Taipei Language Institute

Introduction of Individual Class Curriculum

1.       Short Term Intensive Program

The curriculum is tailored according to Chinese language levels of students and the duration that students wish to study.  The teaching materials are practical and up-to-date, and are designed to meet the Chinese language needs of students.  The elementary level material includes texts such as Chinese For Everyday Life and Travel Handbook.  At the high-intermediate level, students are given greater freedom to design their own syllabus, and may select from a wide variety of classes and study materials.  Students may also study specialized conversation, literary selections of poetry, novels, and prose, specialized discussions on business, Chinese history and culture.

2.       Regular Program

The program is suitable for students wishing to study Chinese for at least six months or more.  Below are the contents of this program:

LEVEL

TEACHING MATERIALS

FOR ORAL PRACTICE

VOCABULARY

TEACHING MATERIALS FOR READING & WRITING

NUMBER OF CHARACTERSRECOGNIZED

TOTAL HOURS

DESCRIPTION

1

¡¤ Pronunciation + Practical Chinese -1

600

¡¤ New Read Chinese (I) -1

150

120

¡¤    The goal is to form a solid foundation in pronunciation. 

¡¤    Students will be able to make a simple self-introduction and have the rudimentary knowledge of basic sentence patterns.

¡¤    Students can begin to engage people on a daily basis independently.

2

¡¤ Practical Chinese - 2

¡¤ Intermediate Chinese Dialogues

 (L1-L10)

1500

¡¤ New Read Chinese (I) -2

¡¤ New Read Chinese (II) -1

450

120

¡¤    Students will begin to be able to use Chinese in a wide variety of everyday situations, e.g.: shopping, taking a taxi or bus, dining etc. and will be able to master 75% of basic grammar.

¡¤    Students will be able to read simple sentences.

LEVEL

TEACHING MATERIALS

FOR ORAL PRACTICE

VOCABULARY

TEACHING MATERIALS FOR READING & WRITING

NUMBER OF CHARACTERSRECOGNIZED

TOTAL HOURS

DESCRIPTION

3

¡¤ Intermediate Chinese Dialogues-2

¡¤ Picture Stories

2600

¡¤ New Read Chinese (II) -2

¡¤ New Read Chinese (III)

¡¤ New Read Chinese (IV) -1

1500

120

¡¤    Students will be able to engage in simple conversations with fluency upon completion, and be able to understand local people¡¯s conversation

¡¤    Students will be able to organize sentences and express themselves through more complex statements.

¡¤    Students will be able to read short essays on cultural topics.

4

¡¤ Travel Across the Strait

¡¤ Business Conversations

4000

¡¤ New Read Chinese (IV) -2

¡¤ New Read Chinese (V)

¡¤ News Across the Strait

3500

120

¡¤    Students will be able to express opinions on general topics regarding mainland China and Taiwan¡¯s society.

¡¤    Students will be able to converse on business topics and have a knowledge of business related vocabulary.

¡¤    Students will begin to make use of complex vocabulary.

¡¤    Students learn to read basic Chinese literature and simple articles from newspapers.

LEVEL

TEACHING MATERIALS

FOR ORAL PRACTICE

VOCABULARY

TEACHING MATERIALS FOR READING & WRITING

NUMBER OF CHARACTERSRECOGNIZED

TOTAL HOURS

DESCRIPTION

5

¡¤ Television News

¡¤ Monographic Discussions

¡¤ Famous Person¡¯s Speech Discussions

¡¤ Public speech and debates

5500

¡¤ Newspaper and magazine study

¡¤ Novel study

¡¤ Monographic study

¡¤ Essays

5500

120

¡¤        Students become more able to understand TV shows.

¡¤        Students will reach a level where they will be able to deliver speeches spontaneously, to debate on certain topics, and speak fluently.

¡¤        Students will be able to read magazines and newspapers.

6

¡¤ Professional materials

120

All the teaching materials above are produced by TLI itself.  In response to the recent increase in cross-strait communication between Taiwan and mainland China, TLI has published two versions of elementary and intermediate Mandarin teaching materials: the Taiwan version (traditional characters and Mandarin phonetic symbols) and the mainland Chinese version (simplified characters and Pinyin). 

       In addition to individual classes, TLI also offers small group classes of two to four students and group classes of five to ten students.  For example: Basic Oral Classes, Intermediate Oral Classes, Business Oral Classes and Television News Classes.  New group classes can be opened if there are enough students of the same level wishing to take a group class.