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NIHAO LANGUAGE EDUCATION THE EFFORTLESS WAY TO MASTER CHINESE

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ABOUT US OUR MISSION

OUR TEAM

Our mission is to help students master authentic Chinese and acquire their Chinese language skills in the most interesting way.

All of our teachers have a Master Degree (or above) in Teaching Chinese as a foreign language.

NiHao Language Education is a professional language centre with a fully integrated and structured teaching concept. We are proud to have trained senior executives and their families from companies including BASF, Bain Company, Societe Generale, DBS, DFS, Kering, HSBC amongst many others.

Our teachers regularly train in our Teacher Training Centre to expand and enhance their linguistic, teaching and interpersonal skills.

Our dedicated and passionate team want you to get the most out of your learning experience.

TRAINING PROCEDURES INSTRUCTOR

INSTRUCTION TEAM

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TRAINING ASSESSMENT

TEACHING AIMS & PLANS

QUALITY CONTROL

CHINESE COURSES

STUDY EVALUATION CLIENTS

CONSULTANT SUPERVISOR

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QUALITY CONTROL SYSTEM

SUPERVISE EVALUATION SYSTEM

SCHEDULE TEACHER& MATERIALS

SCHEDULE TIMETABLE & LOCATION

EXPERT LEARNING PROPOSAL

COURSE CONSULTANT

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COURSES COURSE PROCEDURES Before a Course Starts: Needs Analysis / Goal Setting / Submission of Proposal / Course Introduction / Trial Lesson / Enrollment Confirmation Training Delivery: Course Delivery / Course-Mid Assessment / Quality Control / Course-End Assessment / Progress Report / Recommendation for Future Training

COURSE STRUCTURE Daily Chinese: Daily conversations, as well as Chinese culture topics.

Business Chinese: Necessary business conversation for commercial settings.

Industry-Specific Chinese: Chinese for Financial Industry / Retail Industry / Hospitality Industry / Catering Industry / Logistics Industry /Human Resources / Sales and Marketing / Customer Services / Telephone Skills / Public Speakings / Meetings and Presentations / Business Negotiations

EXAM TRAINING HSK (Hànyŭ shuĭpíng kǎăoshì): Chinese Proficiency Test or the Chinese Standard Exam, is China’s only recognized test of Standard Chinese language proficiency for non-native speakers such as foreign students and overseas Chinese. HSK level 1 to 6.

HSKK： Speaking Test: HSKK (Basic), HSKK (Intermediate) and HSKK (Advanced).

YCT (Youth Chinese Test): YCT is an internationally recognized test of Chinese language proficiency. It assesses young foreign students’ abilities to use Chinese in their daily and academic lives.

BCT (Business Chinese Test): BCT focuses on assessing non-native Chinese speakers’ abilities to use the Chinese language in real business or working environments and evaluating the language tasks they are able to complete.

It aims to provide references for companies to recruit and select employees,

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COURSE FEATURES SIMPLE CLEAR EXPLANATIONS You learn Chinese faster when you understand how it works. Our students love our ability to explain difficult concepts in a clear and easy-to-follow way.

STRUCTURED CURRICULUM Don’t waste your time looking for content by yourself. Follow our clear roadmap that takes you from beginner to conversational fluency.

ENGLISH SPEAKERS PERSPECTIVE After many years of hands-on experience teaching Englishspeaking students, we’re in tune with how you learn. We teach in a way that makes sense to you.

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NATURAL LEARNING APPROACH A FLEXIBLE AND OBJECTIVE ORIENTED CURRICULUM NiHao’s unique dynamic teaching method was developed by linguistics with reference to mothertongue learning. It is based on the Natural Approach, which is widely regarded as the most effective method of language learning.

Combined with our flexible study hours, language speaking environment and personal coaching, you will experience continual improvement in all facets of your Chinese proficiency.

BUILDING BLOCK APPROACH The Building Block Approach makes you learn more with less.

For example, learn the words for “hand” and “machine”, and instantly know the word for “phone”. Learn the words for “electricity” and “brain”, and instantly know the word “computer”.

COMBINATION OF CULTURE With the combination Chinese culture, students will master the language deeper and clearer.

Chinese culture forms an integral part of the language learning curricula at NiHao.

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NIHAO DIFFERENCE PASSION

FLEXIBLE SCHEDULING

Passionate educators want you to get the most out of your learning experience.

Select flexible lesson time slots which are most convenient to you.

RESULTS ORIENTED A single focus - to get you communicating as quickly and effectively as possible.

COURSE CUSTOMIZATION Modern, relevant syllabus including inter-cultural awareness with continuous curriculum development.

HOLISTIC COURSE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Individual follow up from a customer service representative and progress feedback.

REAL ENVIRONMENT IMPLEMENTATION Yes, we bring you to the real world to practice Chinese. Whether it be out on the streets, at restaurants or markets, we put your Chinese to the test! Make your learning a rich and cultural experience.

TEACHING CHINESE IS OUR SPECIALTY Chinese, unlike other languages, is unique and must be taught differently from English, Japanese, or Spanish. We specialize in providing only the best Chinese language courses.

HUMAN ELEMENT PRACTICE CLUB During the course, we offer invaluable opportunities to practice Chinese with a community of learners. Through practice, you can improve your oral Chinese as well as expand your network.

At NiHao, you will interact with humans every step of the way.

Everything we do is prepared with love and passion by people who really care about you and your language learning.

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COURSE LEVELS NEWBIE If you are just trying to learn some survival Chinese or start a lifelong relationship with the language, here’s where to start.

FEATURES • Focus on pronunciation and basic words/phrases.

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• Mostly in English

ELEMENTARY When you can get by with some key phrases, but are looking to start having basic conversations in Chinese, elementary lessons will help you make the jump.

After you finish the newbie and elementary levels, you are expected to:

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• Build up and develop a solid foundation of Phonetic (Pinyin) knowledge.

• Compose basic sentences and converse on simple daily topics.

• Participate in brief conversations.

• Master 600 words.

• Master 60 grammar points.

• Recognize approx 300 Chinese characters. (electricity+brain=computer)

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COURSE LEVELS INTERMEDIATE Once you have simple conversations in Chinese, intermediate lessons will help you explore more variety of topics and use richer language.

FEATURES • More complex grammar structures and topical vocabulary. • Even mix of English and Chinese.

Chinese culture and the original meanings of words will be explained and applied in the Intermediate Levels for a richer learning experience.

UPPER INTERMEDIATE Upper-intermediate lessons are for students with conversational fluency but looking to use more sophisticated language and tackle more specialized topics.

FEATURES • Advanced grammar patterns and specialized vocabulary.

• Primarily in Chinese, with some English.

After you finish the Intermediate level, you are expected to: • Communicate confidently on a fair range of topics in daily social conversations.

• Give a short presentation on prepared topics.

• Write simple notes on a limited range of topics.

• Master 1200 words • Master 150 grammar points.

• Recognize approx. 800 Chinese characters.

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For example, in the Beginner Level, you learn the word for face then in the Intermediate Level, you will learn the deeper importance of face in Chinese culture... what does ‘loosing face’ mean and where the phrase originated from.

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COURSE LEVELS ADVANCED You can already speak circles around your friends, but are looking for “complete” Chinese fluency.

FEATURES • Specialized, nuanced, and formal vocabulary.

• Entirely in Chinese.

MEDIA For advanced students, Media lessons present a new challenge: unfiltered Chinese, as it’s used in real contexts, taken from original sources.

FEATURES • Discusses news and other real-world articles.

• Entirely in Chinese.

After you finish the Advanced and Media levels, you are expected to: • Communicate effectively on a wide range of social topics.

• Express opinions and hold discussions relating to basic professional business situations.

• Gather general information and specific details from the mass media on a broad range of topics.

• Write simple reports, social letters as well as routine work-related correspondence.

• Understand Chinese culture and society.

The Advanced Course Levels take learning and practicing to a higher level.

You will learn how to discuss a wide range of topics and opinions including discussions on real-world news articles.

Business situations will also be covered in these levels.

• Master over 5000 words.

• Master 300 grammar points.

• Recognize approx. 2000 Chinese characters.

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BUSINESS MANDARIN COURSE INTRODUCTION: The Business Mandarin Course is designed for learners who have business activities in Mainland China or need to communicate with colleagues and clients in Mandarin. After this course, students are expected to be able to communicate with at least the following abilities: • Appropriate expressions at polite social occasions.

• Traveling, telephoning and appointment making.

Business Mandarin focusses on commercial languge skills. With each conversation, students will learn practical and useful terms and expressions.

• Commercial activities such as giving an introduction of a company, product or service, quotations and reviews.

• Consulting, negotiating, bargaining, writing plans.

BEGINNER Business Mandarin is for students learning necessary Chinese expressions for daily commercial communication and skills for polite social intercourse.

INTERMEDIATE Business Mandarin is for students who acquire language skills in day-to-day social dealings.

ADVANCED Business Mandarin contains social gatherings, office work and day-to-day operations, and is for the training of advanced learners in language skills for business information exchange.

FEATURES: • Commonly-used basic commercial vocabulary.

• Commercial Chinese expressions.

• Pronunciation.

• Chinese characters.

• Exercises.

• Real commercial case.

• Cultural background knowledge.

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Real world commercial examples will be used to allow students to master current business matters.

In addition, brief accounts of Chinese society, culture, customs are linked into relevant commercial discussions.

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OUR CLIENTS A RANGE OF OUR CLIENTS NIHAO works with many different clients from many different fields of business. Below is just a selection of some of our most recent...

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TESTIMONIALS At NiHao, professors are professional, passionate and creative and they use the best and latest methods for Westerners.

This makes the journey to Chinese language much easier and truly enjoyable. Thank you NiHao team!

Frederic Azemard, Partner, T.R Capital

I think it is an excellent program.

It’s also fun and brings us back to our college days when we studied other languages and we often leave classes with smiles on our faces.

Andy Rigoli, Vice President, Equinix

The NIHAO approach and welldesigned curriculum are very efficient and unique to me, which allows me to achieve my learning objective in a relatively short time.

Pierre Henri Boutot, Partner, - Bain Company

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