Courses

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Taught by Ms. Vivian Chang

K1 is where a child's Chinese begins. Ms. Yin starts from Zhuyin, pronunciation, and character recognition to lay down a correct foundation, in a relaxed and encouraging classroom that builds interest and confidence alongside skill.

Taught by Ms. Chinghsien Yin

It starts with writing your own name. Ms. Chiu takes first-graders step by step through recognizing characters and practicing handwriting — the first move into reading and writing Chinese — with confidence built one repetition at a time.

Taught by Ms. Chih-hsin Sophie Chiu

Second grade introduces more phono-semantic characters built from radicals and components. The class continues first grade's image-based approach — understanding characters through the evolution of pictographs and indicatives — before moving step by step into the patterns behind radicals, components, and compound characters. Readings shift from poems and rhymes toward short passages and stories, supported by multimedia, games, and story performance.

Taught by Ms. Yvonne Cheng

The class emphasizes reading aloud and rhyme practice, helping students internalize the rhythm and sound of Chinese. Character recognition is strengthened by taking characters apart into their components and putting them back together. Telling stories from pictures — both the speaking and the reading comprehension behind it — is a central part of the year.

Taught by Ms. Shu Ping Lee

A step up. Alongside the Zhuyin input they already know, fourth-graders begin Hanyu Pinyin, so they can type Chinese more than one way — a more flexible command of the language, and useful preparation for the study and digital life ahead.

Taught by Ms. Chih-hsin Sophie Chiu

Fifth grade builds further on reading, character recognition, and expression. Working from the textbook, students learn new characters, vocabulary, and key sentence patterns, then use guided reading and comprehension work to find the main point of a passage and read in context. Calligraphy, cultural topics, and creative activities are woven in through the year.

Taught by Ms. Sing-Yin Lin

Sixth grade reaches an intermediate level, with deeper and more demanding material. Each lesson explores a different topic and vocabulary field — middle-school campus and after-school life, technology and computers in daily life, Chinese culture and social issues. Alongside analyzing text structure and building vocabulary, guided questioning, group discussion, and speaking activities develop reading comprehension, critical thinking, and communication.

Taught by Ms. Yvonne Cheng

Alongside consolidating the Chinese students have built up over the years, seventh grade develops two-way translation between English and Chinese. Students work on group topic investigations through the term, and each student independently completes a topic report in Chinese by the end of the semester.

Taught by Ms. Shu Ping Lee

By eighth grade, Ms. Yin pushes further into reading comprehension, recitation, and writing, developing more mature expression and thinking — so that students are not only studying Chinese but genuinely using it to understand, express, and communicate.

Taught by Ms. Chinghsien Yin

For beginning learners, the focus is on building foundational listening, speaking, tone, and communication skills. Students also learn how Chinese characters are formed — through components, strokes, and character structure — so they understand how to recognize and write a character rather than simply memorize it, developing early reading and writing ability.

Taught by Ms. Sophia Yang

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Taught by Ms. Sabrina Wun

Third-grade bilingual is designed for children who don't speak Chinese at home, using everyday topics and plenty of images to provide enough language input. Material starts from set patterns like 你好 and 我叫⋯, paired with common vocabulary — family members, colors, numbers, classroom objects — and simple exchanges such as “what's your name?” Students learn to introduce their family, describe colors, and count objects in short sentences, working toward Novice-level goals.

Taught by Ms. Cindy Chang

Step-by-step practice in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. The first hour covers the textbook; the second puts it to use through games, crafts, and interactive activities. Learning happens through play, and children build both ability and confidence in a relaxed bilingual environment.

Taught by Ms. Nicole Shieh

The bilingual fifth-grade course develops listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Instruction focuses on sentence structure and usage, and on the vocabulary presented in the textbook. Regular listening and speaking activities build confidence in oral communication, and writing instruction develops simple one- to two-paragraph compositions. Cultural topics are incorporated throughout to deepen students' appreciation of the language and its context.

Taught by Ms. Rose Lau

Sixth-grade bilingual covers school activities, seasons and weather, festivals, transport, shopping, and giving simple reasons, targeting Novice High to Intermediate Low. Short passages, dialogues, and situational images build the ability to follow longer paragraphs, track sequence, and pick out main ideas, while connectives such as 如果…就… and 雖然…但是… come into use. Students describe a festival, the weather, or a shopping situation in five to eight sentences, and complete short writing, oral reports, or topic posters.

Taught by Ms. Cindy Chang

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Taught by Ms. Anise Wang

Building on students' existing Chinese, eighth grade strengthens reading, writing, and speaking. Through conversation, role-play, themed discussion, and presentations, students apply what the textbook teaches to real situations. They are also encouraged to see the value of Chinese in an increasingly global world — more than a school subject, it becomes a tool for future study, travel, careers, and cross-cultural connection.

Taught by Ms. Sophia Yang

Chinese Level 1 uses Integrated Chinese, Volume 1 to give beginning learners a solid foundation. Topics cover introductions, family, school life, friends, time, daily activities, food, shopping, and leisure, while students develop pronunciation, Pinyin, characters, vocabulary, and basic sentence structures. The course also emphasizes cultural learning through dialogues, role-play, group activities, and cultural comparison.

Taught by Ms. Amy Chang

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Taught by Ms. Catherine Ding

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Taught by Ms. Kristy Wu

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Taught by Ms. Huitzu Lu

Ms. Shieh's AP Chinese course follows the latest College Board course and exam framework and develops integrated skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Through themes such as Families and Communities, Language and Culture, Art and Creativity, Technology, Contemporary Life, and Global Issues, students work with authentic materials, cultural comparisons, research projects, and AP-style tasks. Students practice reading, listening, email response, story narration, Project Presentation, and Q&A while strengthening communication skills, cultural understanding, and critical thinking in preparation for the AP Chinese exam and future advanced Chinese study.

Taught by Ms. Mingwei Shieh