Intensive Chinese for Beginners

Course Times & Enrolment

This course is currently unavailable.

Course Summary

PLEASE NOTE: When online enrolment is closed, you can still book this course directly via the Confucius Institute for Scotland.

Website: http://www.confuciusinstitute.ac.uk/

Tel: +44 (0) 131 662 2180

Email: info@confuciusinstitute.ac.uk

This course is designed for complete beginners with little or no knowledge of Chinese language. On completion of this 5-week intensive course (two 2-hour classes per week), students will be able to:

Master Pinyin, the Chinese pronunciation system
Use simple greetings and make basic conversations
Recognise approx. 120 Chinese characters and write the learnt Chinese characters

Course Details

Pre-requisites for enrolment

This course is for complete beginners with little or no knowledge of Mandarin Chinese.

Content of Course

The Chinese pronunciation system “pinyin”;
Making introductions;
Presenting personal information, such as nationality and age;
Using numbers and time;
Talking about family.

Teaching method(s)

The course is tutorial based with a combination of joint class activities and group work. Supplementary material is prepared by the teacher. In order to fully benefit from the course and to achieve the learning outcomes, students are expected to spend 1-2 hours per class on revision and homework.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course students should be able to:

have a good command of about 120 Chinese characters
be familiar with basic grammar and sentence structures that can be used in every-day conversations and to express events related to the present.
have an understanding of China and its customs and ways of life.

Sources

Core Readings

Textbook: Wu Zhongwei. Contemporary Chinese for Beginners. Beijing: Sinolingua, 2010.

There will be an additional charge for the textbook and workbook not exceeding £30. The materials can be purchased with the Confucius Institute for Scotland via the link below:
www.epay.ed.ac.uk/browse/product.asp?compid=1&modid=1&catid=402
or in the first class of the semester at the Confucius Institute for Scotland.

Web Sources

www.chinesecio.com

Queries

If you have questions regarding the course or enrolment, please contact COL Reception at Paterson's Land by email COL@ed.ac.uk or by phone 0131 650 4400.

Student support

If you have a disability, learning difficulty or health condition which may affect your studies, please let us know by ticking the 'specific support needs' box on your course application form. This will allow us to make appropriate adjustments in advance and in accordance with your rights under the Equality Act 2010. For more information please visit the Student Support section of our website.