January 27, 2025 to March 31, 2025 10 Weeks	Monday 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm	In Person Aldgate	£330 Textbook inclusive	BOOK NOW 2places left
Our Chinese Beginner 3 course is designed for students with good Pinyin foundation, and ideally with knowledge of 150 or more vocabularies. In this course, students will continue to further their Pinyin training to achieve natural pronunciations and tones. A total of 25 single component Hanzi and its use to create new Hanzi and words will be introduced in this course. In each of our lesson, the strong focus is on conversational skill training talking about your daily life, work, habits, weekend activities, holidays and travel experience etc. Our key grammar points covered include key forms of verb aspects, using 了，过，正在; use of frequency adverbs and degree adverbs, duration of time, dos and don’ts etc. If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 4. Lesson Topics Lesson 1 – Ice breaker, review and practice Lesson 2 – Hobbies Lesson 3 – Weekends Lesson 4 – Phone call Lesson Show more (+) Our Chinese Beginner 3 course is designed for students with good Pinyin foundation, and ideally with knowledge of 150 or more vocabularies. In this course, students will continue to further their Pinyin training to achieve natural pronunciations and tones. A total of 25 single component Hanzi and its use to create new Hanzi and words will be introduced in this course. In each of our lesson, the strong focus is on conversational skill training talking about your daily life, work, habits, weekend activities, holidays and travel experience etc. Our key grammar points covered include key forms of verb aspects, using 了，过，正在; use of frequency adverbs and degree adverbs, duration of time, dos and don’ts etc. If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 4. Lesson Topics Lesson 1 – Ice breaker, review and practice Lesson 2 – Hobbies Lesson 3 – Weekends Lesson 4 – Phone call Lesson 5 – Confident banter Lesson 6 – Mid course review and practice Lesson 7 – Past travel Lesson 8 – Holiday Lesson 9 – Languages Lesson 10 – Total review and practice
	Chinese HSK2 Elementary 1 (Jan-29 start) cnelementary2504	January 29, 2025 to April 2, 2025 10 Weeks	Wednesday 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm	In Person Aldgate	£330 Textbook inclusive	BOOK NOW Fully Booked
Our Chinese Elementary 1 course is designed for students who has finished Beginner Level learning or are able to do the below: Can pronounce Pinyin confidently has knowledge of basic Hanzi ideally has knowledge of 300 or more vocabularies. can conduct a good basic conversation, give self introduction and have good understanding of verb aspects In this course, students will continue to learn with Pinyin but ideally can start to pick up the essential Hanzi introduced in the previous courses. In each of our Elementary course, 50 Hanzi will be introduced along with the best ways to memorize them. Our lessons maintain strong focus on conversational skills training talking about your travel planning, buying tickets, hotel check-in, asking for directions etc. Our key grammar points covered include the concept of verb complements, and extensive use of result complements; how to modify nouns using 的; how to tell distance using 离; a few Show more (+) Our Chinese Elementary 1 course is designed for students who has finished Beginner Level learning or are able to do the below: Can pronounce Pinyin confidently has knowledge of basic Hanzi ideally has knowledge of 300 or more vocabularies. can conduct a good basic conversation, give self introduction and have good understanding of verb aspects In this course, students will continue to learn with Pinyin but ideally can start to pick up the essential Hanzi introduced in the previous courses. In each of our Elementary course, 50 Hanzi will be introduced along with the best ways to memorize them. Our lessons maintain strong focus on conversational skills training talking about your travel planning, buying tickets, hotel check-in, asking for directions etc. Our key grammar points covered include the concept of verb complements, and extensive use of result complements; how to modify nouns using 的; how to tell distance using 离; a few ways to say rough numbers using 多，几，左, how to connect sentences etc. If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Elementary 2.
	Chinese Beginner 1 (Jan-30 start) cnbeginner2502	January 30, 2025 to April 3, 2025 10 Weeks	Thursday 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm	In Person Aldgate	£310 Textbook inclusive	BOOK NOW Fully Booked
Your first step to speak Chinese Our Chinese Beginner 1 Course is designed for beginners with zero or little Chinese learning. Students will start with intensive Pinyin (phonetic system) pronunciation training to build the foundation for any further learning. 50 essential Hani (written system) and its history will also be introduced in this course. There is a strong focus in conversation practise in each of our lessons. Our topics in this course include greetings, self-introduction, numbers, countries, job, daily activities, like and dislike. Our key grammar points covered include basic sentence structures, basic question forms, 是 , 有 and 在 sentences, basic use of adjectives and adverbs. If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 2. Lesson Topics Lesson 1 – Greeting Lesson 2 – Nationality Lesson 3 – Numbers Lesson 4 – Family Lesson 5 – Job Lesson 6 – Phone Numbers Lesson 7 – Birthday Lesson 8 – Weekly Routine Lesson Show more (+) Your first step to speak Chinese Our Chinese Beginner 1 Course is designed for beginners with zero or little Chinese learning. Students will start with intensive Pinyin (phonetic system) pronunciation training to build the foundation for any further learning. 50 essential Hani (written system) and its history will also be introduced in this course. There is a strong focus in conversation practise in each of our lessons. Our topics in this course include greetings, self-introduction, numbers, countries, job, daily activities, like and dislike. Our key grammar points covered include basic sentence structures, basic question forms, 是 , 有 and 在 sentences, basic use of adjectives and adverbs. If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 2. Lesson Topics Lesson 1 – Greeting Lesson 2 – Nationality Lesson 3 – Numbers Lesson 4 – Family Lesson 5 – Job Lesson 6 – Phone Numbers Lesson 7 – Birthday Lesson 8 – Weekly Routine Lesson 9 – Likes and Dislikes Lesson 10 – Self Introduction
	Chinese HSK3 Intermediate 4 (Jan-30 start) cnintermediate2503	January 30, 2025 to April 3, 2025 10 Weeks	Thursday 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm	In Person Aldgate	£320 Textbook exclusive	BOOK NOW Fully Booked
Our Chinese Intermediate 3 course is designed for students who has knowledge of 800 or more words, who ideally has put in effort to learn all of the Hanzi prescribed in all of our previous courses (400 Hanzi in total), therefore, who can read 200+ Hanzi without Pinyin. In this course, students will start to read small texts without Pinyin. No new Hanzi will be introduced, instead, consolidating and reading practise will be in focus. For conversational practise, we will move away from text reading to real life stories. Each lesson, we will practise story telling with an interesting subject. Students will watch a story told by a native speaker and follow the example to tell their own stories. Key grammar points covered in this course include review of verb complement of result, and direction; introduction of complement of possibility; rhetorical questions; flexible use of interrogative pronouns etc. If you have learnt all Show more (+) Our Chinese Intermediate 3 course is designed for students who has knowledge of 800 or more words, who ideally has put in effort to learn all of the Hanzi prescribed in all of our previous courses (400 Hanzi in total), therefore, who can read 200+ Hanzi without Pinyin. In this course, students will start to read small texts without Pinyin. No new Hanzi will be introduced, instead, consolidating and reading practise will be in focus. For conversational practise, we will move away from text reading to real life stories. Each lesson, we will practise story telling with an interesting subject. Students will watch a story told by a native speaker and follow the example to tell their own stories. Key grammar points covered in this course include review of verb complement of result, and direction; introduction of complement of possibility; rhetorical questions; flexible use of interrogative pronouns etc. If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Upper- Intermediate.
	Chinese HSK2 Elementary 1 (Feb-4 start) cnelementary2503	February 4, 2025 to April 8, 2025 10 Weeks	Tuesday 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm	In Person Aldgate	£330 Textbook inclusive	BOOK NOW
Our Chinese Elementary 1 course is designed for students who has finished Beginner Level learning or are able to do the below: Can pronounce Pinyin confidently has knowledge of basic Hanzi ideally has knowledge of 300 or more vocabularies. can conduct a good basic conversation, give self introduction and have good understanding of verb aspects In this course, students will continue to learn with Pinyin but ideally can start to pick up the essential Hanzi introduced in the previous courses. In each of our Elementary course, 50 Hanzi will be introduced along with the best ways to memorize them. Our lessons maintain strong focus on conversational skills training talking about your travel planning, buying tickets, hotel check-in, asking for directions etc. Our key grammar points covered include the concept of verb complements, and extensive use of result complements; how to modify nouns using 的; how to tell distance using 离; a few Show more (+) Our Chinese Elementary 1 course is designed for students who has finished Beginner Level learning or are able to do the below: Can pronounce Pinyin confidently has knowledge of basic Hanzi ideally has knowledge of 300 or more vocabularies. can conduct a good basic conversation, give self introduction and have good understanding of verb aspects In this course, students will continue to learn with Pinyin but ideally can start to pick up the essential Hanzi introduced in the previous courses. In each of our Elementary course, 50 Hanzi will be introduced along with the best ways to memorize them. Our lessons maintain strong focus on conversational skills training talking about your travel planning, buying tickets, hotel check-in, asking for directions etc. Our key grammar points covered include the concept of verb complements, and extensive use of result complements; how to modify nouns using 的; how to tell distance using 离; a few ways to say rough numbers using 多，几，左, how to connect sentences etc. If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Elementary 2.
	Chinese HSK2 Elementary 1 (Feb-06 start) cnelementary2510	February 6, 2025 to April 10, 2025 10 Weeks	Thursday 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm	Online Zoom	£330 Textbook inclusive	BOOK NOW
Our Chinese Elementary 1 course is designed for students who has finished Beginner Level learning or are able to do the below: Can pronounce Pinyin confidently has knowledge of basic Hanzi ideally has knowledge of 300 or more vocabularies. can conduct a good basic conversation, give self introduction and have good understanding of verb aspects In this course, students will continue to learn with Pinyin but ideally can start to pick up the essential Hanzi introduced in the previous courses. In each of our Elementary course, 50 Hanzi will be introduced along with the best ways to memorize them. Our lessons maintain strong focus on conversational skills training talking about your travel planning, buying tickets, hotel check-in, asking for directions etc. Our key grammar points covered include the concept of verb complements, and extensive use of result complements; how to modify nouns using 的; how to tell distance using 离; a few Show more (+) Our Chinese Elementary 1 course is designed for students who has finished Beginner Level learning or are able to do the below: Can pronounce Pinyin confidently has knowledge of basic Hanzi ideally has knowledge of 300 or more vocabularies. can conduct a good basic conversation, give self introduction and have good understanding of verb aspects In this course, students will continue to learn with Pinyin but ideally can start to pick up the essential Hanzi introduced in the previous courses. In each of our Elementary course, 50 Hanzi will be introduced along with the best ways to memorize them. Our lessons maintain strong focus on conversational skills training talking about your travel planning, buying tickets, hotel check-in, asking for directions etc. Our key grammar points covered include the concept of verb complements, and extensive use of result complements; how to modify nouns using 的; how to tell distance using 离; a few ways to say rough numbers using 多，几，左, how to connect sentences etc. If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Elementary 2.
	Chinese Beginner 2 (Feb-13 start) cnbeginnertwo2502	February 13, 2025 to April 17, 2025 10 Weeks	Thursday 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm	Online Zoom	£330 Textbook inclusive	BOOK NOW
Our Chinese Beginner 2 course is designed for students with Pinyin foundation already, and ideally with knowledge of 80 or more vocabularies. In this course, students will continue to further their Pinyin training to achieve natural pronunciations and tones. Another 30 essential Hanzi and learning methods of Hanzi will be introduced in this course. In each of our lesson, the strong focus is on conversational skill training talking about lifestyle, likes and dislikes, home and neighbourhood, favourite things to do and places etc. Our key grammar points covered include complete basic sentence structure, all forms of questions asking when, where, how etc, how to indicate directions and locations, use of modal verbs, measure words etc. If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 3. Lesson Topics Lesson 1 – Likes & dislikes Lesson 2 – Self introduction Lesson 3 – Daily Routine Lesson 4 – Commute Lesson 5 – Show more (+) Our Chinese Beginner 2 course is designed for students with Pinyin foundation already, and ideally with knowledge of 80 or more vocabularies. In this course, students will continue to further their Pinyin training to achieve natural pronunciations and tones. Another 30 essential Hanzi and learning methods of Hanzi will be introduced in this course. In each of our lesson, the strong focus is on conversational skill training talking about lifestyle, likes and dislikes, home and neighbourhood, favourite things to do and places etc. Our key grammar points covered include complete basic sentence structure, all forms of questions asking when, where, how etc, how to indicate directions and locations, use of modal verbs, measure words etc. If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 3. Lesson Topics Lesson 1 – Likes & dislikes Lesson 2 – Self introduction Lesson 3 – Daily Routine Lesson 4 – Commute Lesson 5 – Neighbourhood Lesson 6 – Mid course review and practice Lesson 7 – Directions Lesson 8 – Meeting Friends Lesson 9 – Eating Out Lesson 10 – Total review and practice
	Chinese Beginner 3 Intensive (Feb-15 start) cnbeginnerthree2501	February 15, 2025 to March 15, 2025 5 Weeks	Saturday 11:00 am - 3:00 pm	Online Zoom	£330 Textbook inclusive	BOOK NOW
Our Chinese Beginner 3 course is designed for students with good Pinyin foundation, and ideally with knowledge of 150 or more vocabularies. In this course, students will continue to further their Pinyin training to achieve natural pronunciations and tones. A total of 25 single component Hanzi and its use to create new Hanzi and words will be introduced in this course. In each of our lesson, the strong focus is on conversational skill training talking about your daily life, work, habits, weekend activities, holidays and travel experience etc. Our key grammar points covered include key forms of verb aspects, using 了，过，正在; use of frequency adverbs and degree adverbs, duration of time, dos and don’ts etc. If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 4. Lesson Topics Lesson 1 – Ice breaker, review and practice Lesson 2 – Hobbies Lesson 3 – Weekends Lesson 4 – Phone call Lesson Show more (+) Our Chinese Beginner 3 course is designed for students with good Pinyin foundation, and ideally with knowledge of 150 or more vocabularies. In this course, students will continue to further their Pinyin training to achieve natural pronunciations and tones. A total of 25 single component Hanzi and its use to create new Hanzi and words will be introduced in this course. In each of our lesson, the strong focus is on conversational skill training talking about your daily life, work, habits, weekend activities, holidays and travel experience etc. Our key grammar points covered include key forms of verb aspects, using 了，过，正在; use of frequency adverbs and degree adverbs, duration of time, dos and don’ts etc. If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 4. Lesson Topics Lesson 1 – Ice breaker, review and practice Lesson 2 – Hobbies Lesson 3 – Weekends Lesson 4 – Phone call Lesson 5 – Confident banter Lesson 6 – Mid course review and practice Lesson 7 – Past travel Lesson 8 – Holiday Lesson 9 – Languages Lesson 10 – Total review and practice
	Chinese Beginner 1 (Feb-17 start) cnbeginner2504	February 17, 2025 to April 28, 2025 10 Weeks	Monday 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm	In Person Aldgate	£310 Textbook inclusive	BOOK NOW Fully Booked
Your first step to speak Chinese Our Chinese Beginner 1 Course is designed for beginners with zero or little Chinese learning. Students will start with intensive Pinyin (phonetic system) pronunciation training to build the foundation for any further learning. 50 essential Hani (written system) and its history will also be introduced in this course. There is a strong focus in conversation practise in each of our lessons. Our topics in this course include greetings, self-introduction, numbers, countries, job, daily activities, like and dislike. Our key grammar points covered include basic sentence structures, basic question forms, 是 , 有 and 在 sentences, basic use of adjectives and adverbs. If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 2. Lesson Topics Lesson 1 – Greeting Lesson 2 – Nationality Lesson 3 – Numbers Lesson 4 – Family Lesson 5 – Job Lesson 6 – Phone Numbers Lesson 7 – Birthday Lesson 8 – Weekly Routine Lesson Show more (+) Your first step to speak Chinese Our Chinese Beginner 1 Course is designed for beginners with zero or little Chinese learning. Students will start with intensive Pinyin (phonetic system) pronunciation training to build the foundation for any further learning. 50 essential Hani (written system) and its history will also be introduced in this course. There is a strong focus in conversation practise in each of our lessons. Our topics in this course include greetings, self-introduction, numbers, countries, job, daily activities, like and dislike. Our key grammar points covered include basic sentence structures, basic question forms, 是 , 有 and 在 sentences, basic use of adjectives and adverbs. If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 2. Lesson Topics Lesson 1 – Greeting Lesson 2 – Nationality Lesson 3 – Numbers Lesson 4 – Family Lesson 5 – Job Lesson 6 – Phone Numbers Lesson 7 – Birthday Lesson 8 – Weekly Routine Lesson 9 – Likes and Dislikes Lesson 10 – Self Introduction
	Chinese Beginner 3 (Feb-20 start) cnbeginnerthree2504	February 20, 2025 to April 24, 2025 10 Weeks	Thursday 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm	In Person Aldgate	£330 Textbook inclusive	BOOK NOW
Our Chinese Beginner 3 course is designed for students with good Pinyin foundation, and ideally with knowledge of 150 or more vocabularies. In this course, students will continue to further their Pinyin training to achieve natural pronunciations and tones. A total of 25 single component Hanzi and its use to create new Hanzi and words will be introduced in this course. In each of our lesson, the strong focus is on conversational skill training talking about your daily life, work, habits, weekend activities, holidays and travel experience etc. Our key grammar points covered include key forms of verb aspects, using 了，过，正在; use of frequency adverbs and degree adverbs, duration of time, dos and don’ts etc. If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 4. Lesson Topics Lesson 1 – Ice breaker, review and practice Lesson 2 – Hobbies Lesson 3 – Weekends Lesson 4 – Phone call Lesson Show more (+) Our Chinese Beginner 3 course is designed for students with good Pinyin foundation, and ideally with knowledge of 150 or more vocabularies. In this course, students will continue to further their Pinyin training to achieve natural pronunciations and tones. A total of 25 single component Hanzi and its use to create new Hanzi and words will be introduced in this course. In each of our lesson, the strong focus is on conversational skill training talking about your daily life, work, habits, weekend activities, holidays and travel experience etc. Our key grammar points covered include key forms of verb aspects, using 了，过，正在; use of frequency adverbs and degree adverbs, duration of time, dos and don’ts etc. If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 4. Lesson Topics Lesson 1 – Ice breaker, review and practice Lesson 2 – Hobbies Lesson 3 – Weekends Lesson 4 – Phone call Lesson 5 – Confident banter Lesson 6 – Mid course review and practice Lesson 7 – Past travel Lesson 8 – Holiday Lesson 9 – Languages Lesson 10 – Total review and practice
	Chinese HSK6 Advanced 1 (Feb-20 start) cnadvanced2505	February 20, 2025 to May 8, 2025 12 Weeks	Thursday 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm	Online Zoom	£380 Textbook exclusive	BOOK NOW
Our Chinese Advanced HSK6 Courses are designed for students who has finished Level 5 learning or are able to do the below: have independent speaker fluency ideally has knowledge of 2500 or more vocabularies. Ideally can read 1500-2000 Hanzi without Pinyin There are 8 courses in this level. The topics covered in this course are relevant to current affairs, and traditional Chinese culture, history, and literature. Here are the headline topics: 生活点滴不甘平庸多彩社会走遍天下美丽家园趣味世界经典阅读人体探秘古今博览热点追踪 You can join a HSK6 course from any term, as the topics in each unit are not connected. If you are unsure which term to join, please make sure you book a trial lesson before signing up. The learning results of our courses would be for students to achieve excellent speaking fluency discussing current affairs, social issues and history events in depth and in details, to understand videos and news in Chinese Show more (+) Our Chinese Advanced HSK6 Courses are designed for students who has finished Level 5 learning or are able to do the below: have independent speaker fluency ideally has knowledge of 2500 or more vocabularies. Ideally can read 1500-2000 Hanzi without Pinyin There are 8 courses in this level. The topics covered in this course are relevant to current affairs, and traditional Chinese culture, history, and literature. Here are the headline topics: 生活点滴不甘平庸多彩社会走遍天下美丽家园趣味世界经典阅读人体探秘古今博览热点追踪 You can join a HSK6 course from any term, as the topics in each unit are not connected. If you are unsure which term to join, please make sure you book a trial lesson before signing up. The learning results of our courses would be for students to achieve excellent speaking fluency discussing current affairs, social issues and history events in depth and in details, to understand videos and news in Chinese, to achieve further reading skills of authentic Chinese writings, magazines, website and newspaper articles.
	Chinese HSK6 Advanced Business (Feb-20 start) cnbusiness2501	February 20, 2025 to April 17, 2025 8 Weeks	Thursday 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm	Online Zoom	£360 Textbook exclusive	BOOK NOW
Our Advanced Business course is designed with 6 modules which reflects our students’ learning interest. Each of the modules has 8 topics, where key vocabularies are outlined for study, in the form of news articles or case studies. Most of these case studies will be from China, for example, you might learn about the Chinese government structure, stories of the business tycoons and their companies in China, booming sector and innovative startups, or the stock market and property market. For learning material, we curate one article each topic with outlined vocabularies. Additionally, each lesson should include 0.5 hour to 1 hour learning time for current affairs discussion. The source is commonly financial times 中文网。The ability to engage in conversations about current affairs with the right vocabularies is a step up from being comfortably fluent, it’s also a crucial step to achieve working proficiency in Chinese. To join this level, you should have Show more (+) Our Advanced Business course is designed with 6 modules which reflects our students’ learning interest. Each of the modules has 8 topics, where key vocabularies are outlined for study, in the form of news articles or case studies. Most of these case studies will be from China, for example, you might learn about the Chinese government structure, stories of the business tycoons and their companies in China, booming sector and innovative startups, or the stock market and property market. For learning material, we curate one article each topic with outlined vocabularies. Additionally, each lesson should include 0.5 hour to 1 hour learning time for current affairs discussion. The source is commonly financial times 中文网。The ability to engage in conversations about current affairs with the right vocabularies is a step up from being comfortably fluent, it’s also a crucial step to achieve working proficiency in Chinese. To join this level, you should have / be able to: Vocabularies: 2000 Words and more Language Command: Can read Pinyin & 800+ characters Can conduct a proper conversation with a native speaker Can read and understand some Chinese news Can do information research on Chinese content
	Chinese Beginner 1 intensive (Feb-22 start) cnbeginner2505	February 22, 2025 to March 22, 2025 5 Weeks	Saturday 11:00 am - 3:00 pm	In Person Aldgate	£310 Textbook inclusive	BOOK NOW 3places left
Your first step to speak Chinese Our Chinese Beginner 1 Course is designed for beginners with zero or little Chinese learning. Students will start with intensive Pinyin (phonetic system) pronunciation training to build the foundation for any further learning. 50 essential Hani (written system) and its history will also be introduced in this course. There is a strong focus in conversation practise in each of our lessons. Our topics in this course include greetings, self-introduction, numbers, countries, job, daily activities, like and dislike. Our key grammar points covered include basic sentence structures, basic question forms, 是 , 有 and 在 sentences, basic use of adjectives and adverbs. If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 2. Lesson Topics Lesson 1 – Greeting Lesson 2 – Nationality Lesson 3 – Numbers Lesson 4 – Family Lesson 5 – Job Lesson 6 – Phone Numbers Lesson 7 – Birthday Lesson 8 – Weekly Routine Lesson Show more (+) Your first step to speak Chinese Our Chinese Beginner 1 Course is designed for beginners with zero or little Chinese learning. Students will start with intensive Pinyin (phonetic system) pronunciation training to build the foundation for any further learning. 50 essential Hani (written system) and its history will also be introduced in this course. There is a strong focus in conversation practise in each of our lessons. Our topics in this course include greetings, self-introduction, numbers, countries, job, daily activities, like and dislike. Our key grammar points covered include basic sentence structures, basic question forms, 是 , 有 and 在 sentences, basic use of adjectives and adverbs. If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 2. Lesson Topics Lesson 1 – Greeting Lesson 2 – Nationality Lesson 3 – Numbers Lesson 4 – Family Lesson 5 – Job Lesson 6 – Phone Numbers Lesson 7 – Birthday Lesson 8 – Weekly Routine Lesson 9 – Likes and Dislikes Lesson 10 – Self Introduction
	Chinese Beginner 2 (Feb-24 start) cnbeginnertwo2506	February 24, 2025 to May 12, 2025 10 Weeks	Monday 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm	In Person Aldgate	£330 Textbook inclusive	BOOK NOW 3places left
Our Chinese Beginner 2 course is designed for students with Pinyin foundation already, and ideally with knowledge of 80 or more vocabularies. In this course, students will continue to further their Pinyin training to achieve natural pronunciations and tones. Another 30 essential Hanzi and learning methods of Hanzi will be introduced in this course. In each of our lesson, the strong focus is on conversational skill training talking about lifestyle, likes and dislikes, home and neighbourhood, favourite things to do and places etc. Our key grammar points covered include complete basic sentence structure, all forms of questions asking when, where, how etc, how to indicate directions and locations, use of modal verbs, measure words etc. If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 3. Lesson Topics Lesson 1 – Likes & dislikes Lesson 2 – Self introduction Lesson 3 – Daily Routine Lesson 4 – Commute Lesson 5 – Show more (+) Our Chinese Beginner 2 course is designed for students with Pinyin foundation already, and ideally with knowledge of 80 or more vocabularies. In this course, students will continue to further their Pinyin training to achieve natural pronunciations and tones. Another 30 essential Hanzi and learning methods of Hanzi will be introduced in this course. In each of our lesson, the strong focus is on conversational skill training talking about lifestyle, likes and dislikes, home and neighbourhood, favourite things to do and places etc. Our key grammar points covered include complete basic sentence structure, all forms of questions asking when, where, how etc, how to indicate directions and locations, use of modal verbs, measure words etc. If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 3. Lesson Topics Lesson 1 – Likes & dislikes Lesson 2 – Self introduction Lesson 3 – Daily Routine Lesson 4 – Commute Lesson 5 – Neighbourhood Lesson 6 – Mid course review and practice Lesson 7 – Directions Lesson 8 – Meeting Friends Lesson 9 – Eating Out Lesson 10 – Total review and practice
	Chinese HSK2 Elementary 2 (Feb-25 start) cnelementary2506	February 25, 2025 to April 29, 2025 10 Weeks	Tuesday 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm	In Person Aldgate	£300 Textbook exclusive	BOOK NOW
Our Chinese Elementary 2 Course is designed for students who are exposed to more and more natural Chinese conversations, who can organise language to respond to some contexts while travelling in China, who ideally has knowledge of 400+ words. In this course, students will continue to learn with Pinyin but ideally can start to pick up the essential Hanzi introduced in the previous courses. In each of our Elementary course, 50 Hanzi will be introduced along with the best ways to memorize them. Our lessons maintain strong focus on conversational skills training talking about your travel planning, buying tickets, hotel check-in, asking for directions etc. Our key grammar points covered include basic use of direction complement using 来 and 去; verb complement of degree using ; the concept of separable verbs; how to compare actions; the use of prepositions like 对 and conjunction pairs like 不但…而且… If you have learnt all of these Show more (+) Our Chinese Elementary 2 Course is designed for students who are exposed to more and more natural Chinese conversations, who can organise language to respond to some contexts while travelling in China, who ideally has knowledge of 400+ words. In this course, students will continue to learn with Pinyin but ideally can start to pick up the essential Hanzi introduced in the previous courses. In each of our Elementary course, 50 Hanzi will be introduced along with the best ways to memorize them. Our lessons maintain strong focus on conversational skills training talking about your travel planning, buying tickets, hotel check-in, asking for directions etc. Our key grammar points covered include basic use of direction complement using 来 and 去; verb complement of degree using ; the concept of separable verbs; how to compare actions; the use of prepositions like 对 and conjunction pairs like 不但…而且… If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Elementary 3. Lesson Topics Lesson 1 – Warm up and practise Lesson 2 – Must try in Shanghai Lesson 3 – Discount, please? Lesson 4 – Let’s take a taxi to go there. Lesson 5 – Mid term conversation practise Lesson 6 – Life in Shanghai Lesson 7 – You speak Chinese so well! Lesson 8 – Early to bed, early to rise Lesson 9 – My life in London Lesson 10 – Total review and presentations
	Chinese HSK3 Intermediate 2 (Mar-4 start) cnintermediate2504	March 4, 2025 to May 6, 2025 10 Weeks	Tuesday 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm	In Person Aldgate	£320 Textbook exclusive	BOOK NOW
Our Chinese Intermediate 2 course is designed for students who has knowledge of 600 or more words, who ideally has knowledge of 100-300 Hanzi. In this course, students will continue to learn with the assistance of Pinyin, but will start to practise reading Hanzi in the texts. Another 50 Hanzi will be introduced along with the best ways to memorize them. Our lessons maintain strong focus on conversational skills training talking about hometown, festival celebrations, online shopping and studying abroad etc. The key grammar points in this course include adjective complement using得, asking about frequency, describing things about to happen, or things happening in sequence using 先，再，然后, numbers and percentages, more use of 就 in conditional sentences. If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Intermediate 3.
	Chinese HSK3 Intermediate 3 (Mar-5 start) cnintermediate2505	March 5, 2025 to May 7, 2025 10 Weeks	Wednesday 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm	In Person Aldgate	£320 Textbook exclusive	BOOK NOW
Our Chinese Intermediate 3 course is designed for students who has knowledge of 800 or more words, who ideally has put in effort to learn all of the Hanzi prescribed in all of our previous courses (400 Hanzi in total), therefore, who can read 200+ Hanzi without Pinyin. In this course, students will start to read small texts without Pinyin. No new Hanzi will be introduced, instead, consolidating and reading practise will be in focus. For conversational practise, we will move away from text reading to real life stories. Each lesson, we will practise story telling with an interesting subject. Students will watch a story told by a native speaker and follow the example to tell their own stories. Key grammar points covered in this course include review of verb complement of result, and direction; introduction of complement of possibility; rhetorical questions; flexible use of interrogative pronouns etc. If you have learnt all Show more (+) Our Chinese Intermediate 3 course is designed for students who has knowledge of 800 or more words, who ideally has put in effort to learn all of the Hanzi prescribed in all of our previous courses (400 Hanzi in total), therefore, who can read 200+ Hanzi without Pinyin. In this course, students will start to read small texts without Pinyin. No new Hanzi will be introduced, instead, consolidating and reading practise will be in focus. For conversational practise, we will move away from text reading to real life stories. Each lesson, we will practise story telling with an interesting subject. Students will watch a story told by a native speaker and follow the example to tell their own stories. Key grammar points covered in this course include review of verb complement of result, and direction; introduction of complement of possibility; rhetorical questions; flexible use of interrogative pronouns etc. If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Intermediate 4. Story Topics 我最不喜欢的餐厅我喜欢的工作说说我的客厅我最喜欢的运动员现在的我和两年前的我我最自豪的遇见是说说我的老同事如果我不需要工作我学会了做饭比一比两个城市
	Chinese Beginner 1 (Mar-05 start) cnbeginner2508	March 5, 2025 to May 7, 2025 10 Weeks	Wednesday 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm	Online Zoom	£310 Textbook inclusive	BOOK NOW
Your first step to speak Chinese Our Chinese Beginner 1 Course is designed for beginners with zero or little Chinese learning. Students will start with intensive Pinyin (phonetic system) pronunciation training to build the foundation for any further learning. 50 essential Hani (written system) and its history will also be introduced in this course. There is a strong focus in conversation practise in each of our lessons. Our topics in this course include greetings, self-introduction, numbers, countries, job, daily activities, like and dislike. Our key grammar points covered include basic sentence structures, basic question forms, 是 , 有 and 在 sentences, basic use of adjectives and adverbs. If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 2. Lesson Topics Lesson 1 – Greeting Lesson 2 – Nationality Lesson 3 – Numbers Lesson 4 – Family Lesson 5 – Job Lesson 6 – Phone Numbers Lesson 7 – Birthday Lesson 8 – Weekly Routine Lesson Show more (+) Your first step to speak Chinese Our Chinese Beginner 1 Course is designed for beginners with zero or little Chinese learning. Students will start with intensive Pinyin (phonetic system) pronunciation training to build the foundation for any further learning. 50 essential Hani (written system) and its history will also be introduced in this course. There is a strong focus in conversation practise in each of our lessons. Our topics in this course include greetings, self-introduction, numbers, countries, job, daily activities, like and dislike. Our key grammar points covered include basic sentence structures, basic question forms, 是 , 有 and 在 sentences, basic use of adjectives and adverbs. If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 2. Lesson Topics Lesson 1 – Greeting Lesson 2 – Nationality Lesson 3 – Numbers Lesson 4 – Family Lesson 5 – Job Lesson 6 – Phone Numbers Lesson 7 – Birthday Lesson 8 – Weekly Routine Lesson 9 – Likes and Dislikes Lesson 10 – Self Introduction
	Chinese HSK4 Upper-Intermediate 2 (Mar-6 start) cnupper-intermediate2503	March 6, 2025 to May 22, 2025 12 Weeks	Thursday 6:30 am - 8:00 pm	In Person Aldgate	£380 Textbook exclusive	BOOK NOW
Our Chinese Upper-Intermediate 2 Course is designed for students who has finished Level 3 learning or are able to do the below: can speak Chinese with natural pronunciation ideally has knowledge of 1000 or more vocabularies. Ideally can read 300-500 Hanzi without Pinyin can hold a conversation or talk about an event with ease have good foundation of all important grammatical structures like verb aspect, verb complements, use of modifiers and adverbs, special sentences like 是…的，把，被, and the colloquial nature of topic comment in Chinese. This course will focus on vocabulary building on a range of topics that are closed to daily life, at the same time the questions asked are more abstract or detailed, so as to practise speaking with organised thoughts, with specific vocabularies. The 5 headline topics in this course are 消费，身体健康，精神健康，成功，幸福。Students will practise their listening skills by listening to native speakers on video answering various related questions Show more (+) Our Chinese Upper-Intermediate 2 Course is designed for students who has finished Level 3 learning or are able to do the below: can speak Chinese with natural pronunciation ideally has knowledge of 1000 or more vocabularies. Ideally can read 300-500 Hanzi without Pinyin can hold a conversation or talk about an event with ease have good foundation of all important grammatical structures like verb aspect, verb complements, use of modifiers and adverbs, special sentences like 是…的，把，被, and the colloquial nature of topic comment in Chinese. This course will focus on vocabulary building on a range of topics that are closed to daily life, at the same time the questions asked are more abstract or detailed, so as to practise speaking with organised thoughts, with specific vocabularies. The 5 headline topics in this course are 消费，身体健康，精神健康，成功，幸福。Students will practise their listening skills by listening to native speakers on video answering various related questions in unfiltered language, then students will follow suite to practise answering these questions with their own options and stories. There are 4 courses at this level, we recommend students to always start from lower level of the courses, or to pick a class where your level is most aligned with the classmates.
	Chinese HSK5 Pre-Advanced 1 (Mar-8 start) cnadvanced2507	March 8, 2025 to April 5, 2025 5 Weeks	Saturday 10:30 am - 2:30 pm	In Person Aldgate	£380 Textbook exclusive	BOOK NOW
Our Chinese Pre-Advanced HSK5 Courses are designed for students who has finished Level 4 learning or are able to do the below: have independent speaker fluency ideally has knowledge of 1500 or more vocabularies. Ideally can read 800-1200 Hanzi without Pinyin There are 6 courses in this level. The topics covered in this course are relevant to current affairs, and traditional Chinese culture, history, and literature. Here are the headline topics: 了解生活谈古说今请听故事走近科学放眼世界修养身心交流文化体会教育感受人生关注经济观察社会亲近自然 You can join a HSK5 course from any term, as the topics in each unit are not connected. If you are unsure which term to join, please make sure you book a trial lesson before signing up. The learning results of our courses would be for students to achieve further speaking fluency discussing social issues or current affairs in depth, to understand videos and films in Chinese, to navigate a Show more (+) Our Chinese Pre-Advanced HSK5 Courses are designed for students who has finished Level 4 learning or are able to do the below: have independent speaker fluency ideally has knowledge of 1500 or more vocabularies. Ideally can read 800-1200 Hanzi without Pinyin There are 6 courses in this level. The topics covered in this course are relevant to current affairs, and traditional Chinese culture, history, and literature. Here are the headline topics: 了解生活谈古说今请听故事走近科学放眼世界修养身心交流文化体会教育感受人生关注经济观察社会亲近自然 You can join a HSK5 course from any term, as the topics in each unit are not connected. If you are unsure which term to join, please make sure you book a trial lesson before signing up. The learning results of our courses would be for students to achieve further speaking fluency discussing social issues or current affairs in depth, to understand videos and films in Chinese, to navigate a Chinese website, and to read authentic Chinese writings.
	Chinese HSK3 Intermediate 3 (Mar-8 start) cnintermediate2506	March 8, 2025 to April 5, 2025 5 Weeks	Saturday 10:30 am - 2:30 pm	In Person Aldgate	£320 Textbook exclusive	BOOK NOW
Our Chinese Intermediate 3 course is designed for students who has knowledge of 800 or more words, who ideally has put in effort to learn all of the Hanzi prescribed in all of our previous courses (400 Hanzi in total), therefore, who can read 200+ Hanzi without Pinyin. In this course, students will start to read small texts without Pinyin. No new Hanzi will be introduced, instead, consolidating and reading practise will be in focus. For conversational practise, we will move away from text reading to real life stories. Each lesson, we will practise story telling with an interesting subject. Students will watch a story told by a native speaker and follow the example to tell their own stories. Key grammar points covered in this course include review of verb complement of result, and direction; introduction of complement of possibility; rhetorical questions; flexible use of interrogative pronouns etc. If you have learnt all Show more (+) Our Chinese Intermediate 3 course is designed for students who has knowledge of 800 or more words, who ideally has put in effort to learn all of the Hanzi prescribed in all of our previous courses (400 Hanzi in total), therefore, who can read 200+ Hanzi without Pinyin. In this course, students will start to read small texts without Pinyin. No new Hanzi will be introduced, instead, consolidating and reading practise will be in focus. For conversational practise, we will move away from text reading to real life stories. Each lesson, we will practise story telling with an interesting subject. Students will watch a story told by a native speaker and follow the example to tell their own stories. Key grammar points covered in this course include review of verb complement of result, and direction; introduction of complement of possibility; rhetorical questions; flexible use of interrogative pronouns etc. If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Intermediate 4. Story Topics 我最不喜欢的餐厅我喜欢的工作说说我的客厅我最喜欢的运动员现在的我和两年前的我我最自豪的遇见是说说我的老同事如果我不需要工作我学会了做饭比一比两个城市
	Chinese HSK1 Beginner 4 Intensive (Mar-8 start) cnbeginnerfour2501	March 8, 2025 to April 5, 2025 5 Weeks	Saturday 11:00 am - 3:00 pm	In Person Aldgate	£300 Textbook inclusive	BOOK NOW
Our Chinese Beginner 4 course is designed for students with good Pinyin foundation, and ideally with knowledge of 200 or more vocabularies. In this course, students will continue to further their Pinyin training to achieve natural pronunciations and tones. A total of 25 single component Hanzi and its use to create new Hanzi and words will be introduced in this course. In each of our lesson, the strong focus is on conversational skill training talking about your travel plan, work schedule, describing people and telling your own story in a timeline etc. Our key grammar points covered include the continuous status using 着, how to make comparison using 比and 没有, multiple use of modal verbs like 要，会，能，and multiple use of the modal particle 了。 If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Elementary 1. Lesson Topics Lesson 1 – Ice breaker, review and practice Lesson 2 – Show more (+) Our Chinese Beginner 4 course is designed for students with good Pinyin foundation, and ideally with knowledge of 200 or more vocabularies. In this course, students will continue to further their Pinyin training to achieve natural pronunciations and tones. A total of 25 single component Hanzi and its use to create new Hanzi and words will be introduced in this course. In each of our lesson, the strong focus is on conversational skill training talking about your travel plan, work schedule, describing people and telling your own story in a timeline etc. Our key grammar points covered include the continuous status using 着, how to make comparison using 比and 没有, multiple use of modal verbs like 要，会，能，and multiple use of the modal particle 了。 If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Elementary 1. Lesson Topics Lesson 1 – Ice breaker, review and practice Lesson 2 – Travel plan Lesson 3 – Comparison Lesson 4 – Difference Lesson 5 – Sick leave Lesson 6 – Mid course review and practice Lesson 7 – Describing people Lesson 8 – Continuous aspect Lesson 9 – My story Lesson 10 – Total review and practice
	Chinese Beginner 1 intensive (Mar-15 start) cnbeginner2507	March 15, 2025 to April 12, 2025 5 Weeks	Saturday 11:00 am - 3:00 pm	In Person Aldgate	£310 Textbook inclusive	BOOK NOW
Your first step to speak Chinese Our Chinese Beginner 1 Course is designed for beginners with zero or little Chinese learning. Students will start with intensive Pinyin (phonetic system) pronunciation training to build the foundation for any further learning. 50 essential Hani (written system) and its history will also be introduced in this course. There is a strong focus in conversation practise in each of our lessons. Our topics in this course include greetings, self-introduction, numbers, countries, job, daily activities, like and dislike. Our key grammar points covered include basic sentence structures, basic question forms, 是 , 有 and 在 sentences, basic use of adjectives and adverbs. If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 2. Lesson Topics Lesson 1 – Greeting Lesson 2 – Nationality Lesson 3 – Numbers Lesson 4 – Family Lesson 5 – Job Lesson 6 – Phone Numbers Lesson 7 – Birthday Lesson 8 – Weekly Routine Lesson Show more (+) Your first step to speak Chinese Our Chinese Beginner 1 Course is designed for beginners with zero or little Chinese learning. Students will start with intensive Pinyin (phonetic system) pronunciation training to build the foundation for any further learning. 50 essential Hani (written system) and its history will also be introduced in this course. There is a strong focus in conversation practise in each of our lessons. Our topics in this course include greetings, self-introduction, numbers, countries, job, daily activities, like and dislike. Our key grammar points covered include basic sentence structures, basic question forms, 是 , 有 and 在 sentences, basic use of adjectives and adverbs. If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 2. Lesson Topics Lesson 1 – Greeting Lesson 2 – Nationality Lesson 3 – Numbers Lesson 4 – Family Lesson 5 – Job Lesson 6 – Phone Numbers Lesson 7 – Birthday Lesson 8 – Weekly Routine Lesson 9 – Likes and Dislikes Lesson 10 – Self Introduction
	Chinese Beginner 2 Intensive (Mar-15 start) cnbeginnertwo2503	March 15, 2025 to April 12, 2025 5 Weeks	Saturday 11:00 am - 3:00 pm	In Person Aldgate	£330 Textbook inclusive	BOOK NOW
Our Chinese Beginner 2 course is designed for students with Pinyin foundation already, and ideally with knowledge of 80 or more vocabularies. In this course, students will continue to further their Pinyin training to achieve natural pronunciations and tones. Another 30 essential Hanzi and learning methods of Hanzi will be introduced in this course. In each of our lesson, the strong focus is on conversational skill training talking about lifestyle, likes and dislikes, home and neighbourhood, favourite things to do and places etc. Our key grammar points covered include complete basic sentence structure, all forms of questions asking when, where, how etc, how to indicate directions and locations, use of modal verbs, measure words etc. If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 3. Lesson Topics Lesson 1 – Likes & dislikes Lesson 2 – Self introduction Lesson 3 – Daily Routine Lesson 4 – Commute Lesson 5 – Show more (+) Our Chinese Beginner 2 course is designed for students with Pinyin foundation already, and ideally with knowledge of 80 or more vocabularies. In this course, students will continue to further their Pinyin training to achieve natural pronunciations and tones. Another 30 essential Hanzi and learning methods of Hanzi will be introduced in this course. In each of our lesson, the strong focus is on conversational skill training talking about lifestyle, likes and dislikes, home and neighbourhood, favourite things to do and places etc. Our key grammar points covered include complete basic sentence structure, all forms of questions asking when, where, how etc, how to indicate directions and locations, use of modal verbs, measure words etc. If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 3. Lesson Topics Lesson 1 – Likes & dislikes Lesson 2 – Self introduction Lesson 3 – Daily Routine Lesson 4 – Commute Lesson 5 – Neighbourhood Lesson 6 – Mid course review and practice Lesson 7 – Directions Lesson 8 – Meeting Friends Lesson 9 – Eating Out Lesson 10 – Total review and practice
	Chinese HSK2 Elementary 4 (Mar-19 start) cnelementary2508	March 19, 2025 to May 21, 2025 10 Weeks	Wednesday 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm	In Person Aldgate	£300 Textbook exclusive	BOOK NOW
Our Chinese Elementary 3&4 Course is designed for students who are exposed to more and more natural Chinese conversations, who can carry a survival level of conversation while traveling in China, who ideally has knowledge of 500+ words. In this course, students will continue to learn with Pinyin but ideally can start to pick up the essential Hanzi introduced in the previous courses. In each of our Elementary course, 50 Hanzi will be introduced along with the best ways to memorize them. Our lessons maintain strong focus on conversational skills training talking about your personalities and characters, house deco, use of tech in our lives, how to improve Chinese learning etc. Our key grammar points covered include use of degree complements in common contexts, adjective and verb duplicating, summery of direction and location, summery of number expressions, frequency adverbs, degree adverbs and the tricky tone adverbs like 就. If you have learnt all Show more (+) Our Chinese Elementary 3&4 Course is designed for students who are exposed to more and more natural Chinese conversations, who can carry a survival level of conversation while traveling in China, who ideally has knowledge of 500+ words. In this course, students will continue to learn with Pinyin but ideally can start to pick up the essential Hanzi introduced in the previous courses. In each of our Elementary course, 50 Hanzi will be introduced along with the best ways to memorize them. Our lessons maintain strong focus on conversational skills training talking about your personalities and characters, house deco, use of tech in our lives, how to improve Chinese learning etc. Our key grammar points covered include use of degree complements in common contexts, adjective and verb duplicating, summery of direction and location, summery of number expressions, frequency adverbs, degree adverbs and the tricky tone adverbs like 就. If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Intermediate 1. Lesson Topics Lesson 1 – Warm up and practise Lesson 2 – What’s your type? Lesson 3 – Let me introduce you a friend Lesson 4 – Welcome, come in! Lesson 5 – Mid term conversation practise Lesson 6 – You got a nice place! Lesson 7 – Convenient take aways! Lesson 8 – Speak Chinese more! Lesson 9 – You sing better than me! Lesson 10 – Total review and presentations
	Chinese Beginner 1 (Mar-25 start) cnbeginner2506	March 25, 2025 to May 27, 2025 10 Weeks	Tuesday 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm	In Person Aldgate	£310 Textbook inclusive	BOOK NOW
Your first step to speak Chinese Our Chinese Beginner 1 Course is designed for beginners with zero or little Chinese learning. Students will start with intensive Pinyin (phonetic system) pronunciation training to build the foundation for any further learning. 50 essential Hani (written system) and its history will also be introduced in this course. There is a strong focus in conversation practise in each of our lessons. Our topics in this course include greetings, self-introduction, numbers, countries, job, daily activities, like and dislike. Our key grammar points covered include basic sentence structures, basic question forms, 是 , 有 and 在 sentences, basic use of adjectives and adverbs. If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 2. Lesson Topics Lesson 1 – Greeting Lesson 2 – Nationality Lesson 3 – Numbers Lesson 4 – Family Lesson 5 – Job Lesson 6 – Phone Numbers Lesson 7 – Birthday Lesson 8 – Weekly Routine Lesson Show more (+) Your first step to speak Chinese Our Chinese Beginner 1 Course is designed for beginners with zero or little Chinese learning. Students will start with intensive Pinyin (phonetic system) pronunciation training to build the foundation for any further learning. 50 essential Hani (written system) and its history will also be introduced in this course. There is a strong focus in conversation practise in each of our lessons. Our topics in this course include greetings, self-introduction, numbers, countries, job, daily activities, like and dislike. Our key grammar points covered include basic sentence structures, basic question forms, 是 , 有 and 在 sentences, basic use of adjectives and adverbs. If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 2. Lesson Topics Lesson 1 – Greeting Lesson 2 – Nationality Lesson 3 – Numbers Lesson 4 – Family Lesson 5 – Job Lesson 6 – Phone Numbers Lesson 7 – Birthday Lesson 8 – Weekly Routine Lesson 9 – Likes and Dislikes Lesson 10 – Self Introduction
	Chinese Beginner 2 Intensive (Apr-5 start) cnbeginnertwo2505	April 5, 2025 to May 10, 2025 5 Weeks	Saturday 11:00 am - 3:00 pm	In Person Aldgate	£330 Textbook inclusive	BOOK NOW
Our Chinese Beginner 2 course is designed for students with Pinyin foundation already, and ideally with knowledge of 80 or more vocabularies. In this course, students will continue to further their Pinyin training to achieve natural pronunciations and tones. Another 30 essential Hanzi and learning methods of Hanzi will be introduced in this course. In each of our lesson, the strong focus is on conversational skill training talking about lifestyle, likes and dislikes, home and neighbourhood, favourite things to do and places etc. Our key grammar points covered include complete basic sentence structure, all forms of questions asking when, where, how etc, how to indicate directions and locations, use of modal verbs, measure words etc. If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 3. Lesson Topics Lesson 1 – Likes & dislikes Lesson 2 – Self introduction Lesson 3 – Daily Routine Lesson 4 – Commute Lesson 5 – Show more (+) Our Chinese Beginner 2 course is designed for students with Pinyin foundation already, and ideally with knowledge of 80 or more vocabularies. In this course, students will continue to further their Pinyin training to achieve natural pronunciations and tones. Another 30 essential Hanzi and learning methods of Hanzi will be introduced in this course. In each of our lesson, the strong focus is on conversational skill training talking about lifestyle, likes and dislikes, home and neighbourhood, favourite things to do and places etc. Our key grammar points covered include complete basic sentence structure, all forms of questions asking when, where, how etc, how to indicate directions and locations, use of modal verbs, measure words etc. If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 3. Lesson Topics Lesson 1 – Likes & dislikes Lesson 2 – Self introduction Lesson 3 – Daily Routine Lesson 4 – Commute Lesson 5 – Neighbourhood Lesson 6 – Mid course review and practice Lesson 7 – Directions Lesson 8 – Meeting Friends Lesson 9 – Eating Out Lesson 10 – Total review and practice
	Chinese HSK2 Elementary 4 (Apr-7 start) cnelementary2507	April 7, 2025 to June 30, 2025 10 Weeks	Monday 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm	In Person Aldgate	£300 Textbook exclusive	BOOK NOW
Our Chinese Elementary 3&4 Course is designed for students who are exposed to more and more natural Chinese conversations, who can carry a survival level of conversation while traveling in China, who ideally has knowledge of 500+ words. In this course, students will continue to learn with Pinyin but ideally can start to pick up the essential Hanzi introduced in the previous courses. In each of our Elementary course, 50 Hanzi will be introduced along with the best ways to memorize them. Our lessons maintain strong focus on conversational skills training talking about your personalities and characters, house deco, use of tech in our lives, how to improve Chinese learning etc. Our key grammar points covered include use of degree complements in common contexts, adjective and verb duplicating, summery of direction and location, summery of number expressions, frequency adverbs, degree adverbs and the tricky tone adverbs like 就. If you have learnt all Show more (+) Our Chinese Elementary 3&4 Course is designed for students who are exposed to more and more natural Chinese conversations, who can carry a survival level of conversation while traveling in China, who ideally has knowledge of 500+ words. In this course, students will continue to learn with Pinyin but ideally can start to pick up the essential Hanzi introduced in the previous courses. In each of our Elementary course, 50 Hanzi will be introduced along with the best ways to memorize them. Our lessons maintain strong focus on conversational skills training talking about your personalities and characters, house deco, use of tech in our lives, how to improve Chinese learning etc. Our key grammar points covered include use of degree complements in common contexts, adjective and verb duplicating, summery of direction and location, summery of number expressions, frequency adverbs, degree adverbs and the tricky tone adverbs like 就. If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Intermediate 1. Lesson Topics Lesson 1 – Warm up and practise Lesson 2 – What’s your type? Lesson 3 – Let me introduce you a friend Lesson 4 – Welcome, come in! Lesson 5 – Mid term conversation practise Lesson 6 – You got a nice place! Lesson 7 – Convenient take aways! Lesson 8 – Speak Chinese more! Lesson 9 – You sing better than me! Lesson 10 – Total review and presentations
	Chinese HSK2 Elementary 2 Intensive (Apr-19 start) cnelementary2502	April 19, 2025 to May 17, 2025 5 Weeks	Saturday 11:00 am - 3:00 pm	Online Zoom	£300 Textbook exclusive	BOOK NOW
Our Chinese Elementary 2 Course is designed for students who are exposed to more and more natural Chinese conversations, who can organise language to respond to some contexts while travelling in China, who ideally has knowledge of 400+ words. In this course, students will continue to learn with Pinyin but ideally can start to pick up the essential Hanzi introduced in the previous courses. In each of our Elementary course, 50 Hanzi will be introduced along with the best ways to memorize them. Our lessons maintain strong focus on conversational skills training talking about your travel planning, buying tickets, hotel check-in, asking for directions etc. Our key grammar points covered include basic use of direction complement using 来 and 去; verb complement of degree using ; the concept of separable verbs; how to compare actions; the use of prepositions like 对 and conjunction pairs like 不但…而且… If you have learnt all of these Show more (+) Our Chinese Elementary 2 Course is designed for students who are exposed to more and more natural Chinese conversations, who can organise language to respond to some contexts while travelling in China, who ideally has knowledge of 400+ words. In this course, students will continue to learn with Pinyin but ideally can start to pick up the essential Hanzi introduced in the previous courses. In each of our Elementary course, 50 Hanzi will be introduced along with the best ways to memorize them. Our lessons maintain strong focus on conversational skills training talking about your travel planning, buying tickets, hotel check-in, asking for directions etc. Our key grammar points covered include basic use of direction complement using 来 and 去; verb complement of degree using ; the concept of separable verbs; how to compare actions; the use of prepositions like 对 and conjunction pairs like 不但…而且… If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Elementary 3. Lesson Topics Lesson 1 – Warm up and practise Lesson 2 – Must try in Shanghai Lesson 3 – Discount, please? Lesson 4 – Let’s take a taxi to go there. Lesson 5 – Mid term conversation practise Lesson 6 – Life in Shanghai Lesson 7 – You speak Chinese so well! Lesson 8 – Early to bed, early to rise Lesson 9 – My life in London Lesson 10 – Total review and presentations

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