General English Course

Advance                                               

Business English

Upper-Intermediate               For each level, you have to count                                                                                                       around 3 months Full-time course in order to completed

                                                                this level, and 6 to 9 months on

Intermediate                       Part-time basic.

                     Pre-Intermediate

Elementary

CLIMB THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE

FROM BASIC TO ADVANCE

SAMPLE ENGLISH TIME TABLE   (MORNING ELEMENTARY-INTERMEDIATE LEVEL )

MANDARIN SYLLABUS

ELEMENTARY 　　　　　　　　　　　　　

Lesson 1  :  “ni hao”/ tone & tone changes

Lesson 2  :  “ni hao ma ?” / initial m / neutral tone / half 3^rd tone / word in Chinese / questions with the interrogative 《 ma 》.

Lesson 3  :  “ni mang ma ?” finals  ou / ang / aspirated and unaspirated / senences with an adjectival predicate.

Lesson 4  :  “zhe shi wo pengyou” / initial zh, ch, / finals i, iou, eng.

Lesson 5  :  “ni mama shi daifu ma ?” / tone of 《 bu 》/ sentences type / attributes shoeing possessions.

Lesson 6  :  “ta shi na guo ren ?” / initial zh, ch, sh, finals u, ei, ong.

Lesson 7 :  “zhe shi shenme ditu ?” / initial j, finals ing, iang, uang / questions with interrogative pronouns.

Lesson 8  :  “ qing he cha” / finals in ian uan.

Lesson 9  :  “nin gui xing” / initials j, p, x.

Lesson 10 :  “ta zhu duoshao hao”

Lesson 11 :  《 lie xie ni 》/ initial z, c, s / coupound finals.

Lesson 12 :  《 tamen shi hen hao de pengyou 》/ summary of rules of phonetic spelling / tables of combinations of the initials and finals in common speech.

Lesson13:  “ni hen shi bu hen shi ta” / conjunction “he” / affirmative-negative questions / sentences with verbal construction / position of “ya” and “dou”.

Lesson 14 :  “ta zuo shenme gongozuo”, “you” sentences.

Lesson 15 :  “zhongyue xi you duoshi xuesheng” / numeration of numbers / measures / words stress.

Lesson 16 :  “zhe tiao qinzhi shi shinde” / sentences type with “shi” / word stress.

Lesson 17 :  “xien zai ji dian ?” / modal particles / way of telling the time / tag questions.

Lesson 18 :  “ding yuen de yi tian” / revision

Lesson 19 :  “ni yao shenme” / tag questions / alternative questions / pivotal sentences.

Lesson 20 :  :si yue er shi ba ho shi wo de” / tag questions / alternative questions / pivotal sentences.

Goro Language School

The methodologies we use in our Chinese courses are as following:

1.     Tutorial teaching system

2.     Group studying (Mix up various level & ability students);

3.     Group studying and discussion (conducted by teacher)

The methodologies we use are effective because:

1.     The course is targeted at any student who should have strong discipline and serious attitude of study.

2.     Teacher can conduct the each student coaching according to each progress of the course more effectively as each student has different ability and personality and pace of learning.

3.     Students are more likely to be able to study in a Chinese language environment, which will enable them to practice Chinese more frequently and make greater progress.

4.     Teacher can spot out the troubles students meet in their Chinese studying and help them to overcome the difficulties.

5.     The course can become less boring and become more practical and interesting by positive attitude of study, not passive.

However, the course taught in this way is likely to be less effective if the students are lack of discipline or passive or not serious.

GORO LANGUAGE SCHOOL TEACHING METHOD               

in Japanese class

Courses at GORO LANGUAGE SCHOOL are conducted at both Full Time and Part Time. Basically, Full Time course is 3 hours and Part Time course is 1.5 hours.

First half of the lesson will be tutorial teaching and the second half will be lecture Teaching.

Merits Points for GORO LANGUAGE SCHOOL Teaching Style

There are many merits points for this system. Firstly, flexible time studying. Students can choose their own classes most convenient to their own schedule. Secondly, excellent track records. Many of our students pass Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) 1, 2, 3, 4 every year. Thirdly, widely choices. We can tailor the most suitable course according to the student’s requirement. (e.g. Business Japanese, JLPT, Translation, etc). Fourthly, individual teaching method. We teach student individually according to their abilities. (e.g. American who cannot read “Kanji”), GORO LANGUAGE SCHOOL will use different method from those who strong in “Kanji”.

Demerits Points for GORO LANGUAGE SCHOOL Teaching Style

Despite the above- mentioned merits, there is still a demerit about this system. Teaching times are limited base on the number of students in class, and also, it is not suitable for those who only want to learn some basic conversation in their daily life only passive attitude. In GORO LANGUAGE SCHOOL, we believe that grammar is a very essential element. Therefore we teach the grammar individually. By understanding grammar, student can gradually be able to speak and write general Japanese. Most of the students are still continue with the course and only few of them are dropped out from the course.

Our teaching styles are able to help those students who want to learn Japanese seriously.

	Japanese Curriculum
※ Tentative schedule with according to class situation.
					Elementary ( 初級 ) Course
	First lesson			Self introduction & Alphabet あ い う え お・・・
				HIRAGANA test No1 & Lesson 1: Kore wa pen desu.
				with Video
				HIRAGANA test No.2
				Lesson 2: HAJIMEMASHITE + Exercises
				Lesson 3: Basic Grammar　DESU, NO, KARA・・・
				Lesson 4: The way to use the verb.
				HIRAGANA test No.3 & Conversation KINOU ・・・		Goro's Textbook
				Lesson 5: Exchange the name card
	10 lesson			Lesson 6&7: い＆なAdjective KAWAII, KIREINA		( Elementary )
				with Video
				Lesson 8: Past tense “adj & verb & Desu”
				Refresher traning : Question and Answer
				Lesson 9: 17 Particles NI, DE, KARA, MADE,・・・
				KATAKANANA test         　　　　   　　　　　　with Video
				Lesson 10: Mr. SUZUKI story + Translation
				Lesson 11: Exercises　L.1〜L.10
				Lesson 12&13: Birthday party with ・・・
				Refresher traning : Question and Answer
	20 lesson			Examination Test ( Goro's textbook �T)
				S.N. lesson 1: Nice to meet you.
				Self introduction No.2
				S.N. lesson 2: In the school.