Business Chinese

Name: Business Chinese
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Learn business Chinese in business reception, negotiation, seeking business partners and suppliers in just one month

Created byHong Zeng

Last updated 4/2016

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What you'll learn

Learn the most fundamental aspects and essential usage of business Chinese: business reception, including welcoming guest, taking taxi, registering for the hotel and changing foreign currency at the bank, arranging business meal; learn business negotiation and signing a contract, including negotiating price, minimum order, packaging and shipping; seek business partners, including forming joint business, seeking suppliers and sales agent; learn Amazon FBA business Chinese in participating in Hong Kong trade exhibition, and contacting Chinese supplier listed on Alibaba.

Course content

5 sections • 38 lectures • 5h 53m total length

Introduction of the Course3:17
Introduce the content, methods of this course as the first and only course teaching business Chinese language.
Must-read Study Guide on Studying Methods and Schedule3:23
Must-read study guide defining the content of this course, and studying methods and schedule for this course.

lesson 1 vocabulary, grammar and text explanation 1--- welcoming business guests18:36
Teach and practice the vocabulary and grammar of lesson 1: welcome the business guests, and provide sentence-by-sentence explanation on the business dialogue text. When I am teaching the vocabularies, read after me and imitate as closely as possible my pronunciation and tones. After I teach each slide, I will give you two minutes to flash memorize the sound, meaning and usage of these vocabularies in the context, (you need to pause the slide to memorize it), then in the very next slide, you need to review and practice these vocabularies by orally translating key phrases for such business occasion from English to Chinese--out of your memory of the language information learned from the previous slide. Make sure to do the translation orally on your own BEFORE I provide the correct answer to maximize learning effect. In the resource section I provide a PDF version of this lecture for you to review the vocabulary and grammar conveniently.
lesson 1 vocabulary, grammar and text explanation part 25:09
You will learn the grammar of this lesson. After you learned the concept of each grammatical item through explanation and examples, you will be required to orally translate sentences using that grammar. Make sure to translate it BEFORE I speak out the correct answer to maximize learning effect.
lesson 1 text practice---welcome guests8:14
This is the text practice of lesson 1. Before opening the video, please go to the resource part in this video to read the three versions of the text in pinyin, Chinese character, and English version to make sure you understand the text thoroughly before you practice. Then open the video: for the first two times you will read after me sentence by sentence the text to ensure the accuracy of your pronunciation: after each sentence, I will give you a temporal space to repeat after me. Try to imitate the pronunciation as closely as possible. For the third time you will listen to my reading, trying to comprehend the text I read without looking at it and after listening, answer questions about the text orally BEFORE I provide the correct answer.
lesson 1 acting video: welcome business guests0:48
This is the acting video of lesson 1: welcome the business guests. Review the business dialogue with it and practice listening comprehension with it, and observe my mouth shape to see how I pronounce the sounds, to ensure the accuracy of your own pronunciation.
lesson 2 vocabulary, grammar and text explanation1: taxi, hotel, change currency18:39
The guide for the practicing methods of this lesson and the following lessons please refer to the descriptions of corresponding lectures in lesson 1, as they are the same.
lesson 2 vocabulary, grammar and text explanation part 28:36
Learn vocabulary and grammar in lesson 2 part 2, focusing on Chinese currency exchange. Explore how to say may I change renminbi at a bank and ask for exchange rate.
lesson 2 text practice: taxi, hotel, change currency10:23
Practice business Chinese for taxi, hotel, and change currency scenarios through repeat-after-me drills, sentence-by-sentence reading, and question-answer exercises.
lesson 2 acting video: taxi, hotel, change currency1:32
Practice practical business Chinese for taxi, hotel, and currency exchange through everyday role-play dialogues, building confidence in real-world interactions.
lesson 3 vocabulary, and grammar and text explanation: arrange business meal19:45
Lesson three teaches vocabulary and grammar for arranging a business meal, including phrases to receive guests, order seafood, and discuss cuisines from Cantonese to Sichuan, Shanghai, Shandong, Fujian, and Beijing. It explains the A, B, B, followed by A structure and related verb patterns, and highlights how a business meal can increase intimacy and quicken a deal.
lesson 3 text practice: business meal12:40
Practice Chinese text for a business meal through sentence-by-sentence repetition, first with text, then with Chinese character text, and answer questions to check comprehension.
lesson 3 acting videos: business meal1:15
Engage in lesson 3 acting videos focused on a business meal within the Business Chinese course.

lesson 4 vocabulary, grammar and text explanation: look for business suppliers19:16
Explore vocabulary and grammar for looking for business suppliers and forming cooperation, and analyze attributive class use to describe supplier traits in domestic and international markets.
lesson 4 text practice: look for business supplier10:28
Practice locating a business supplier through guided text reading in Chinese, reading aloud sentence by sentence, and preparing to answer comprehension questions.
lesson 4 acting video: look for business supplier1:03
Engage with lesson 4 acting video to look for a business supplier, applying business Chinese language skills through practical supplier-search scenarios.
lesson 5 vocabulary, grammar and text explanation: price negotiation13:17
Explore price negotiation in Business Chinese, using vocabulary and grammar for discussing market price, discounts, quality, and polite requests to reach a compromise.
lesson 5 text practice: price negotiation12:29
Engage in text practice for price negotiation in Chinese through a dialogue, converting key bargaining phrases and payment terms into confident negotiation skills.
lesson 5 acting video: price negotiation1:28
In lesson 5, an acting video on price negotiation guides Business Chinese learners through practical language for negotiating prices.
lesson 6 vocabulary, grammar and text explanation: sign a contract19:54
Explore vocabulary and grammar for drafting and signing a contract, covering goods, packaging, payment methods, and reaching consensus on terms.
lesson 6 vocabulary, grammar and text explanation part 25:13
Explore lesson six vocabulary and grandma part two, including transitive phrases and contract language, plus softening requests with Eesha, and time expressions like as soon as and before.
lesson 6 text practice: sign a contract14:54
Practice sign a contract in business Chinese by reading the Chinese character text aloud sentence by sentence, then answer questions about the text.
lesson 6 acting video: sign a contract1:46
Develop Business Chinese proficiency through lesson 6 acting video on signing a contract, exploring practical dialogue cues, schedules, and social interactions depicted in the caption.

lesson 7 vocabulary, grammar and text explanation part 1: seek sales agent8:30
Seek a Chinese sales agent for Mac computer products, discuss commission and profit split, and wait for general manager approval before deciding.
lesson 7 vocabulary, grammar and text explanation part 2: seek sales agent10:54
Learn vocabulary and grammar for lesson seven, focusing on seeking a sales agent, price negotiations, sales price, production cost, and product attributes.
lesson 7 text practice: seek sales agent9:53
learn to seek a sales agent through sentence-by-sentence text practice, including chinese character text and translation drills. repeat after me and answer the questions to reinforce key business chinese vocabulary.
lesson 7 acting video: seek sales agent1:11
Engage in an acting video about seeking a sales agent within a business Chinese context.
lesson 8 vocabulary, grammar and text explanation 1: seek joint business partner18:21
Explore vocabulary and grammar for seeking joint business partners, introducing your company, and negotiating expansion into China and global markets using phrases for good business record.
lesson 8 vocabulary, grammar and text practice part 2: seek business partner4:43
Master lesson eight vocabulary and grammar, using on the one hand, on the other hand contrasts and the ba construction to place objects before verbs in business contexts.
lesson 8 text practice: seek joint business partner9:20
Practice business chinese text drills to seek a joint business partner by reading and repeating the chinese character text, then answer questions to reinforce key phrases.
lesson 8 acting video: seek joint business partner1:20
explore how to seek a joint business partner using business Chinese within this course. practice dialogue-based scenarios to negotiate and conduct outreach in a corporate context.

lesson 9 vocabulary, grammar and text explanation: Hongkong Trade Exhibition20:03
Explore vocabulary and grammar from a Hong Kong trade exhibition dialogue, including an infant milk heater product, its patent and advantages, and key shipping, payment, and insurance terms.
lesson 9 text practice: Hongkong Trade Exhibition10:34
this lesson offers text practice for a hong kong trade exhibition, with sentence-by-sentence repetition, listening to readings, and preparing answers to questions.
lesson 9 acting video: Hongkong trade exhibition1:58
Watch scenes from a Hong Kong trade exhibition unfold through diverse characters and chants. Capture cultural cues and varied perspectives in a Business Chinese context.
lesson 10 vocabulary, grammar, text explanation 1: contact Chinese supplier20:56
Develop negotiation skills for sourcing from Chinese suppliers using Alibaba, detailing how to inquire about price, discuss minimum orders, request samples, and compare payment and shipping terms for Amazon FBA.
lesson 10 vocabulary and grammar part 2: contact Chinese supplier8:22
Learn Chinese sentence order, including subject–verb–object structure and time, place, attributive, and adverbial phrase placement, with examples such as signing a contract with a Chinese businessman in a hotel.
lesson 10 text practice: contact Chinese supplier12:35
Practice business Chinese for Amazon FBA through text practice to contact a Chinese supplier, including repeat-after-me readings and answering questions about Alibaba.
lesson 10 acting video: contact Chinese suppliers on Alibaba2:27
Learn how to contact Chinese suppliers on Alibaba and navigate supplier communications to source products from China effectively.

Requirements

Although any students interested in doing business with China can choose this course because its detailed explanation of vocabuary, grammar and text facilitates learning from scratch, it is strongly advised that the students should take my other two courses, "College Mandarin Chinese on Your Own" beginning and advanced level to learn the basic Chinese sound, writing, and grammar system that are good language basis of this course.

Description

This is the first and only course on Udemy teaching business Chinese language. Since China has risen to be the biggest economic body in the world, learning business Chinese will greatly boost your business with China, the biggest supplier in the world market.Through this course, you can learn the fundamental aspects and essential usage of Mandarin Chinese used in conducting business. It has five sections and around 40 lectures, altogether 8 hours. The sections are as following: 1)introduction; 2) business reception, including welcoming your business guests, arranging business meal, taking taxi, registering for the hotel and changing foreign currency; 3) business negotiation, including negotiation of price, packaging, shipping, minimum order and signing the contract; 4) find business partners, including lectures on looking for supplier, joint business partner, sales agent,etc; 5) Amazon FBA business, including participating in Hong Kong trade exhibition, and contacting Chinese suppliers listed on Alibaba. For each topic on one specific business occasion, there are three lectures: the first lecture teaches the vocabulary and grammar used on that business occasion, and provides sentence by sentence explanation for the business dialogue text. The second lecture is your text practice of business dialogue under my drilling (you read after me sentence by sentence and answer questions about the dialogue text), the third lecture is an acting/performing video of that dialogue to reinforce your learned and practiced business language. It takes you about one month to finish the whole course that would be extremely useful and comprehensive for teaching you the language to conduct business with China. The instructor is Professor Hong Zeng, an award-winning professor of Chinese for 16 years at prestigious American universities, such as UNC, Chapel Hill, College of William and Mary, Swarthmore and Carleton College, Hamline University. She has taught Chinese language at all levels, including courses in business Chinese. Numerous American students taught by her have found jobs in prestigious business companies using their learned Chinese skill. Through this course, you would be very confident to conduct business with China in authentic, elegant business Chinese. Any students interested in learning Business Chinese can take this course, because its detailed explanation on vocabulary, grammar and text facilitates learning from the scratch. However, since business Chinese is understandably more formal and sophisticated in vocabulary than daily Chinese, it is strongly advised that students would take my other two courses, "College Mandarin Chinese on Your Own" beginning and intermediate level to learn the basic Chinese sound, writing and grammar system as necessary preparation for this course.

Who this course is for:

Any student interested in business Chinese can take this course, because its detailed explanation of vocabulary, grammar and text and acting videos facilitates learning from the scratch. However, since business Chinese is understandably more formal and sophisticated in vocabulary than daily Chinese, it is strongly advised that students should take my other two courses: beginning and intermediate level of "College Mandarin Chinese on Your Own", which provide introduction of Chinese sound and writing system and basic grammar as good preparation for learning this course.

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Introduction2 lectures • 7min

Business reception11 lectures • 1hr 46min

Business negotiation10 lectures • 1hr 40min

Look For Business Partner8 lectures • 1hr 4min

Amazon FBA business7 lectures • 1hr 17min

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