Plan A: 1 on 1
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Benefit
1. Make language and culture training as a part of your work.
2. A two-hour meeting with your language instructor in your office saves you the trip to a language center after work and connects the language to your work.
3. Learning will not be interrupted by business trips. Flexible class time can be arranged to catch up with the schedule.
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Expectation
1. Focus on speaking and listening. Have sufficient skills to recognize around 300 Chinese characters.
2. The culture awareness will prepare you a better understanding and expectation when you do business with Chinese and Taiwanese people.
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Try-out lesson plan(2 hours / lesson)
Speaking: Greeting.
Grammar: Yes/No questions
Cultural awareness: Proper greeting & business etiquette
Plan B: Small Group with 2-5 people
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Benefit
1. Be able to build the confidence of speaking with a small group.
2. Everyone has more opportunities to practice with the teacher.
3. Once you find another 1-2 people who are interested in learning Chinese as well, the class can get started.
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Expectation
1. Enjoy the privilege of practicing conversations with a small group instead of sitting quietly and studying difficult grammar.
2. Topic discussions can be designed to fit in the group’s need or interest so that lessons are always effective and practical.
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Try-out lesson plan(2 hours / lesson)
Speaking: Where are you? (Prepositions of positions)
Grammar: Present progressive
Cultural awareness: Dos and Don’ts during Chinese New Year
Plan C: Kids
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Benefit
1. Looking for a private tutor for your kids?
2. You and your family have lived in China or Taiwan for a couple years in the past and your children took a Chinese class
at school.
3. You want them to continue their Chinese language learning and improve steadily.
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Expectation
1. The lessons can be taught through games, stories, DIY artwork. Kids learn and have fun at the same time.
2. The lesson can be carried on from their current level so there will be no worries about learning gaps.
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Try-out lesson plan(2 hours / lesson)
Speaking: Feelings
Activity: Draw a funny Chinese opera mask
Cultural awareness: Ghost month = Chinese Halloween?