Chinese Beginners 1

This course is designed for learners who do not have any knowledge of Chinese. It aims to build up students’ confidence and interest in learning the Chinese language and acquiring learning strategies. It develops the ability to communicate and the knowledge of how to select learning resources, providing opportunities for practising the language in limited situations.

Listening and speaking skills are developed and students participate in various interactive activities, i.e. language games, group work and role-plays. Reading and writing skills are also developed: students will be given hands-on guidance on how to recognize and write Chinese characters.

By the end of the course, students should be familiar with how to reproduce words or sentences with correct use of tones, how to initiate a conversation, how to identify and give basic information such as name, nationality, occupation, etc. Students learn around 80 key Chinese words and will be able read very basic texts on a limited number of topics.