STUDY TRIP TO SINGAPOREHOLIDAY ENGLISH COURSESHOLIDAY MANDARIN COURSESPROFESSIONAL SERVICECOOPERATION & COLLABORATION

Welcome Prospective Students! We are delighted that you are considering SCI for your further education. SCI has a range of joint, double and concurrent degree programmes with some of the best universities in the world. As a leading research-intensive university, there are many opportunities for our students to interact and work with faculty and graduate students at the cutting edge of knowledge creation in a wide range of fields. We invite you to discover the multi-dimensional educational experience at SCI.
Study Trip to Singapore For students to immerse in a suitable environment, in order to improve their English proficiency in the shortest time possible;To allow the students to experience a different culture and develop a better understanding of Singapore;To allow the students to get to know other students from various countries, interact and learn from one another Ultimately, it is to enable students to be able to learn while in a relaxed and enjoyable manner. Hence we provide the following courses for international students below. Please click hyperlink below for more details.
Superior Camp Groups:

This programme is specially designed for foreign students who would like to improve their English or Mandarin in the shortest time possible, while taking the time to learn more about Singapore’s culture and tour Singapore. It is an opportunity for students to develop their English or Mandarin Conversational skills in a stimulating environment that encourages language enrichment and development. Hence we provide Summer Camps for international students. Please click hyperlink below for more details.

Mandarin Camp for Groups

English Camp for Groups

Holiday English Course

Objectives 

This course aims to improve foreign students’ listening, speaking, reading and writing skills in English within the shortest time, with the help of our dedicated teachers who are very experienced in teaching English language.

Lesson Time 

A: Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
B: Monday to Friday, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
C: Monday to Friday, 9 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Course Certification 

Certificate will be awarded upon passing the examination.

Our Teachers  

We have highly qualified teachers who are dedicated and responsible. Our teachers who are experienced in their teaching subject are also very amicable and caring.

Course Outline  

SCI offers quick guidance and efficient learning during the holiday to brush up the students' language skills in areas such as:
  • 1、Proper pronunciation
  • 2、Speaking abilities during different occasions

  • 3、Comprehension skills
  • 4、Forming full sentences
  • 5、Writing skills
  • 6、Listening skills

Day course arrangement  

DURATION
LESSON
60 minutes Correction/Review of previous class assignment
Question-and-Answer session
105 minutes newutf8 topics to be covered
15 minutes Break
60 minutes Continuation of lecturing the newutf8 topic
60 minutes In-class assignment
Total: 300 minutes  

Course Materials  

Course Materials and Textbooks are compulsory and at a minimal fee. Material fees are subjected to change depending on the level.
Holiday Mandarin Course

Objectives 

This course aims to improve foreign students’ listening, speaking, reading and writing skills in English within the shortest time, with the help of our dedicated teachers who are very experienced in teaching English language.

Lesson Time 

A: Monday to Friday, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
B: Monday to Friday, 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Course Certification 

Certificate will be awarded upon passing the examination.

Our Teachers  

We have highly qualified teachers who are dedicated and responsible. Our teachers who are experienced in their teaching subject are also very amicable and caring.

Course Outline  

SCI offers quick guidance and efficient learning during the holiday to brush up the students' language skills in areas such as:
  • 1、Proper pronunciation
  • 2、Speaking abilities during different occasions

  • 3、Comprehension skills
  • 4、Forming full sentences
  • 5、Writing skills
  • 6、Listening skills

Day course arrangement  

DURATION
LESSON
60 minutes Correction/Review of previous class assignment
Question-and-Answer session
105 minutes newutf8 topics to be covered
15 minutes Break
60 minutes Continuation of lecturing the newutf8 topic
60 minutes In-class assignment
Total: 300 minutes  

Course Materials  

Course Materials and Textbooks are compulsory and at a minimal fee. Material fees are subjected to change depending on the level.
Welcome Visitors!

 Introduction 

Due to such market demand, SCI sincerely invites companies and organizations or individuals from various countries to act as our agent, responsible for promoting Singapore’s learning opportunities and overseas recruitment.

 
 
 

Cooperation & Collaboration  

 

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Course Info

Faculty Members

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One to One Mandarin Course

 

Objectives 

This course is extremely suitable for CEOs, Professionals, Business Owners, school students and keen learners of Mandarin who needs flexible timing and dedicated coaching and wants to improve rapidly in Mandarin proficiency. This course consists of conversation, reading and writing, listening, speaking, reading and writing, business Mandarin and reading of newspaper articles etc to satisfy students of varying levels to the greatest degree. Besides, the best point about this course is that the course material can be totally tailored to the customer’s needs. For example, the conversational course mainly helps to establish the student’s Mandarin verbal foundation, and rapidly improve in a short time; The reading and writing course mainly teaches Chinese characters and reading, and train students to write with the correct grammatical rules and sentence structures; The listening, speaking, reading and writing course can improve the student’s ability to use Mandarin in daily life; The business Mandarin course teaches the student professional business terms and business memo writing, so that the student can face the customer with ease and confidently use Mandarin to express himself and communicate; The newspaper reading course teaches the student to recognize and master frequent words and vocabulary that appear in newspapers, helping the students to analyze and understand the content. In addition, our teacher will prepare some supplementary materials to teach the student to use vocabulary appropriately for different circumstances to communicate, helping the student to learn Mandarin quickly, effectively and easily.


Course Outline 

1) Conversational Course

  • Teach Hanyu Pinyin
  • Correct pronunciation
  • Increase vocabulary
  • Correct pause in sentence
  • Grammatical rules
  • Sentence structure
  • Fluent expression

2) Reading and Writing Course

  • Teach Chinese characters
  • Differentiate similar words and words with many meanings
  • Increase vocabulary
  • Correct pause in sentence
  • Fluent reading
  • Grammatical rules
  • Sentence structure
  • Fluent expression
  • Write short paragraphs and essays

3) Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing Course

  • Correct pronunciation
  • Teach Chinese characters
  • Differentiate similar words and words with many meanings
  • Increase vocabulary
  • Improve listening skills
  • Grammatical rules
  • Sentence structure
  • Picture description
  • Write short paragraphs and essays

4) Business Mandarin Course

  • Correct pronunciation
  • Teach professional business terms
  • Increase vocabulary
  • Write business memo
  • Fluent expression

5) Newspaper Reading Course

  • Teach frequently used Chinese words
  • Differentiate frequently used similar words and words with many meanings
  • Increase vocabulary
  • Correct pause in sentence
  • Fluent reading
  • Learn to write analysis and opinions of article


Lesson Time 

16 lessons x 2 hours per lesson
(2 months duration)


Course Certification 

Students can receive a certificate by SCI upon completion of the course. Whether or not to take an examination at the end of the course is optional.

  


Requirements 

Level 1 Mandarin course – No requirement
Level 2 or above - sit for a placement test/interview to assess your mandarin proficiency.


Course Materials 

Course Materials and Textbooks are compulsory and at a minimal fee. Material fees are subjected to change depending on the level.


Teachers 

We have highly qualified teachers who are dedicated and responsible. Our teachers who are experienced in their teaching subject are also very amicable and caring. The teachers are able to converse in both English/Mandarin as well to facilitate explanation.


Sample of a lesson plan for one lesson 

DURATION
LESSON
10 minutes

- Correction/Review of previous class assignments
15 minutes - Clear the doubts of students (Question and Answer)
75 minutes New topics to be coveredConversation Practice
20 minutes In-class assignment
Total: 120 minutes  

 
CPE Registration : 201001911N     Validity: 28 July 2011 to 27 July 2012
Updated on 10 November 2011