The College of Advanced Chinese Training, BLCU
If you want to learn Chinese in Beijing, if you want to know more about China and its culture, if you want to have a regular education provided by wonderful professional teachers, and if you have ten months or more available, why don’t you come to The College of Advanced Chinese Training, BLCU to realize your dreams? It will be your best choice. So, welcome to join the thousands of overseas students studying here.

Of nearly 100 teaching staff of the College, more than 30 are professors or associate professors, and over 50 are lecturers. They are all very much experienced in teaching Chinese to overseas students and their effective instructions have been enjoying enormous popularity among the students for decades. The Chinese teaching materials they compiled have been widely used by universities and other Chinese-teaching organizations worldwide. Quite a few teachers have been invited to lecture abroad or in universities of Hong Kong and Macao.

The College provides the students with a good learning environment. In addition to the ordinary classrooms, there are also language laboratories, multi-media classrooms and computer classrooms. All the equipment will enable you to hear and see the various teaching materials clearly. The multi-use classroom building creates a comfortable environment for you.

The College also offers the students various courses to meet their needs. Besides the compulsory courses, there are more than 40 optional courses. Students at different levels can select the elementary、intermediate、advanced courses with great flexibility according to their own interest. After the conclusion of one term’s study, the students can re-select their courses. After they finish the study of the selected courses and acquire the required credit points, the students will be granted certificates for further studies on Chinese at different levels.

The College provides you with courses at various levels and of different types. You enjoy entire freedom to select them based on your Chinese level and interest.

Elementary Chinese Training Courses       

Training Levels:
A. For students having not learned any Chinese (Elementary level one)
B. For students having learned Pinyin and mastered about 200 words (Elementary level one)
C. For students having learned Chinese and mastered about 600 words (Elementary level two)

Teaching Objectives:
A. For students of category A, after they conclude one school-year’s study and acquire the required credit points, they are supposed to have a vocabulary of 1900-2100 words and complete the grammar study at the elementary phase.

B. For students of category B, after they conclude one school-year’s study and acquire the required credit points, they are supposed to have a vocabulary of 2200-2400 words and finish learning the grammar of the elementary phase and basic lexical usage.

C. For students of category C, after they conclude one school-year’s study and acquire the required credit points, they are supposed to have a vocabulary of 2800-3000 words and finish learning the grammar of the elementary phase and part of the grammar and vocabulary of the intermediate phase.

Training Hours: The first term will last for 20 weeks; the second 20 weeks, altogether for 40 weeks (one school-year). There are 18-20 teaching hours of lectures per week, altogether 720-800 teaching hours.

Elementary Course Schedule

type

Elementary Courses (level 1)

Elementary Courses (level 2)

course name

class hours per week

credit points

course name

class hours per week

credit points

compul sory

elementary Chinese (level 1)

10

10

elementary Chinese (level 2)

10

10

elementary reading (level 1)

4

4

elementary reading (level 2)

4

4

elementary listening (level 1)

4

4

elementary listening (level 2)

4

4

elementary spoken Chinese

2

2

 

 

 

optional

 

 

 

knowledge of Chinese characters

2

2

 

 

 

Chinese phonetics

2

2

 

 

 

spoken Chinese

2

2

 

 

  

*popular science

reading

2

2

 

 

 

*popular science listening and note-taking

2

2


Beginners at level 1 will be granted the Certificate for Elementary Chinese Training after having concluded one school year’s study and acquired the required 32 credit points .
Beginners at level 2 will be granted the Certificate for Quasi-intermediate Chinese Training after they have concluded one school year’s study and acquired the required 28 credit points .

Note: Courses with * mark commence every February.

Intermediate Chinese Training Courses       

Training Levels:
A. For students having mastered about 2000 words (Intermediate level one)
B. For students having mastered about 3000 words (Intermediate level two)

Teaching Objectives:
A. For students of category A, after they conclude one school-year’s study and acquire the required credit points, they are supposed to have a vocabulary of 4500 words or so and finish learning the grammar and lexical usage of the intermediate phase.
B. For students of category B, after they conclude one school-year’s study and acquire the required credit points, they are supposed to have a vocabulary of 6000 words or so and finish learning the grammar and lexical usage of the intermediate phase and part of the grammar and vocabulary of the advanced phase.

Training Hours: The first term will last for 20 weeks; the second 20 weeks, altogether for 40 weeks (one school-year). There are 12-20 teaching hours per week, altogether 480-800 teaching hours.

Intermediate Course Schedule

Type

Intermediate ( level. 1 )

Intermediate ( level. 2 )

Course name

Class hour per week

Credit

Course name

Class hour per week

Credit

Compul-
-sory

Intermediate Chinese

( level. 1 )

6

6

Intermediate Chinese

( level. 2 )

6

6

Listening and Speaking

( level. 1 )

4

4

Listening and Speaking

( level. 2 )

4

4

Optional  

General Reading

( level. 1 )

4

4

General Reading

( level. 2 )

4

4

Journalistic Chinese

( level. 1 )

4

4

Journalistic Chinese

( level. 2 )

4

4

Morden Chinese Practical Grammar Analysis

4

4

Basic Spoken Chinese in Trade and Economy

level.1

4

4

Basic Chinese Composition

( level. 1 )

2

2

Basic Chinese Composition

( level.2 )

2

2

Audio – Visual Course

2

2

News Listening

( level. 1 )

2

2

Topical Conversation

2

2

Listening to Chinese Live

(Intermediate)

2

2

Chinese Human Geography

( level. 1 )

2

2

Chinese Human Geography

( level. 2 )

2

2

 

Aural Comprehension

Techniques

2

2

Chinese Culture

( level. 1 )

2

2

Basic Translation

(English-Chinese,

Japanese-Chinese,

Korean-Chinese, level.1)

2

2

Basic Translation

(English-Chinese,

Japanese-Chinese,

Korean-Chinese, level.2)

2

2


Students at intermediate level one will be granted the Certificate for Intermediate Chinese Training after they conclude one school-year’s study and acquire 24 credit points as required.
Students at intermediate level two will be granted the Certificate for Pre-advanced Chinese Training after they conclude one school-year’s study and acquire 24 credit points as required.

Advanced Chinese Training Courses       

Training Levels: For students having mastered about 4500 words.

Teaching Objectives: After they conclude one academic year's study and acquire the required credit points, they are supposed to have a vocabulary of 8000 words or so and vocabulary、discourse、rhetoric of the advanced phase.

Training Hours: One academic year contains two terms, the first term will last for 20 weeks. and the second term will last for 20 weeks, 40 weeks in total. There are 12-18 teaching hours per week, altogether 480-720 teaching hours.

Advanced Course Schedule

Type

Advanced ( level. 1 )

Advanced ( level. 2 )

Course name

Class hour per week

Credit

Course name

Class hour per week

Credit

Compulsory

Advanced Chinese

( level. 1 )

6

6

Advanced Chinese

( level. 2 )

6

6

Advanced Spoken Chinese

( level. 1 )

4

4

Advanced Spoken Chinese

( level. 1 )

4