Our institute offers free Chinese language taster workshops to UoE staff throughout the academic year. This two-hour workshop is a brief introductory session for learners with no prior knowledge of the Chinese language. The workshop is designed for colleagues at the University of Edinburgh. It guides learners through basic expressions commonly used in typical conversational situations. Pronunciation and communicative practise will be the focus of this session, including how to pronounce Chinese names and when to use first and last names. By the end of the workshop, colleagues will have started to tune in to the sounds and tones of the Chinese language and learn some basic phrases used for social interaction.

What colleagues have been saying about our workshop?

“I had used a greeting I had learned in the workshop in class and that all the Chinese students clapped! “

“I am a programme administrator, so I regularly work with chinese students and staff. This workshop was particularly helpful for
when I need to present student cases and very quickly have to figure out how to pronounce their names correctly.”

“The best part was the teachers! They were upbeat and engaging throughout and it was clear that they really cared about us
learning. I think the call and response/interactive bits of the workshop took some of us off guard, but ultimately they were incredibly
valuable when it came to actually putting our new skills into practice.”

To find out more about the workshop and to book, please contact Xin.Zhang@ed.ac.uk