Union Chinese School 2008-2009 School Year Curriculum
Language Classes: Every Saturday 9am-10:50am, 32 weeks in total.

Language class: The first student in the family is $300 and the rest students in the same family are $290 each;
None refundable registration fee: $50/family; CACA member fee $5.00/family; $60/year for duty exemption
Location/Insurance fee: $50/student for a student who does not take a language class.
9th and 10th graders need to pay $10 for Chinese PSAT.

Class# Age* Content
k1 4 Sing and play, introduction of Zhuyin(Bo,Po,Mo,Fo)
k2 5 Introduction of Zhuyin and pronunciation. Stress listening and speaking
1 6 Pronunciation, character writing, words, making and sentence making
2 7 Speaking, introduction of sentence pattern, composition
3 8 Measuring units, idioms, numbers, 4 basic sounds
4 9 Basic sentence making, simple poems, character roots & using dictionary
5 10 Introduction of Hanyu Pinyin, homonyms, idioms
6 11 Parallel teaching in Zhuyin and Pinyin. Listening comprehension, composition
7 12 Introduction of folk stories, legends, folk festivals and classic poems
8 13 Pattern application, Introduction of idioms. Zhuyin review.
9 14 Translation, writing letters, reading newspapers & menus, conversation
10 15 Chinese SAT preview, live Chinese, composition, reading/writing practice
CSL1 4-6 Conversation, sing and play, introduction of Zhuyin for beginner
CSL2 7+ Daily conversation, Chinese character recognition, Pinyin application (csl1 required)
CSL3 10+ Daily conversation, Chinese character recognition, Pinyin application (csl1 required)
CSL4 10+ Daily conversation, Chinese character recognition, Pinyin application (csl1 required)

Culture Classes: Every Saturday morning from 11am-11:50am, 28-29 weeks in total

Class Age Content Fee
Cust & Paste 4-7 Cut, paste and drawing for younger children $150
Chinese Dance 5-12 Chinese Folk Dance $200
Chess 5+ Introduction to various Chinese chess games $120
Drawing 6-9 Fundamental painting skills, portrait, color & creativity $150
Chinese Music Instrument 7+ Tradition Chinese Music Instrument (Music Instrument is not included) $200
Calligraphy 8+ Character roots, based on Yanti $150
Chinese knotting 9+ Simple Chinese knotting (material included) $200
Latin dance 6+ Latin and standard dance $150
Chinese Martial Art 6+ Triditional Chinese Kong-Fu $200
Guitar 10+ Introduction of guitar $150
SAT Math 8thGr+ SAT Math Preview (Textbook is included) $150
Singing and Dancing 4-7 Singing and dancing to the mursery rhyme $150
Chinese painting 8+ Fundamental painting skills in traditional Chinese style $150
Yo-Yo 7+ Techniques of playing Chinese Yo-Yo $120
Basketball 10+ Play with teams and shoot hoops $150

Adult Culture Class: Every Saturday morning 25-28 weeks

Class Time Content Fee
Taichi 9-10 Basic forms of Taichi $70+$50
Chinese Music Instrument 9:30-10:30 Traditional Chinese Music instrument ( tuition and instrument are not included) $?+$50
Calligraphy 9:30-10:30 Character roots, based on Yanti (tuition & materials included) $?+$50
Chinese knotting 10-10:50 Basic and advanced Chinese knotting (tuition & materials included) $210
UCS Dance Club 10:00-11:00 Singing and dancing skills (payments are for the insurance & class room fee) $?+$30
Chinese Martial Art 11:00-11:50 Fundamental KongFu $210
Yoga 10:00-11:00 Fundamental Yoga $140

*Age is a general guideline; a class will be cancelled if there are not enough people.
* $? is a fee that students pays to the teacher.
*Classes are subject to be cancelled if there are not enough people attending. [ Home ]

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