For one semester and one year students, Elective classes are also provided to strengthen their language skills in listening and speaking as well as enriching their knowledge about Chinese culture.
Electives are scheduled 2 to 4 hours in the afternoons. Each language skill elective lasts 10 to 15 weeks. Each culture elective lasts 5 to 10 weeks. One semester and one year students can take the Elective classes for free. Short term enrollees can still join the Elective class for an extra class fee. |
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LANGUAGE FOCUSED CHINESE ELECTIVES |
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Chinese Calligraphy
An art unique to Asian culture also known as Brush Calligraphy. Learn how to form the characters and how the characters represent words. Practice how to handle the brush and makes strokes and lines using the black ink. |
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Chinese Traditional Massage
The class will introduce traditional Chinese Tuina massage, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) theory and body channel & acupuncture points. English narration and handout are available from our school |
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Peking Opera
Peking opera of China is a national treasure with a history of 200 years. In the 55th year of the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty(1790) ,the four big Huiban opera Troupes entered the capital and combined with Kunqu opera, Yiyang opera, Hanju opera and Luantan in Beijing's thearetical circle of the time. Through a period of more than half a century of combination and integration of various kinds of opera there evolved the present Peking opera, the biggest kind of opera in China, whose richness of repertoire, great number of artists of performance and of audiences, and profound influence are incomparable in China. Peking opera is a synthesis of stylized action, singing, dialogue and mime, acrobatic fighting and dancing to represent a story or depict different characters and their feelings of gladness, anger, sorrow, happiness, surprise, fear and sadness. In Peking opera there are four main types of roles: sheng (male) dan (young female), jing( painted face, male), and chou (clown, male or female). The characters may be loyal or treacherous, beautiful or ugly, good or bad, their images being vividly manifested. |
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Chinese Songs
Distinctive songs from mainland China of which Chinese songs teachers will have students listen to the original songs and lead the students singing. Songs that will be taught are mainly pop and modern. Handouts for lyrics are given in pinyin and hanzi (Chinese characters). |
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Chinese Cooking
Chinese chef will guide you to make Chinese dishes on the spot and introduce Chinese local cuisines-flavor, taste and color etc. For instance Cantonese dishes, Sichuan dishes etc. |
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Audio-Visual Course
Students will be shown selected movies, videos or TV programs related to Chinese culture and Chinese society. Assignments will be given to inspire their understanding of China as well as improving their listening comprehension skill. |
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Basic Journalistic Chinese
Articles from Chinese newspapers and magazines will be chosen as extensive reading materials. Students will learn the basic knowledge of lexical and stylistic features of journalistic Chinese |
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NON-LANGUAGE FOCUSED CHINESE ELECTIVES |
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Taiji Quan (Tai chi)
Study 'Tai Chi' a kind of martial arts where movements are performed slowly, softly and gracefully with smooth and even transitions. It mainly improves wellbeing and strength. |
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Chinese Brush Painting
Teacher will introduce and demonstrate the basics of Chinese brush painting, including painting techniques and the proper use of equipment and materials (brushes, ink, colour, paper and Chinese stamps). Participants will be instructed on how to hold the brush properly and the use of various brush strokes. |
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Chinese Paper Cut
The paper-cut is one of the folk’s traditional decorative arts which China popularizes the most. Probably because its so easy that, cost cheap, result stand and see, meet surface wide and welcome generally material;
The paper-cut has not only displayed the masses' aesthetic hobby, and include and accumulating, it is one of the skills of the people that has the characteristic most in China too,
Paper-cut design are often derived from figures found on ancient pottery and rock paintings. Paper-cuts often resemble frogs ,snakes ,fish .birds ,dragons., and gods of the ancients. Paper-cut tigers implicate longevity in Chinese culture .tree and deer heads symbolize continuity .to express wishes for children, paper cuts are made to resemble fish, lotus flowers, gourds, dragons and phoenixes. |
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Chinese Knot
A kind of characteristic folk decorations of handicraft art. Appeared in ancient time, developed in Tang and Song Dynasty and popularized in Ming and Qing Dynasty. Chinese Knot has now become a kind of elegant and colorful arts and crafts from its original practical use.
The characteristic of Chinese Knot is that every knot is made of a single rope and named by its specific form and meaning. By combining different knots or other auspicious adornments skillfully, a unique auspicious ornament which represents beauty, idea and wishes is formed. People are fond of Chinese Knot for its characteristic form, colorfulness and profound meaning. |
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Chinese Instruments
The teacher will teach you how to play traditional Chinese instruments such as Erhu, Guzheng and Pipa etc. Relevant musical knowledge will be taught in English. |
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