Depending on the results of the initial oral and written language evaluation, any combination of the following six courses may be taught in the fall and spring semesters. These intensive courses focus equally on spoken and written Chinese. Each level meets three hours each morning, five days a week. Instructors emphasize pronunciation and tones, sentence patterns in spoken and written Chinese, recognition and writing of characters, and conversational fluency. Each student also attends private instruction with a Chinese student tutor for four hours each week.
Tutors review the students classroom work and correct their written and spoken language.
Tutors give students the opportunity to use Chinese, to discuss issues, and to work on materials of their own choosing. They also provide an invaluable entr e into student life at the Beijing Foreign Studies University. To ensure individual attention from the instructor, no class will have more than six students. All courses are taught in English. Distinguished scholars from leading Chinese academic institutions introduce the topics in lectures.