Union Chinese School 2009-2010 School Year Curriculum

Language classes: Every Saturday 9am-10:50am, 32 weeks in total.

Tuition: The first student in the family is $300 and the rest students in the same family are $290 each.
Other fees: None refundable registration fee $50/family; CACA insurance fee $5.00/family; $60/year for duty exemption; All adults and the students who take culture class only without a language class need to pay additional $50/class facility fee.

Class# Age* Text Book Content
k1 4 Children's Chinese Reader Chinese consonants and vowels, learning colors, month, food, family and body parts
k2 5 Chinese Phonetics Review Chinese consonants and vowels, learning the basic strokes of Chinese characters
1 6 text 1 Pronunciation, character writing, words, making and sentence making
2 7 text 2 Speaking, introduction of sentence pattern, composition
3 8 text 3 Measuring units, idioms, numbers, 4 basic sounds
4 9 text 4 *1 Basic sentence making, simple poems, character roots, introducion of Hanyu Pinyin & using dictionary
5 10 text 5 Idioms, homonyms, emphasis on Hanyu Pinyin, and Chinese typing skill
6 11 text 6 Parallel teaching in Zhuyin and Pinyin. Listening comprehension, composition
7 12 text 7 Introduction of folk stories, legends, folk festivals and classic poems
8 13 text Pattern application, Introduction of idioms. Zhuyin review, Chinese SAT II
9 14 text Translation, writing letters, reading newspapers & menus, conversation, Chinese SAT II
10 15 text News topic discussion and reading, composition, practical conversation, Chinese SAT II
CSL Prep 6 Chinese for children *2 Learning Hanyu Pinyin, Vocabularies about numbers, colors, fruit, clothes, and body
CSL1 7+ Chinese made easy for kids 1 (1-8) *2 Review Hanyu Pinyin, daily conversation about numbers, greeting, intraducing and family members. Read aloud practice
CSL2 10+ Chinese made easy for kids 1 (9-16) *2 Review Hanyu Pinyin, daily conversation about clothes, animal, food and house. Read aloud practice *2
CSL3 10+ Chinese made easy for kids 2 (1-8) *2 Review Hanyu Pinyin, daily conversation about asking address, telephone and birthday. Read aloud practice
adult
Mandarin in 500 words *2 Daily conversation

Culture Classes: Every Saturday morning from 11am-11:50am, 28 weeks in total

Class Age Content Fee
Cut & Paste 4-7 Cut and paste and drawing for younger children $150
Chinese Dance 5-12 Chinese Folk Dance $200 *3
Chess 5+ Chess and Chinese chess introduction $120
Drawing 6-9 Fundamental painting skills, portrait, color & creativity $150
Chinese Music Instrument 7+ Tradition Chinese Music Instrument. We only offer ErHu (Chinese two string instrument) and Dizi (Chinese bamboo flute) in 2009-2010 school year. Music instrument is not included. $150
Calligraphy 9+ Character roots, based on Yanti. Please remember to bring your own pen, ink and paper. $150
Guitar 12+ Introduction of basic guitar skill $150
Yo-Yo 7+ Techniques of playing Chinese Yo-Yo $120
Hand Craft (new) 10+ Hand craft on beads, leather, and cloth $160
SAT Math 8thGr+ SAT Math Preview (Textbook is included) $150

Adult Culture Class: Every Saturday morning 25-28 weeks

Class Time Content Fee
Taichi 9-10 Basic forms of Taichi $150
Calligraphy 9-10 Based on Yanti (tuition & materials included, you need to bring your own pen, ink, and paper for the class) $?+$50 *4
UCS Dance Club 10:00-11:00 Basic steps leading to ballroom dance and many other styles. Free karaoke club included. $?+$30 *5
Yoga 11:00-11:50 Fundamental Yoga $?+$50 *4

Notes:

  1. School will provide Chinese dictionary
  2. Age recommendation for general guideline only. Text book cost: CSL-Prep=>$20; CSL1, CSL2, and CSL3 => $35 (No cost if you have textbook on hand)
  3. material cost/costume related to the performance might incur additional charge.
  4. Charges to be determined by the teacher and students
  5. $30 registration fee to UCS plus tuition fee payable directly to the club

**All classes and teaching materials offered above subject to availibility

*Classes are subject to be cancelled if there are not enough people attending.

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