Chinese Language Center

Learning focus: Phonetics (pinyin), basic greetings, numbers and the simplest grammar structures.

Practical use: Helps learners recognize elementary phrases. Ideal for getting started, first trips or learning the language for personal interest.

Learning focus: Everyday speaking topics such as shopping and schedules, common phrases, and basic ways to express past and future actions.

Practical use: Builds confidence in simple everyday situations. Suitable for the first period of living in China or entry-level roles requiring minimal Chinese.

Learning focus: Coherent paragraph-level speech, expressing personal opinions, and basic knowledge of Chinese culture and traditions.

Practical use: Allows learners to handle most everyday tasks. Often used as a minimum requirement for admission to Chinese universities or for a work visa.

Learning focus: More complex topics such as emotions and social issues, set expressions, and the difference between spoken and formal styles.

Practical use: Enables fluent everyday communication with native speakers. Opens opportunities for undergraduate study or career growth in Chinese companies.

Learning focus: Reading news, taking part in discussions, delivering professional presentations, and developing advanced writing skills.

Practical use: Brings Chinese comprehension close to native-speaker level. Required for master's or doctoral study and for specialized fields such as media, law and analytics.

Learning focus: Stylistic nuance, idioms (chengyu), classical cultural references and fast comprehension of complex authentic texts.

Practical use: Represents full professional command of the language. Needed for research, professional translation, leadership roles in major corporations or diplomatic work.

Learning focus: Basic business etiquette and greetings, self-presentation with position and company, simple phone calls, and understanding charts, schedules and prices.

Practical use: Helps with routine tasks: answering calls, confirming meeting times and understanding simple invoices. Ideal for interns and junior employees in Chinese companies.

Learning focus: Business correspondence such as short emails, describing company structure, basic negotiation skills, and analyzing simple charts and market trends.

Practical use: Enables active participation in work meetings, presentation of key product features, and confident communication with suppliers or clients. Best suited for sales managers, logisticians and administrative staff.

Learning focus: Preparing formal reports, detailed contract review, handling claims and disputes, cross-cultural business etiquette, and participation in major conferences and media interviews.

Practical use: Provides full confidence in a business environment. Enables high-stakes negotiations, complex legal and commercial documentation, and strategy defense before top management. Essential for executives, lawyers, finance specialists and foreign trade professionals.