Mandarin Chinese Language Classes
We offer Mandarin Chinese Language Classes for staff, students and the local community. Please see details below.
We will organise classes for intermediate level - please email if you are interested.
For all classes, learners will need to study privately for approximately 3 hours a week between lessons in order to learn vocabulary.
Classes for students, staff and others
| Level | Level 1 Beginner Course |
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| Course aims & objectives | For beginners with no prior knowledge. Learners will learn basic phonetics and tones and use about 200 words around the following topics (greetings, introductions, shopping, making a phone call, telling the time, ordering dishes). At the end of the course learners will have learnt some survival Chinese. |
| Duration | 10 sessions x 1.5 hours per session |
| Start Date | week beginning 14 January 2013 |
| End Date | week beginning 18 March 2013 |
| Location | To be confirmed |
| Cost | £30 for students, £40 for staff, £45 for others |
| Class Times | Monday, 17:30-19:00 Tuesday, 12:15-13:45 Wednesday, 12:15-13:45 Thursday, 12:15-13:45 |
| Level | Level 2 Beginner Course (for those with basic Mandarin) |
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| Course aims & objectives | For those who have learned around 200 Chinese words. Participants will learn a further 200 words around various topics (asking directions, buying airplane tickets, booking a hotel room, briefly introducing hobbies, seeing a doctor, briefly talking about the weather). At the end of the course, learners can speak some basic Chinese. Comments from one ex-learner: I have the confidence to travel to China. |
| Duration | 10 sessions x 1.5 hours per session |
| Start Date | week beginning 14 January 2013 |
| End Date | week beginning 18 March 2013 |
| Location | To be confirmed |
| Cost | £30 for students, £40 for staff, £45 for others |
| Class Times | Monday, 17:30-19:00 Tuesday, 12:15-13:45 |
| Class Level | Level 3 Beginner Course |
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| Course aims & objectives | For those who have learned around 400 Chinese words. Participants will learn a further 200 words and how to read and recognize 20 ‘survival’ Chinese characters, and will progress their knowledge of Chinese grammar. At the end of the course, learners will be able to use simple Chinese in daily life. |
| Duration | 10 sessions x 1.5 hours per session |
| Start Date | week beginning 14 January 2013 |
| End Date | week beginning 18 March 2013 |
| Location | To be confirmed |
| Cost | £30 for students, £40 for staff, £45 for others |
| Class Times | Thursday, 12:15-13:45/17:30-19:00 |