1.What kind of courses does Sunshine Chinese provide for students to choose from?

Sunshine Chinese provides General Chinese, Business Chinese, HSK Preparation, Chinese Character, Language Skills, Chinese Culture, etc. The total hour for group lesson of each level is 60 and for private is 50. The intensive class for one level lasts 4 weeks and the total hour is 80。

2.How to choose courses? What length is appropriate?

It depends on students’ own learning objectives. To those who only want to master simple Chinese and about 1000 new words, 80 sentences and basic grammars, they generally need to finish the 150-hour elementary daily speaking course.

To those who want to learn further, be able to express their own emotions, master about 3000 new words, 150 common sentences and grammars, they generally need to finish the 330-hour intermediate daily speaking course.

To those who want to express their ideas in Chinese exactly and communicate with local people easily, they need to finish the 450-hour advanced daily speaking course.

3.Is learning Chinese characters a must?

It isn’t a must. But because Chinese is not an alphabetic writing language, character is the carrier of the language. If you can’t recognize Chinese characters, it will be difficult for you to continue the courses above intermediate level. So in every lesson, the teacher will set aside several minutes to explain characters and its rule for the student.

4.How to know one’s Chinese level?

We provide free proficiency test before the lesson. When the student comes to our school, we’ll arrange normative test (in both spoken and written) and then arrange the most suitable course for the student according to the test result. Students can also do the test on our website to get a rough idea of their levels.

5.What teaching methods do we use?

We teach vividly and often interact by doing role play in simulated scene. Our teaching methods are divided into following four steps:

Comprehension: Learning new words is very important and is helpful for the students to understand the text. So generally it will be learnt first.

Literacy: Learn how to write, organize and use the new words in the text.

Practice: Try to speak out the words and sentences that have been learnt.

Use: Use the knowledge that has been learnt in the class or the after class practice.

1.What does Sunshine Chinese do?

Sunshine Chinese is a professional Chinese training and culture popularizing service provider. We are devoted to providing the foreigners and foreign corporations with personalized Chinese courses、Chinese culture consult and popularization and services in all aspects.

We have a large number of experienced teachers, who can provide the clients with lessons of flexible time, homelike learning environment, various cultural activities, systematic cultural resources to help them master Chinese rapidly as well as know more about Chinese culture to clean up the language and culture barriers they meet in their everyday life and communication in China, create pleasant learning experience and realize their Chinese dream and China dream.

We hold carrying on and promoting the splendid Chinese historic culture, which has lasted for 5000 years, as our duty. We’ll spare no efforts to spread the essence of Chinese culture to every corner of the world and share it with people all over the world.

2.How about the student composition of Sunshine Chinese?

Our students aged from 6 to 65 and come from places all over the world, consisting of 35% from USA, 10% from Britain, 25% from Japan and Korea, 10% from Italy and 5% from southeastern Asia.

3.The teachers of Sunshine Chinese have what qualifications?

Sunshine Chinese have about 200 experienced full-time and part-time teachers. They all receive regular training and examine of the teaching quality from school.

4.How can we trust your teaching quality?

We do regular student inquiry to know the learning of every student and properly adjust the teaching speed and method in time. To the teachers, we’ll do regular examine and give them professional training.

1.What visa can I use to come to China?

Students can apply for 30-day, 60-day or 90-day tourist visa to come to China through the travel agency or embassy in their own countries. If you have any problem in visa, you can consult us and our school will help you. The extension of visa can be done in China. If you need any help in applying for visa, please contact us as soon as possible and we’ll offer help according to the student’s situation.

1.What kind of accommodation dose Sunshine Chinese provide for students?

We will arrange recommend and arrange accommodation for you according to your needs. You can choose as you like.

2.How to deal with everyday meals?

You can have meals at restaurants and snack bars around school or your living place. There are a lot of choices and simple western food is also available. If the student chooses to live in a local family, he or she can also consider joining them.

1.How should we pay?

The tuition must be completely paid 3 days before the class begins. We accept bank transfer, credit card or cash.