In Berlin to Learn Chinese
We base our Chinese tuition on the four core competencies: speaking and listening comprehension, reading and writing. Conversation during the course, role-plays and group discussions all play their parts in improving language structures, broadening vocabulary and enhancing accuracy of expression.
The smaller the group, the greater the personal learning success. Therefore, your Chinese course will have a maximum of six participants. If even this is too big for you, you can learn Chinese in a mini-group or have individual (one-to-one) tuition.
The quality of any Chinese course depends completely on the competence of the teacher. It's for this reason that all of our teachers are native Chinese speakers. They have all amassed considerable teaching experience in the field of adult education.
You can find up-to-date details of our Chinese language course schedule at the bottom of this page. From the 30-lesson-hour Super-Intensive courses to the two-lesson-hour-per-week Standard-Light courses, you can choose the best Chinese language course profile to fit your timetable and level.
Chinese Courses all year round at IH Berlin PROLOG
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Our evening courses can be booked in blocks of between 12 and 48 weeks. Learning is even quicker on our Chinese Intensive courses. This course profile covers a wide spectrum; from our four-week-long, evening based, semi-intensive courses, to our two-week, daytime super-intensive courses.
At the end of your Chinese course you will receive a certificate from IH Berlin PROLOG. This is widely recognised as proof of your Chinese language skills.
We also offer bespoke Business Chinese courses for our corporate clients. We will tailor the course to suit your field of business or special interest topics you specify. Then, just tell us where and when your Chinese classes should start.
For whatever reasons you have decided to discover the Chinese language and culture: we will put together a detailed course profile which meets your expectations and suits your level and interests.
The Chinese Language - A brief History
Mandarin is the official spoken language of the People's Republic of China and Taiwan and is spoken by about 900 million people on the mainland and in Taiwan. It is the most spoken language of the world.
This is primarily the result of governmental efforts of China and Taiwan to enforce Mandarin as the standard language of the Chinese.
Mandarin uses the Chinese writing system, which was adapted to the spoken language by the authors of vernacular literature in the 20th century. Previously, written texts were recorded in classical Chinese, more precisely in Wenyan.
Besides Mandarin, there are a large number of other Chinese languages, of which some are dialects of Mandarin, while others are so completely different that they are considered autonomous languages.
The vast majority of China's inhabitants can at least understand Mandarin. For people who do not understand, they can then only communicate by writing - the written characters are independent of dialects and more or less identical throughout all dialects.
Source: www.wikipedia.org
Current Chinese Courses
