Chinese Language and Culture Courses

The Traditional Chinese school founded by our association is based mainly in the Czech capital, Prague. It focuses on children, teenagers and foreigners. Lessons are lively and interactive, centered on practical everyday topics, and are complemented as needed by a colorful introduction to Taiwanese culture. This way, students get to know Taiwan while happily learning Chinese.

Depending on age and level, we currently offer the following classes:

Preschool singing and games class (two groups: ages 2–5 and 5–6):

Children learn Chinese naturally through cheerful songs, singing and dancing, stories and games, gradually building a basic feel for the language and a liking for Chinese.

Zhuyin class:

Through singing, games, stories and situations from the everyday life of young children, we develop listening comprehension and speaking skills and gradually introduce the zhuyin phonetic symbols and the four tones.

Class for younger children (ages 6–10):

Through reading aloud, dialogues and classroom activities, children learn to read using zhuyin and to distinguish the four tones, while beginning to learn basic everyday vocabulary.

Class for older children (ages 10–16):

With the help of games and group tasks, they practice reading with zhuyin, the four tones and the stroke order of commonly used characters, and learn to form words and sentences on topics from everyday life.

Class for foreigners (from age 11):

Teaching is based primarily on zhuyin symbols, supplemented by pinyin, and is carried out in both Simplified and Traditional characters at the same time. In conversation exercises on topics such as personal life, daily routines, leisure, culture and entertainment, our foreign friends grow closer to Chinese and acquire important practical vocabulary and phrases from both Chinese systems in use today.

On weekdays from Monday to Thursday, from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., we also offer after-school care with an emphasis on Chinese. After lessons, children can spend more time in a purely Chinese-speaking environment. Accompanied by caring teachers, they practice their Chinese homework, listen to Chinese stories, play board games together or do outdoor activities, and thus strengthen their familiarity with the language.

In addition to language teaching, we plan to occasionally organize several courses on Taiwanese culture and traditional Chinese arts, such as calligraphy, cuisine and the tea ceremony, so that those interested can get to know these areas better. On the occasion of New Year, the Dragon Boat Festival (Duanwu) and the Mid-Autumn Festival, we will also prepare themed events that present the特色 of Taiwanese festivals and bring across typical Taiwanese warmth.

Introducing our current teachers

Principal and teacher: Ms. Tu I-hsien (杜儀先)

• Graduate of the Law School of National Taipei University (NTPU), Taiwan
• Teacher certified by Taiwan's Ministry of Education to teach Chinese as a foreign language
• Permanent teacher at the Mandarin Training Center of National Chengchi University (NCCU), Taiwan
• Teacher of a Chinese course for European Union officials
• Instructor of a course for Chinese teachers organized by United Daily News, Taiwan
• Instructor of a course for Chinese teachers at National Chengchi University (NCCU), Taiwan
• Teacher at the East Asian language school Chinese Point in the Czech Republic

Permanent teacher: Ms. Tseng Mei-li (曾美莉)

• 16 years of teaching experience at overseas schools for Taiwanese communities, specializing in pronunciation and character instruction for lower grades
• Homeroom teacher for both lower and upper grades of elementary school and homeroom teacher at a secondary school at overseas schools for Taiwanese communities
• All three of her children living abroad speak, understand, read and write Chinese fluently thanks to her teaching
• She has repeatedly taken part in various seminars on teaching Chinese in Taiwan organized by overseas Chinese schools and by the Overseas Community Affairs Council (OCAC)

Permanent teacher: Ms. Lo Hsien-fang (羅嫺芳)

• Graduate in Chinese literature from Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan
• In 2016, she completed a practical course in teaching Chinese at National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU)
• Teacher at the language school Comprendo in the Czech Republic