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
# | Date | Time | Venue | Trainer |
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1 | Mon 21 Jun 2021 10:00 - 12:00 | 10:00 - 12:00 | CLIC online teaching | Dr F. Morgan |
2 | Tue 22 Jun 2021 10:00 - 12:00 | 10:00 - 12:00 | CLIC online teaching | Dr F. Morgan |
3 | Wed 23 Jun 2021 10:00 - 12:00 | 10:00 - 12:00 | CLIC online teaching | Dr F. Morgan |
4 | Fri 25 Jun 2021 10:00 - 12:00 | 10:00 - 12:00 | CLIC online teaching | Dr F. Morgan |
5 | Mon 28 Jun 2021 10:00 - 12:00 | 10:00 - 12:00 | CLIC online teaching | Dr F. Morgan |
6 | Tue 29 Jun 2021 10:00 - 12:00 | 10:00 - 12:00 | CLIC online teaching | Dr F. Morgan |
7 | Wed 30 Jun 2021 10:00 - 12:00 | 10:00 - 12:00 | CLIC online teaching | Dr F. Morgan |
8 | Fri 2 Jul 2021 10:00 - 12:00 | 10:00 - 12:00 | CLIC online teaching | Dr F. Morgan |
9 | Mon 5 Jul 2021 10:00 - 12:00 | 10:00 - 12:00 | CLIC online teaching | Dr F. Morgan |
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)
- CLIC: French: Beginner (Intensive)
- French: Intermediate Intensive
- CLIC: German: Beginner (Intensive)
- German: Intermediate Intensive
- CLIC: Japanese: Beginner Intensive
- CLIC: Spanish: Beginner (Intensive)
- Spanish: Intermediate Intensive
- British Sign Language: Beginner (Intensive)
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