Regular Mandarin courses As the first step to learning Chinese, 300 hours is the required course. During this period, students use TLI materials to master Pinyin, 350 basic sentence patterns and 2500 commonly used vocabulary is introduced. Having finished this course, one can use Chinese to talk freely in your daily life and communicate with your Chinese colleagues and clients.   Introduction of TLI special materials PIN YIN 22 hours, for beginners Practical Chinese I 70 hours, for the elementary students who have just finished 20 hours study of Pin Yin course Practical Chinese II 90 hours, for the students who have studied about 100 hours, having mastered about 1000 vocabularies, but are not fluent in speaking Intermediate Chinese Dialogues I 80 hours, for the students who have studied about 200 hours, having mastered 2000 vocabularies and basic Chinese grammar Intermediate Chinese DialoguesII 80 hours, for the students who have mastered basic Chinese grammar, having good speaking ability and hoping further study New Chinese Reading I For Westerners who want to read and write Chinese characters New Chinese Reading II For Westerners who want to read and write Chinese characters New Chinese Reading III For Westerners who want to read and write Chinese characters Picture Story Picture story, 60 hrs This is a set textbook which has volume of drawing and volume of text. Your teacher will instruct you by having you looking at the drawing in the scene, say a story about the picture by speaking Chinese. This curriculum is very relaxing and interesting, more importantly, your spoken Chinese will be fluent. Business Chinese Diologue 80 hours, for the students who take up business-related careers and have studied more than 500 hours     Enhance Chinese Curriculum Enhance Intermediate Spoken Chinese Intermediate Reading Curriculum Intermediate Listening Curriculum Advanced Spoken Chinese Advanced Reading Chinese Practical Chinese Writing 2008fixed group class Schedule of 2008 Course & Charge  Level    Times    Hours in Total    Charge Elementary£¨Pronunciation &basic dialogue)    11    22    RMB 1300 Practical Chinese 1    35    70    RMB 3950 Practical Chinese 2     45    90    RMB 5050  Intermediate Chinese 1     40    80    RMB 4500 Intermediate Chinese 2     40    80    RMB 4500 HSK/BCT Special Courses    12    24    RMB 1300      TLI-Wangfujing Elementary(Pronun-ciation  &basic dialogue)    Mon. &Wed. &Fri. 1:00-3:00     Mar.12    Apr.11    May 12          June 11    July 11    Aug.11         Sept.12    Oct.15    Nov.10    Dec.10 Practical Chinese 1    Mon. &Thurs. &Fri 1:00-3:00     Mar.21    Apr.21    May 22     June 23    July 21    Aug.21     Sept.22    Oct.23    Nov.21     Dec.22         Practical Chinese 2    Mon. &Tues. &Thurs. 1:00-3:00     Mar.3    Apr.3    May 5     June 5    July 3    Aug.4     Sept.4    Oct.9    Nov.4     Dec.4         Notice:Group lesson of 2-5 person, using TLI special materials, the registration fee and material are free. - Please register 1 week in advance. - Please pay the charge when registers.