National Chiayi University Online Mandarin Course

Learning Mandarin Online @NCYU—Beginner Cohort

Do you want to learn Chinese but it’s too far for you to attend a physical classroom? Do you want
to learn Chinese but the time does not fix yours? Now you can have a flexible online Mandarin
course for you and your friends at NCYU!

1. Class time: The class will meet online, and the time would be flexible.
2. Tuition fee: NT$300 /hour for 3-5 people, 250 /hour for 6-8 people, 220 /hour for more than 9 people (10% off for cohorts from sister schools)+ NT$500 (new student registration fee)
3. Class size: The class will be offered if there are at least 3 people enrolled.
4. Class period: We offer classes based on seasonal sessions. If you would like to have this cohort, you need to find 3-8 people by yourself and negotiate a time period that all of you are able to attend, and then contact us.

We will arrange an instructor for this cohort based on the time period provided.
5. Hours: Flexible
6. Textbook: A course in contemporary Chinese Book 1, Lessons 1-5, will be covered in this course. Please purchase your own textbook and workbook.
7. Web conferencing tool: Google Meet
8. Target: This cohort is for those who are 18 years old or older, whose Mandarin proficiency is zero or very beginning, and would like to learn Mandarin online.
9. Registration method: Online registration
10. Registration steps:
(1) Register online first
(2) Wait for a confirmation letter/phone call
(3) Pay the tuition fee one week before the class starts
(4) Receive a note for successful payment and course announcement
(5) Class starts
11. Notes:
(1) Once the online course schedule has been settled down, it will not be changed. Please get online on time for each class meeting. The class meeting time is based on Taiwan time (GMT+8).
(2) By the end of the course, we will issue a certificate for you if you have 80% of presence in class and your grade passes the course requirement.
(3) To enroll in this online course, students need to have their own computers, web cameras and microphones, and make sure the Internet is stable.
(4) Each online meeting will be snapshotted as an evidence of your presence.