SMART CHINESESMART CHINESE
Located on Mulberry Dr.
Woodbury, MN 55129
ph: 612-388-6453


1. Smart Chinese
2. AP Chinese Exam Preparation
3. Children's Chinese
4. Business Chinese
5. Wise Chinese
6. Chinese Culture
Smart Chinese course adopts a new approach to teaching Chinese as a second/foreign language. It is designed for young students taking SAT II/AP Chinese Examinations (USA ), or those students who are interested in Chinese and want to have a complete set of Chinese study.
The course has 5 Textbooks with CDs and 5 Workbooks, including level 1 to level 5. After completing this series, students will acquire a vocabulary of approximately 1,700 Chinese characters and several thousand phrases.
When you finish the Smart Chinese course, you will have no problem to use Chinese as your daily language.
Below is some parts of topics:
Textbook 1 | -Greetings |
-Family members | |
-Personal introduction | |
-Numbers and dates | |
-Countries and languages | |
-Occupations and work places | |
-Modes of transport | |
-Time |
Textbook 2 | -Colors and clothing |
-Weather and holidays | |
-Hobbies | |
-Student’s daily routine | |
-School subjects | |
-School facilities | |
-Making telephone calls | |
-Colors and clothing |
Textbook 3 | -Parts of the body and illness |
-Food and health | |
-Shopping | |
-Everyday articles | |
-Stationery and gifts | |
-Furniture and electrical appliances in the house | |
-Life at home | |
-Asking the way |
Textbook 4 | -About China : its language, geography and food |
-Summer holidays | |
-Travel | |
-World famous cities | |
-Family tree | |
-Pets | |
-Personality | |
-Local community |
Textbook 5 | -Chinese and Western festivals and customs |
-Communication and the media | |
-Entertainment | |
-Celebrities | |
-Young people | |
-Law and order | |
-Education and employment | |
-New Technology |
If you want to catch more opportunities to enter your desired University, you should choose AP Chinese Exam preparation that is matching "1. Smart Chinese" course.
The AP Chinese Exam assesses students' interpersonal communication skills, their abilities to present and interpret language in spoken and written forms, and their functional familiarity with Chinese culture.
As soon as you pass the AP Chinese Exam, you will have more strength to catch the offer from your desired University and get credits from it.
If you want to know more information about AP Chinese Exam, please click HERE.
If you have a big plan to let your kids to study Chinese early, enlarge their mind and raise their interest in Chinese in advance, win more opportunities in the future. The Children's Chinese course is very suitable for your kids.
The Chinese course comprises 4 books, each book consisting of one Textbook with a CD and one workbook. After completing this series, students will be able to write from memory approximately 100 simple Chinese characters, recognize over 500 Chinese characters and develop listening and speaking skills from an early age.
If you want to live, work or travel in China to practice and develop your spoken Chinese, you should choose the Business Chinese course.
The course has 55 life situations under 12 topics, with more than 600 practical sample sentences, which can basically meet the communicative needs in daily life and work in China .
It also supports for student who already have a grounding in Chinese to improve their spoken Chinese. Below is the part of topics:
1.Basic Expressions | TOPICS: |
1)Greetings; Goodbye | |
2)Thanks; Apologies | |
3)Compliments | |
4)Approval; Disapproval |
2.Personal Information | TOPICS: |
1)Name; Age | |
2) Nationality; Professions | |
3)Family Members | |
4)Hobbies |
3.Eating out | TOPICS: |
1)Before the meal | |
2)Ordering Dishes | |
3)During and after the meal | |
4)Likes and Dislikes |
4.Shopping | TOPICS: |
1)At the supermarket | |
2)At the free market | |
3)At a Department Store | |
4)Bargaining |
5.Going Out | TOPICS: |
1)Talking about the Weather | |
2)Asking the Way | |
3)Taking a Taxi/ Airplane/ Train | |
4)Public Transportation |
6.At Hotel | TOPICS: |
1)Reservation and Check in | |
2)Room Facilities | |
3)Hotel Service |
7.Entertainment | TOPICS: |
1)Karaoke | |
2)Watching Movie/TV | |
3)Bar/Coffee House/Tea House | |
4) Sports and Fitness |
8.Being a Guest | TOPICS: |
1)Time | |
2)Invitation | |
3)Welcome | |
4)Visiting a Residence |
9.Parties | TOPICS: |
1)Festive Gathering | |
2)Birthday Party |
10.Telephones, Post Offices and Banks | TOPICS: |
1)Marking Phone Calls | |
2)Sending Letters/ Parcels | |
3)Opening an Account/ Reporting the Loss | |
4)Depositing/ Withdrawing/ Exchanging Money |
If you want to learn more about Chinese thoughts and wisdom, the Wise Chinese course is suitable for you.
The course has 1000 sentences about Chinese sayings, idiom stories and useful daily talks. There are full of useful Chinese wisdom. You can learn more about life experience from the simple Chinese expressions.
For example:
♥ A good beginning makes a good ending.
善始者善终。
♥ Constant dripping wears away a stone.
水滴石穿,绳锯木断。
♥ A good fame is better than a good face.
美名胜过美貌。
♥ Beauty lies in the love's eyes.
情人眼里出西施。
♥ Caution is the parent of safety.
小心驶得万年船。
Do you want to know more about the difference between China and USA ? If you are interested in the part, 50 topics of Chinese culture will help you to study more about Chinese culture and understand Chinese customs and lifestyles. As soon as you know the most of difference, you can understand Chinese culture better. You won’t have a Chinese culture shock any more. Below is the part of topics:
| TOPICS |
Human Relationship | 1. Family Relations |
2. Neighborhood Relationship | |
3. Personal Privacy vs. Hospitality | |
4. Table Manners | |
Folk Customs | 1. Fashion of Tea-Drinkings |
2. Meaning in a Chinese Name | |
3. Feng Shui | |
4. The Secret of Numbers | |
Fashion | 1. The color of Food |
2. Tea or Coffee? | |
3. A busy holiday | |
4. Driving on the road | |
5. Red Color |
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SMART CHINESE
Located on Mulberry Dr.
Woodbury, MN 55129
ph: 612-388-6453