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General Mandarin Courses - Listening & Speaking Skills

Listening & Speaking Skills

These courses are designed for non-Chinese speaking adults who want to be able to communicate confidently and effectively in Mandarin in a wide range of everyday situations.

You will learn Pinyin (phonetic transcription system), vocabulary and expressions that are used on a daily basis as well as proper sentence structure for immediate use. In addition, you will have the chance to learn some of the more common Chinese characters and interesting aspects of Chinese culture.

Each course follows a dynamic course book and incorporates supplementary materials to make your learning experience more varied and interesting. Our classes employ a modern communicative approach with plenty of opportunities to practise the language through interactive situations and role-play scenarios.

Foundation
Level : Exam Options:
Complete Beginners N/A

For complete beginners.

Course content:

  • Greetings and basic conversation
  • Nationalities and countries
  • Jobs and occupations
  • Leisure and hobbies
  • Likes and dislikes
  • Numbers, times, days of the week, months of the year
  • Where? When? What? Who?

By the end of the course, you will have a basic ability to communicate in Mandarin to ask and answer simple questions and to meet most of your basic daily needs.
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Elementary
Level : Exam Options:
False Beginners N/A

For false beginners who already have a basic foundation in Mandarin.

Course content:

  • Meeting people
  • Speaking about yourself and your family
  • Jobs and occupations
  • Leisure activities and sports
  • Likes, dislikes, and preferences
  • Describing feelings and personal attributes
  • Telephoning
  • Invitations and appointments
  • Shopping and clothes
  • Food and drink - eating out
  • Making travel arrangements and sightseeing
  • Staying at a hotel
  • Going places, asking for and giving directions
  • Health and body - seeing the doctor
  • Talking about the weather
  • Socialising

By the end of the course, you will be able to communicate effectively in Mandarin in a broad range of everyday social and work related situations and to socialise with friends, colleagues or clients.
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Intermediate
Level : Exam Options:
About 1 year of Mandarin N/A

For people with 1 year previous study of Mandarin - able to hold a (simple) conversation on various aspects of their daily life.

Course content:

  • Home and family life
  • Education and work
  • Courteous expressions and their appropriate use
  • Interacting in social and work environments
  • Giving opinions, agreeing and disagreeing
  • Expressing comparison and similarity
  • Relating past events
  • Discussing future plans
  • Expressing feelings / wishes
  • Expressing preferences and giving reasons
  • Leisure, holidays, and travel
  • Emergency situations
  • Special Chinese occasions and Chinese etiquette.

By the end of the course, you will have extended your vocabulary, increased our listening comprehension skills, strongly developed your self-confidence and fluency, and be able to communicate confidently in Mandarin, using the appropriate level of language, for most social and work related aspects of your daily life.

 
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Upper-Intermediate
Level *: Exam Options:
* Additional reading and writing courses are also available (see ‘Reading & Writing Skills’ section).
About 2 years of Mandarin N/A

For people with 2-3 years previous study of Mandarin - able to speak confidently in most aspects of their daily life.

At the Upper-Intermediate level, lessons focus on extending your fluency further with idiomatic expressions, topic-specific vocabulary, and more complex sentence structures. The content of the course revolves mostly around culture and customs and explores such areas as travelling; cultural differences and lifestyles; traditional legends; Chinese culture, traditions, and myths; do's and don'ts; and taboos.

At the Advanced Level, classes focus more on group debates and discussions on chosen topics and contemporary social issues, with the aim of encouraging everyone to express his/her views confidently and coherently, using the right level of language and the appropriate vocabulary, and gain ever greater fluency.

By the end of the courses, you will be able to deal with more complex issues, and to conduct conversations with a high degree of fluency and confidence in most social contexts.
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Advanced
Level *: Exam Options:
* Additional reading and writing courses are also available (see ‘Reading & Writing Skills’ section).
About 3 years of Mandarin N/A

For people with 2-3 years previous study of Mandarin - able to speak confidently in most aspects of their daily life.

At the Upper-Intermediate level, lessons focus on extending your fluency further with idiomatic expressions, topic-specific vocabulary, and more complex sentence structures. The content of the course revolves mostly around culture and customs and explores such areas as travelling; cultural differences and lifestyles; traditional legends; Chinese culture, traditions, and myths; do's and don'ts; and taboos.

At the Advanced Level, classes focus more on group debates and discussions on chosen topics and contemporary social issues, with the aim of encouraging everyone to express his/her views confidently and coherently, using the right level of language and the appropriate vocabulary, and gain ever greater fluency.

By the end of the courses, you will be able to deal with more complex issues, and to conduct conversations with a high degree of fluency and confidence in most social contexts.
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Crash Course
Level : Exam Options:
Recommended if you are planning a trip to China N/A

Have you ever found yourself somewhere in China and wished that you could speak at least enough Mandarin to communicate with the locals, or to socialise with potential business partners, colleagues or clients?

If so, this is the course for YOU!

The ultimate objective of our crash course is for you to be able to obtain any information that you need, and to communicate what you want as quickly and effectively as possible.

Course content:

  • Meeting people and greetings
  • Countries and nationalities
  • Numbers, times, days of the week, months of the year, and dates
  • Interests and hobbies
  • Likes and dislikes
  • Describing feelings
  • Jobs and occupations
  • Telephoning and making appointments
  • Going places, directions, and transportation
  • Eating out
  • Shopping
  • Sightseeing and staying at a hotel
  • Socialising

By the end of the course, you will be able to socialise with friends, colleagues or clients, and to meet most of your basic daily needs in areas such as: meeting people and exchanging information; making appointments; giving directions to taxi-drivers; sightseeing; ordering meals in restaurants, and communicating at your hotel and in shops.
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Conversation Course
Level : Exam Options:
All N/A

For people who want to improve their fluency and increase their self-confidence in Mandarin.

You can choose either to join the programme to complement your general Mandarin course, or as a stand- alone course. Different levels are available to match any level of ability from Elementary 1 through to Upper-Intermediate level.

At the basic levels, classes include a mix of activities ranging from listening comprehension exercises, role-plays and topic work through to group discussions, all designed to improve your oral Mandarin communication skills and confidence.

At the higher levels, classes focus more on group interaction through debates and discussions on chosen topics and contemporary issues, with the aim of encouraging everyone to be more vocal, while learning to express his/her views fluently and coherently.
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