Class Choice Guidelines

Dear Students or Parents,

Thank you for your interests in learning Chinese. I noticed there are needs for the guidelines as for choosing the proper class. I will try to list some key points to help and please email: if you still have questions. Please do understand that our minimum class size is 5 students, so even if you register for a certain class, due to size, we might still need some adjustment at later stage - sorry if this brings any confusion to you but we sure will try our best to accommodate your needs and interests.

Classes:PinYin/Simple Chinese

Simple Chinese 1

Simple Chinese 2

Simple Chinese 3

Simple Chinese 4

Simple Chinese 5

Simple Chinese 6

Simple Chinese 7

Simple Chinese 8

Traditional Chinese 1-12

Practical Chinese for Beginners–English native speakers have no Chinese Language experience.

Advanced Practical Chinese – English native speakers have at least one year Chinese Language experience

If you are new to Chinese:

Best Classes for non-Chinese background family / PinYin/Simple Chinese / Practical Chinese for Beginners
Key Features/Audiences / Designed for children with long-term study plans (2-8 years) / Designed for older children or adults with short-term study plans(1-2 years)

Overall Summary:

Class Name / Description / Pre-requirement
PinYin/Simple Chinese / Introduce Chinese pronunciation system (PinYin)
Simple Chinese characters
Designed for students with long-term study plans (2 - 8 years) / No
Around Age 5 or above
Simple Chinese 1 / Basic level Chinese characters
One level above PinYin class
Designed for students with long-term study plans (2 - 8 years) / PinYin class
Around Age 5 or above
Simple Chinese 2 / Basic level 2 Chinese characters
One level above Simple Chinese 1
Designed for students with long-term study plans (2 - 8 years) / Simple Chinese 1
Around Age 6 or above
Simple Chinese 3 / Basic level 3 Chinese characters
One level above Simple Chinese 2
Designed for students with long-term study plans (2 - 8 years) / Simple Chinese 2
Around Age 7 or above
Simple Chinese 4 / Basic level 4 Chinese characters
One level above Simple Chinese 3
Designed for students with long-term study plans (2 - 8 years) / Simple Chinese 3
Around Age 8 or above
Simple Chinese 5 / Basic level 5 Chinese characters
One level above Simple Chinese 4
Designed for students with long-term study plans (2 - 8 years) / Simple Chinese 4
Around Age 9 or above
Simple Chinese 6 / Basic level 6 Chinese characters
One level above Simple Chinese 5
Designed for students with long-term study plans (2 - 8 years) / Simple Chinese 5
Around Age 10 or above
Simple Chinese 7 / Basic level 7 Chinese characters
One level above Simple Chinese 6
Designed for students with long-term study plans (2 - 8 years) / Simple Chinese 6
Around Age 11 or above
Simple Chinese 8 / Basic level 8 Chinese characters
One level above Simple Chinese 3
Designed for students with long-term study plans (2 - 8 years) / Simple Chinese 7
Around Age 12 or above
Traditional Chinese classes / Designed for children with Taiwan Chinese background
The levels are similar as above ones for simple Chinese (used in Mainland China) from level 1-12 / - Please reference to Simple Chinese classes
- Designed for Taiwan background related students
Practical Chinese for Beginners / Introduce Chinese pronunciation system (PinYin)
Simple Chinese characters
Simple dialogues
Designed for students with SHORT-term study plans (1-2 years) / No pre-requirement
Audiences:Around Age 10 or above/Adults who are English native speakersthat have no Chinese Language experience
Advanced Practical Chinese / Designed for children or adult with short-term study plans(1-2 years) / Audiences: English native speakers have at least one year Chinese Language experience

Please let us know if you have any questions or need any clarifications.

Sincerely,

2009-2010 Midland Chinese School Committee

Koudi Zhu, Chunlan Wang, Jeff Tang, & Qiuyun Xu

Key Contact: Cindy 989-633-9064

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