This course is a continuation of the beginners 1, for any student who has a basic understanding and knowledge of Mandarin, and wishes to further improve their learning Mandarin Chinese for business, travel, and/or everyday use. Students will develop skills in pinyin, vocabulary, sentence structure, conversation, listening and speaking.

DELIVERY MODE

• Face-to-Face

TEXTBOOK

• Learning Conversational Chinese for Beginners Book & Online Audio 2nd ed (Tuttle Publishing, 2019), ISBN: 9780804849463

Supplier: Abbey's Language Book Centre
Please note that textbook cost is not included in the course fee. In the event of a course being cancelled WEA cannot be held responsible for the purchase of any textbooks. We therefore suggest you purchase your textbooks closer to the time of the course commencing.

COURSE OUTLINE

• Pinyin – sound, toning, rules
• Greetings and self-introduction (name, nationality, countries, ages, jobs etc.)
• Family members
• Numbers (lucky & unlucky numbers, phone number, time, date, month, week, year, birthday)
• Money and shopping

LEARNING OUTCOMES

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

1. Greet people, introduce themselves and have basic conversations with others
2. Describe number related topics, including phone, time, year/month/day/week, date of birth, money
3. Start to have a basic understanding of Chinese culture, including numbers and shopping