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Learn Mandarin Chinese at Seattle Language Academy:
Why not learn Mandarin Chinese at our wonderful school the Seattle Language Academy? Seattle Language Academy (SLA) is a non-profit language school in the Fremont area of Seattle offering top quality classes in Chinese and other languages. The curriculum is designed to result in broad and well-grounded linguistic proficiency. Students learn the core structural elements of the language and gradually build up a working vocabulary of its most common words and expressions. All four language skills – listening, speaking, reading, and writing – are taught simultaneously and from the outset.

Courses:
General Mandarin Chinese Programs; Business Mandarin Chinese Classes; Intensive Mandarin Chinese Courses.

- Mandarin Chinese 101 -
Students acquire a basic practical knowledge of Chinese during the first class. By the end of the class, students will know how to introduce themselves and greet others, count numbers from zero to a million, tell times and dates, discuss hobbies and daily routines, and write brief dialogues.

- Mandarin Chinese 102 -
This lower-intermediate class is for those who are familiar with the four Chinese tones and who know approximately two hundred Chinese characters and the basic rudiments of Chinese sentence structure. Students learn how to make appointments, talk about school life, the weather and means of transportation and master a variety of useful phrases for shopping in Chinese-speaking societies.

- Mandarin Chinese 103 -
In this lower-intermediate class, students learn how to order food, talk about time and time-duration, describe a party, give compliments, make a date and talk about social life. They also learn about public rules of decorum and begin to master terminology related to health and medicine. About 300 new Chinese characters are introduced at this level, and previously learned characters and idioms are reinforced and expanded through oral and written exercises.

- Mandarin Chinese 104 -
In this intermediate class, students learn how to describe a living environment and one's hometown, talk about sports, arrange a trip, and use correct terms of address for members of the family. Other items covered include renting a house or apartment, sending mail, dealing with Chinese currency and purchasing money orders and traveler's checks. By the end of Chinese 104, students are expected to reach a level of intermediate proficiency in reading, speaking and writing Chinese in a variety of non-technical contexts.

- Mandarin Chinese 201-204 -
The second-year level is aimed at those who have a basic command of Chinese structures. Discussions highlight important aspects of contemporary life in Chinese speaking cultures. Students work on their oral Chinese, improve their reading and writing by watching films, doing role-plays and taking parts in class discussions and presentations.

- Mandarin Chinese 300 -
A higher ranked class for students who have reached an advanced level of Chinese and would like to continue learning.