Mandarin Chinese for complete beginners

This Mandarin Chinese for complete beginners course is designed for complete beginners who are travelling to China.
The focus is on oral communication (oral and aural skills) and
the students will cover the following practical “survival skills”

  • Greetings – Introducing yourself, your friends and your family
  • Talking about yourself, your job, tastes and hobbies
  • Travelling
  • Booking a hotel and checking in
  • Booking a table – Eating and drinking out
  • Asking for and understanding directions
  • Going shopping
  • Complaining and apologising
  • Arranging to meet
  • Telephoning – Leaving a message – Taking a message

€250.00

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Course Details

Course Length : 10-week Chinese course for complete beginners
Course Venue : Online course - Zoom
Further Detail : Course for complete beginners covering practical "survival skills" to travel in China.

Mandarin Chinese for complete beginners

This Mandarin Chinese for complete beginners course is designed for complete beginners who are travelling to China.
The focus is on oral communication (oral and aural skills) and
the students will cover the following practical “survival skills”

  • Greetings – Introducing yourself, your friends and your family
  • Talking about yourself, your job, tastes and hobbies
  • Travelling
  • Booking a hotel and checking in
  • Booking a table – Eating and drinking out
  • Asking for and understanding directions
  • Going shopping
  • Complaining and apologising
  • Arranging to meet
  • Telephoning – Leaving a message – Taking a message

€250.00

SKU: N/A Category:

Description

Mandarin Chinese for Complete Beginners – Course Goals

By the end of this course, you’ll be able to use Mandarin Chinese in simple, everyday situations. Here’s what you can expect to achieve:

Everyday Social Skills

  • Use polite expressions to greet, say goodbye, introduce yourself, and show courtesy with phrases like please, thank you, and sorry.

Listening

  • Understand very slow, carefully spoken Mandarin with pauses that make it easier to follow and absorb meaning.

Reading

  • Recognise familiar names, words, and short phrases.

  • Read very simple texts, focusing on one phrase at a time, and reread as needed to understand.

Speaking & Interaction

  • Take part in short, simple conversations.

  • Rely on repetition, slower speech, and rephrasing when needed to get your message across.

Speaking & Presenting

  • Use simple phrases to talk briefly about people and places.

Writing & Interaction

  • Ask for and provide basic personal details in writing.

Writing & Production

  • Write simple phrases and sentences about yourself or imaginary people, including where they live and what they do.

Hanching has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mandarin Chinese, a minor in English and a high school Chinese teacher’s license from Taiwan’s Ministry of Education. She has previously worked at the television companies Era News and CTS as a journalist, writing special reports on Taiwanese social and educational issues. Later she moved to Taiwan’s most popular newspaper, the Liberty Times.
In 2013, she went to public broadcaster Uni Radio to produce and present her own radio programme on cinema. Meanwhile, she completed the Teaching Chinese as a Second Language programme at Taiwan’s prestigious National Taiwan Normal University, and regularly tutored a foreign student in both written and spoken Chinese, helping him to achieve his dream job of becoming a translator for a local newspaper in Taiwan. Then she moved to Ireland and in 2015, worked in Ireland Chinese News as a Contributing Reporter. She joined Languages Unlimited team of teachers this summer.