CICL 101 teaches Chinese to children in easy steps to help them establish a solid foundation of vocabulary, knowledge of Chinese and basic communication skills. This course is designed to emphasize the development of basic skills in listening, speaking, and reading Chinese. Course contents for this class include introduction of Pinyin, lessons of Chinese numbers and dates, self-introduction and greeting people, explanations of basic strokes of Chinese, and tracing of some Chinese characters.

CICL 202 is a sequential class to CICL 201. Besides teaching students more Chinese characters, the instructor will guide practical conversations on topics such as dining out, ordering food from a menu, comparing styles of houses, and knowing about their neighborhoods and surroundings. Students are encouraged to memorize about 100 Chinese characters upon finishing this class.

CICL 802 is a sequential class to CICL 801. Students will be instructed to build up more sophisticated Chinese language skills, particularly in reading, understanding, and writing some short Chinese poems and articles at their age appropriate levels. Students will memorize some commonly used words and characters selected from Chinese character corpus in order to prepare students for taking the Chinese Proficiency Test in the future. At the end of this semester, students will be able to use words, characters, and grammar points learned during classes to write some short articles, to recite and appreciate approximately four Chinese classical poems, and to master 100 more new Chinese characters.

A deeper introduction on the history of Chinese calligraphy and painting will be given at the beginning of the class. Students will continue to practice Miaohong method in order to be able to write more complicated Chinese characters. Upon finishing this class, students will be able to master some basic Chinese traditional painting skills and make some Chinese water color paintings.

CICM 303 is an introductory class of Chinese folk dance for children ages 6 - 9. The instructor is Miss Yuchen (Lancy) Fan, a visiting teacher with 12 years of dance experience from Xi’an Jiaotong University - City College in China. Students will learn basic movements of Chinese folk dance through watching the instructor’s demonstrations and video plays. Most students will be able to perform a simple program of Chinese children folk dance at the end of the semester. A recital will be given by the students for their families and friends during the last day of class.

CICM 202 is a vocal music class for children, ages 9-14. Students will be given more vocal lessons based on their previous training. Students will be able to sing additional popular children’s songs in Chinese after finishing this class. This music class is taught by Mrs. Judy Li, a visiting Associate Professor of Music from the Three Gorge University in China.