Language Courses
Chinese 3 - Code K2300
This course is for those students who have completed 3.2 or equivalent (approximately 220 hours of tuition.) As vocabulary and knowledge of grammar increase, students will be able to express themselves more clearly and precisely. Students will continue to develop their knowledge and improve their skills whilst reinforcing previously acquired knowledge through constant practise. To register and pay for this course online please click here.
Content of Course
- Talking about an incident
- Visiting a patient
- Making complaints
- Recalling past events
- Talking about language studies
- Expressing one’s opinion
- Giving an example
Learning outcomes
By the end of the course students should be able to:
- Communicate using an enlarged vocabulary and more sentence patterns in areas of most immediate relevance, such as going to a restaurant, talking about the weather, picking someone up
- Communicate and express themselves better in less common situations, such as discussing and comparing living conditions between urban and rural areas in China
Teaching method
The course is tutorial based with a combination of whole class activity and group work. The course also uses audio-visual material as teaching aids (CDs and DVDs).
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.
Timetable 2009/10
- PRE-REQUISITE
- Chinese 3.2 or equivalent course of study (approx 220 hours)
- TIMETABLE
- Tuesday evenings 18.30-20.30 from 20 April-22 June 2010
- TEACHERS
- TBC
- CLASS SIZE
- Class is subject to a minimum intake; the maximum class size is 12
- PRICE
- £ 125 / £83 concession for ten weeks of two hour classes
- COURSE MATERIALS
- The class will follow New Practical Chinese Reader Volume 2. The textbook, workbook and CD can be pre-ordered from the Confucius Institute at a price of £40.00 using the course materials application form which can be downloaded here PDF (42kb)
- REGISTRATION
- Please book online by clicking here
- QUESTIONS
- Please contact us on 0131 662 2180 or email info@confuciusinstitute.ac.uk