CHINESE CLASSROOM

CHINESE and how to learn it

THERE ARE about 50.000 Chinese characters in Chinese.
You'll find about 20.000 in a dictionary.
You need about 2500 to read the newspaper.

CHINESE CLASSROOM

CHINESE and how to learn it

NOT your traditional CLASSROOM.

Learning Chinese is hard.

And you can't win by numbers. So you should make it about thinking patterns instead.

Here's the other way of learning Chinese

1

CHINESE LANGUAGE

Overview

100 min

中文

 zhōng wén

2

GRAMMAR

Basic rules

90 min

语法

yǔ fǎ

3

WRITING SYSTEM

Meet the characters

90 min

汉字

 hàn zì

4

PRONUNCIATION

Reading characters

90 min

发音

fā yīn

 

Our Informal School can facilitate learning anywhere in the world.
Online digital tools can turn learning into a trully collaborative effort, and among these, TIM ORIENTALISM passionately embraces whiteboarding.

We offer 4 live sessions - online by design and not by context - in a progressive sequence:
You will begin with a general overview of the main aspects of Chinese language, and then continue with their breakdown: the grammar, the writing system and pronunciation.
p.s. doing your homework should feel like a challenge.
not like a chore.

benefits

Life is too short to study something you might hate, and too short to miss out on something you might love.

You’ll find out if you love Chinese or hate it.  

You’ll develop your mind and discover new thinking habits. 

You will learn how to make the connections between the Chinese context and language

Chinese is a language of homophones: more characters have the same pronunciation.

You will learn how to learn Chinese, one Chinese character at a time.

last but not least

Some people go for wine tasting. Others go for a cup of tea. 

You will have a taste of lifelong learning.

this CLASSROOM is for you if

You like solving puzzles and you follow your curiosity. You’re looking to do so by solving the puzzle of Chinese characters and language.

You’re looking for an alternative learning approach.

You are searching for new ways to enrich your knowledge, maybe even during your lunch break.

You’re looking for the pathway to your new hobby.

We are taught to expect the right answers instead of how to ask better questions. 

You’re looking for a new way of learning Chinese, the best way of understanding China, and a worthy challenge.

last but not least

You have an open mind, are curious and brave.

Chinese is not for the faint of heart.

CULTURE 20%

80% language

20%

80% 

culture                                                       language

You can take the last 3 sessions individually for 150 RON each, or in a package with a 20% discount, according to your needs.
Registration period for each session begins when the previous one ends, and lasts for 1 week.

But regardless of the route you'll take, you should start with Session 1.

To see how the pieces of the puzzle fit together.

PARTICIPANTS

4

PRICE
SESSION 1

200

RON/
pers

WHERE

online
on
ZOOM
&MIRO

REGISTRATION PERIOD UNTIL

DEC
20

More questions? Write me a message!

These are standard issue classes. They are especially designed as a survival kit in an entirely different culture. 

Just like a swiss-army knife, they are multipurpose.

Not sure if these workshops & classrooms are right for you? Do you need a personalized or a group offer?

Contact me at timeea@timorientalism.com, on social media, or using the contact form.