CLCB Flexi

Curriculum overview

CLCB Flexi stands out with its 1-2-1 personalized instruction, ensuring that the curriculum aligns precisely with your professional goals and language proficiency needs. CLCB Flexi integrates cultural insights, providing a comprehensive understanding of Chinese business etiquette, societal norms, and cultural nuances, essential for successful professional interactions. Designed for practical business application, this program enhances your professional competence, applying linguistic and cultural knowledge directly to real-world scenarios, boosting your confidence and effectiveness in Chinese-speaking environments. The main learning contents include the following:

• Important cultural and social awareness factors for interacting with Chinese counterparts.
• Vocabulary
• Real-life scenarios
• Situational role playing and interactive listening
• Experiential exercises to encourage learning outside the classroom

Programme elements

1. Business Mandarin

From complete beginners to proficient speakers, our Business Mandarin is taught across 6 HSK levels. You will have a combination of in-person and online mobile learning methods to ensure you achieve the best learning outcomes.

2. Intercultural communications

The intercultural communication element addresses core values of Chinese culture and its communication styles. Each session cover different topics related to Chinese Business Culture and it is divided in chapters so that you can join them at your own speed.  

3. Business Masterclass

These sessions are recorded during live lectures hosted at LSE where we invite guest speakers at executive level to share their unique experiences and advice on doing business in China successfully.

4. China study trip (optional)

The 2-week study trip to China is an optional element. The trip entails a series of intensive Chinese language classes and cultural workshops. There are also organised weekend field trips, business talks, site visits and networking events with Chinese counterparts. We apply for scholarship funding on behalf of each CLCB student for this trip, which is subject to approval. If the application is successful, your tuition fees for the study trip are covered. Flight tickets, VISA and accommodation are not covered. Each student is entitled to one study trip in a calendar year.

We aim to help you achieve your goals with all-rounded support. The learning outcomes would vary depending on the objectives you set and the amount of effort you put in. In general, by the end of 5 months, we would expect students to:

• Be able to engage in conversations in Mandarin Chinese and understand simple texts, with a focus on business contexts
• Understand Chinese communication culture through its linguistic codes, core values and communication styles, digging into topics such as "Guānxì" (relationships) and "Miànzi" (face)
• Gain valuable insight into the challenges and opportunities in the Chinese market through a series of China Business Briefings
• Experience authentic Chinese life with optional funded study trip in a prestigious Chinese University

Upon successful completion of the programme, you will receive a digital certification to acknowledge your achievements issue by Confucius Institute for Business London in co-operation with LSE and Tsinghua University.

CLCB is academically rigourous and is suitable for ambitious learners. Applicants are expected to be fluent in English and have a good first degree. Work experience is a preferred but not essential. Applications will be considered individually and English knowledge might be tested, where necessary.

Basic requirements

• Fluency in English
• Undergraduate degree
• Professional experience (preferred)

• Full programme fee: £2,580
• Programme fee with a 10% discount: £2,322 for LSE/Tsinghua Alumni and staff, CLCB returning students, staff from our Advisory Council member organisations and super-early bird applicant.

Application procedure

• Submit your application form with a copy of your most recent CV

• Wait for your application result

• If your application is successful, you will be notified and re-directed to payment link

Please refer to the Terms and Conditions of this programme prior to your application and during the course.

Confucius.Business@lse.ac.uk