CULP: Chinese (Mandarin) Basic 2

Prerequisites£

The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence.

At basic level the focus is on every day and real-time, oral/aural communication. Each course features a functional-notional syllabus and grammar points are analysed in context.

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• University staff and students
• Further details regarding Language Centre eligibility criteria are available

CULP Basic 1 / CEF A1

Number of sessions: 15

The Course introduces students to the following functions and notions:

*Hiring a boat/bicycle/car, talking about sports, talking about pastime, talking about regular activities 

• Buying a ticket, enquiring at the tourist office
• Shopping for food, shopping for clothes, shopping for presents
• Asking your way, taking a taxi, enquiring about coaches, buying train tickets
• At the doctor’s, at the chemist’s
• The Spring Festival, the Dragon Boat Festival

By the end of the Course students will be able to:

• Listening/Speaking: Express simple opinions or requirements in a familiar context.
• Reading: Understand straightforward information within a known area, such as on products and signs and simple textbooks or reports on familiar matters in Chinese characters (400).
• Writing: Complete forms and write short simple letters or postcards related to personal information.

At the Basic 2 level the main aims are:

• To further develop the understanding and an appreciation of the salient linguistic features of the Chinese language;
• To establish the learner as a fairly confident language user in a wider range of every-day predictable situations;
• To enhance students’ understanding of the complex historical and cultural background of China within the context of language teaching.

Presentations, practicals and online learning

• Raven access is required
• Further information regarding Raven is available

• Students: £230 to be paid online (select 'Concessionary').
• Staff including Colleges and UCLES* staff: £260 to be paid online (select 'Full'). (* provided they are eligible to/can obtain a Raven password)
• Links to the online store will be provided with your confirmation email.
• Payment is required within 24 hours of your booking to secure your place.
• Please note that no refunds will be given after the end of the first week of the course.
• It is the student's duty to plan ahead and make sure they can cope with their study workload.

• Students are required to attend 80% of sessions
• Full details of all Language Centre programmes can be found on the Language Centre website and Language Centre Online website

Fifteen taught sessions of two hours plus online learning

Three times per year (subject to demand)

• CULP: Chinese (Mandarin) Elementary 1
• CULP: Chinese (Mandarin) Basic 1