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Know China Get Ahead

Course content
Basic conversation and rules
• Basic hanyu pinyin & pronunciation
• Greetings
• Forms of address (formal & informal)
• Rules of using titles
Daily communicating skills
• Apologizing
• Saying goodbye
• Asking for a favour
• Asking for directions
• Asking for price
• Asking proper questions
• Asking embarrassing questions
Useful commercial conversations
in different scenarios
• Self-introduction
• Company introduction
• Thematic words about family, jobs,
numbers, time, food & drinks, places,
transports
• Scenario learning: at the meeting, at the
restaurant, at the bank, at the airport, at
the hotel, taking a taxi, etc.
• Giving a presentation
Business etiquette
• Etiquette in people introduction
• Giving presents
• Refusing an invitation
• Commonly used phrases for
compliments
• Responding to compliments
• Networking dos and don’ts
Chinese culture & history
• Tea culture
• Chinese characters
• Calligraphy
• Chinese idioms
Chinese dining etiquette
• Dining
• Food ordering
• Special dietary needs
• Chinese etiquette for entertaining guests
• Wine culture
Modern China
• Similarities and differences between Singapore and China
• Hot topics for conversations
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