Language Courses
Chinese 1.1 Monday - K3306 or Wednesday- K3307
In the spring term there are two new Chinese 1.1 classes on offer for complete beginners. These classes run on Monday and Wednesday evenings from 6.00-8.00pm. An additional charge of £10 for the course materials should be paid at the first class. To book please click here.
Course Summary
- Basic Chinese pronunciation
- Basic Chinese conversations
- Teaching of pinyin
Content of Course
- Greetings, saying goodbye, say and ask for one’s name
- Talk and ask about one’s nationality, profession and job
- Talk and ask about number of family members and relationships between members.
- Tell and ask about time; talk and ask about specific time for a certain action
- Tell and ask about dates and days in a week; talk and ask about specific dates or weeks for certain actions
- Tell and ask about address, room number, telephone number and mobile number
- Talk and ask about availability; reply to basic invitations and requests
- Use basic food ordering language
- Use basic shopping language
- Pinyin
Teaching Methods
- Master basic Chinese pronunciation
- Conduct dialogues correctly and fairly fluently based on the topics covered
- Understand and use Pinyin at a certain level
- PRE-REQUISITE
- None
- TIMETABLE
- Monday and Tuesday evenings from 18.30-20.30
- Winter Term: Monday K3306 Mon 19 Apr- Mon 21 June 2010; Wednesday K3307 class Weds 21 Apr- Weds 23 June 2010
- TEACHERS
- TBC
- CLASS SIZE
- The maximum class size is 12
- PRICE
- £125.00 or £83.00 concession for ten weeks of two hour classes
- COURSE MATERIALS
- The class will follow a specially constructed course devised by our Chinese co-director and our teachers. Materials to support this course have been devised by our staff and these will be issued to students at the first class when at £10 materials charge will be required
- REGISTRATION
- Please book online by clicking here.
- QUESTIONS
- Please contact us on 0131 662 2180 or email info@confuciusinstitute.ac.uk
The course is tutorial based with a combination of whole class activity and group work; use teaching materials and CDs as teaching aids. In order to fully benefit from the course and to achieve the learning outcomes, you will need to devote 1-2 hours outwith classes to revision and homework.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students should be able to:
Timetable