The Chinese Culture Center offers four sessions per year of Mandarin classes for adults and for children. Adult classes and children’s classes are scheduled simultaneously, and parents have an option to enroll their children into a class at the same time as the adult class.

The 2010 Winter Mandarin Session will be held on January 9 to March 27, 2010. Break on 1/15 – 1/22 (Week of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day). Dates are subjected to changes without notice.

Registration for 2010 Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall Classes

Registration for 2010 Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall Classes

Mandarin for Adults

The adult teaching style is interactive with an emphasis on spoken language for practical use, and some character learning. Students participate in simple conversations and respond to visual tools for vocabulary building. The teacher is a native of China, and an experienced, professional teacher with a degree in language education. This is an enthusiastic teacher who makes learning fun for students of all levels.

CCC offers three levels of adult learning:

• Level 1 “Beginner”
  For absolute beginners, or those with very limited Mandarin background.
• Level 2 “Advanced-Beginner”
  For those continuing from Level 1.
• Level 3 “Intermediate”
  For adults with some working knowledge of spoken and written Mandarin.

Chinese Culture Center does not offer an advanced level Mandarin class at this time.

Weekday Mandarin Class Winter Session 2010

Weekend Mandarin Class Winter Session 2010

Textbook and other material purchase for Mandarin Class

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Mandarin Learn and Play for Children

Mandarin Learn and Play for Children is designed for 3- to 6-year olds, and is held in a classroom adjacent to the adult classroom.

Children’s class time: Every Saturday, 10:00AM – 11:30AM

The emphasis for children is on learning a beginning Mandarin vocabulary through songs, games and story telling in a fun and relaxed environment. This is not an immersion program and English is also spoken in the classroom. Children will work on Mandarin vocabulary appropriate to their level of learning. Simple words and phrases and some character recognition is taught through worksheets and stories of China. There is discussion and introduction to Chinese culture through crafts and songs. Class size is limited to 10 students.

Fees for weekend Winter 2010 session:

$175 per person for CCC members, $200 for non-CCC members.

All transactions are final, no refunds, no exceptions.

Fee payments are due in full before the first class.

You may register for adult class only, children’s class only, or both.

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Please drop by the Chinese Culture Center’s administrative offices to complete the registration form and tuition payment.

OR

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• Click to register for Winter 2010 Weekend Mandarin Learn and Play for Children Class

Location

All Mandarin classes are held in the Chinese Culture Center Wells Fargo Room & Knowledge Room on the 3Mezzanine Floor

For more information please call (415) 986-1822 or e-mail Fengyuan (please type “Mandarin Class Registration” in the subject of your e-mail message)

ALL CLASSES ARE FIRST COME FIRST SERVE

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Chinese Culture Center congratulates Lin Lin, our Mandarin Class teacher, who recently received the Community Service Award!

Families with Children from China (FCC) presented a Community Service Award to four Mandarin teachers from around the Bay Area. Lin Lin, current Mandarin teacher at the Chinese Culture Center, was among those teachers honored by the organization of adoptive families. Families with Children from China presented the award in appreciation to Mandarin teachers who have championed the learning of Mandarin language for their families.

Lin Lin, a dedicated and talented teacher, has been teaching Mandarin classes for adults at the Chinese Culture Center for the last five years . Many FCC parents have enjoyed her adult classes at the Center. Lin Lin has also taught Mandarin to many FCC children out of her home in the East Bay. Congratulations Lin Lin!

Our Instructors

We’d like to welcome our new instructors, Echo Xue and Lin Ye.

Echo Xue is an experienced language and cultural instructor. An educator at heart, her expertise has helped guide many students in their pursuit of knowledge about Chinese language and culture drawn from internationally diverse backgrounds. Currently, Echo is a Chinese instructor for the Chinese Cultural Center in San Francisco, teaching a diverse cross-section of students about Chinese language and culture.

Previously, Echo taught CSL (Chinese as a Foreign Language) at the Britannica International School Belgrade, Serbia to students ranging from primary to high school age and up in a multicultural environment encompassing Europe, Asia and the Americas. She also served as a liaison in the Chinese Chamber of Commerce and the Council on the Peaceful Reunification of China while pursuing a Master’s degree full-time in Belgrade University in Serbia.

Before her success at the Britannica International School Belgrade, she taught Chinese to foreign teachers in addition to a full time curriculum instructing Chinese students in English at the Aston English School in her native city of Jinan, China. Echo was also a freelance reporter for the Jinan Global English Magazine covering local politics and the arts.

Lin Ye is a reliable CSL (Chinese as a Second Language) instructor with good education background and teaching experience. She received a BA degree in Chinese Language and Literature from Central China Normal University (CCNU), China. She completed her core courses such as Chinese phonetics, grammar, lexis, character cognition, applied linguistics, teaching methodology and Chinese literature. Lin got a Master’s degree in Education from the University of Hull, United Kingdom. During her postgraduate learning, she researched on ICT (Information, Communication and Technology) education and Second language acquisition so she enjoys implementing technology in her teaching practice, especially for Pinyin education.

Lin was a Chinese as a second language instructor at the college of International Cultural Exchange, CCNU. She taught Chinese listening, speaking, reading and writing to the first-year and second-year college students. Lin is an experienced instructor for beginners, that’s why she is teaching beginners and advanced beginners in Chinese Culture Center. She is very motivated, articulate and well organized. Her students found her knowledgeable and patient in teaching and offering help after class. They enjoyed her lectures and friendship.