There is a focus on developing listening, speaking, reading and writing skills in addition to learning grammar. Vocabulary building is approached from a number of angles.
Mandarin Chinese Course Levels
Please see an approximate list of topics below. There is a focus on developing listening, speaking, reading and writing skills in addition to learning grammar. Vocabulary building is approached from a number of angles.
Mandarin Chinese Beginners A
phonics: 21 initials, 38 finals, 4 tones?p?n y?n?
writing: single component characters and writing rules
listening and speaking:
Cultural topics: Chinese Zodiac, Chinese Kung fu, Chinese traditional holiday, Chinese food, Chinese songs
Mandarin Chinese Beginners B
phonics: rules of pinyin, differentiation of some difficult initials and finals, tone Sandhi
writing: single component characters, writing rules, basic strokes of Chinese Characters
listening and speaking:
Founded in 2004, BASE is conveniently located in Downtown Boston, steps from all subway lines. On-site group or private classes can be arranged at your workplace in the comfort of your office, in your home, or another convenient location, whatever is best for you.
Courses have been held in locations such as Back Bay, Beacon Hill, South End, Dorchester, Cambridge, Somerville, Brookline, Newton, and Lexington, among many other on-site locations. Not only do people learn a language at BASE for professional goals, but also for travel, family, the plain love of languages, and other personal reasons.
We welcome you to BASE to fulfill your language learning and cultural needs. The most popular Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Farsi, Mandarin Chinese, Russian and Korean courses at BASE are Weekly and Semi-intensive, but we also run Intensive and Ultra-intensive programs.
Thousands of students have come to the BASE to learn a new language, improving their conversational abilities by commuting from as far as Portland, ME, Providence, RI, Cape Cod, Worcester, and Northampton, MA. Students come from a wide variety of fields and backgrounds such as social work, medicine, law, business, and education, among many other fields.
Throughout the pandemic, BASE has met the language learning needs of people from around the US and overseas. Although we don’t currently run group Spanish classes for children, please visit our Private Learning page to arrange for private or semi-private Spanish classes for children.
The Chinese language program currently offers a minor in Chinese. Over three years of Chinese is required for International Business majors.
Cantonese Classes are offered by San Jose Learning Center. This class is taught at a standard learning pace and with an ideal class size. This type of class is recorded and emailed to students each week.
Go beyond the basics and take your Chinese to a new level. Build grammar foundations, write characters, and speak simple phrases for dialogues.
We provide a distraction-free location and guide you quickly through our curriculum. At the same time, any references or materials are on-hand for you to use to further your ability to speak, read, and write.
Whether you’re a traveler planning a bucket list trip to Macau, a heritage learner hoping to communicate with relatives in Guangzhou, or a fan of Cantonese cuisine and pop culture, we have a class that’ll help you achieve your goals.
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