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YL-Level 1 General Mandarin Course

Ages 6 to 17

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2,500 US dollars
Online

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Service Description

Immersive first-level course in general Mandarin Chinese suitable for complete-beginner young learners. Learners will be able to understand and use everyday Mandarin Chinese to complete a variety of tasks. Learners will grasp the Mandarin pinyin phonology system, strokes, stroke order, character recognition and production, grammar, reading, listening, and speaking at a complete beginner's level. Young learner General Mandarin courses are 132 lessons. There are 3 terms of 44 lessons each. Each lesson is 60 minutes for a total of 136 lesson hours. Learners must be able to sit in front of a computer screen or tablet for that time. Learners must be 6 to 8 years old. Parents do not have to accompany independent learners. Some young learners may need some time to acclimate to the online lesson format. We recommend that a parent accompany such learners until they can participate independently. With some learners, we may require it. Learners can book course as early as 2 weeks before the course starts. Learners may book as late as 3 days before course start. By enrolling in this course, learners agree to the terms and conditions in our Booking Policy. For more information, see “Booking Policy.”


Booking Policy

YL-Level 1 course consists of 136 lessons, three terms of 44 lessons each, at 60 minutes per lesson. Learners who complete entire course will have received 136 contact hours. Course progresses synchronously—i.e., every lesson builds upon preceding ones. Learners should attend as many in consecutive order as possible. For satisfactory results, learners should maintain 90-percent attendance every term. Upon submitting payment for this course, you acknowledge we cancel and reschedule only when all learners must miss a lesson due to emergency or illness. In all other cases, learners are responsible for attending the lessons at the scheduled times you agree to at check out. During each term, single learners may miss lessons. Learner absences owe to circumstances that fall into two categories: 1) emergency and illness, and 2) other. In both cases, learners can review missed content during “make-up lessons.” Make-up lessons are delivered 1-on-1 or 1-on-2. Make-up lesson duration is 45 minutes. Make-up lessons must be scheduled and completed in the term learner’s absences occurred, excepting if absences occur at the end of terms and learners pay for subsequent terms. Learners are entitled to one make-up lesson per 3 absences up to a maximum of 2 make-up lessons per term. Learners with less than 3 absences are entitled to no make-up lesson. Learners with more than 3 absences and less than 6 are entitled to only 1 make-up lesson. Learners with more than 6 absences in one term are entitled to no more than 2 make-up lessons for that term. Our make-up-lesson allowance has two exceptions: serious family emergency or illness. If you submit written proof of the emergency or illness—e.g., scanned copy of doctor’s diagnosis—more than 2 make-up lessons in a term may be permitted. Absence allowances may not be “rolled over” to subsequent terms or “transferred” to other enrolled learners. Learners with no absences in previous terms are entitled to only 2 make-up lessons per term in subsequent terms. If learners exceed 6 absences a term, we may recommend remedial lessons—or, “catch-up lessons”—for a fee in order to progress them to next term. For excessive absenteeism, we may require catch-up lessons for graduation to the next course level. If we recommend and you refuse them, we may deny learner entry into next term or course level.


Questions?

james.flieder@jamesenglishlanguageschool.com

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