Chinese: Beginner Intensive

Beginners

Introductory course to Chinese. This course is for those with no previous knowledge of Chinese. Communicative context, with videos, audio, texts and conversation.

• All staff and students from Cambridge University Engineering Department
• Further details regarding CLIC's eligibility criteria are available here

Number of sessions: 9

The course material will be based on the textbook Chinese in Steps Vol. 1. by George X Zhang, Linda Li and Lik Suen. We will aim to cover Lessons 1 to 6, which cover:

• Introduction to Chinese characters
• Pronunciation
• Tones and the Pinyin system
• Greetings
• Numbers
• Expressions of time
• How to describe basic everyday activities

To introduce you to the Chinese language, culture and learning skills.

To focus on listening and speaking, with a balance between reading and some writing skills.

Class work (online via Zoom) and individual study

Each session will last two hours (10:00am – 12:00pm) with a ten-minute break in the middle. There will also be a short exercise break, similar to those practised in Chinese schools, during each session. A video will be played over Zoom for those who want to participate.

Nine sessions of two hours

Yearly

• CLIC: Chinese: Beginner (Intensive)
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• CLIC: German: Beginner (Intensive)
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• CLIC: Japanese: Beginner Intensive
• CLIC: Spanish: Beginner (Intensive)
• Spanish: Intermediate Intensive
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