Confidence Chinese 7 (Course code 8007)
Pre-requisite: Completion of Confidence Chinese 6 or 120 hours intensive Chinese
Duration: 10 weeks from 18 Apr to 20 Jun 2012 & from 3 Oct to 3 Dec 2012
Taking place: Wednesday, 6 - 8pm
Fee: £120 full price / £110 for University of Manchester staff and students
Course description:
This course focuses on enhancing the skills of listening, speaking, writing and reading in Mandarin Chinese. The course aims to equip students with useful words and phrases for practical use. It encompasses some communicative functions such as greeting, making an acquaintance, making an inquiry (about time/ directions/ reservations), and fulfilling daily needs (purchasing items / catching buses/ ordering food) etc.
The course covers Lessons 18 to 25 in Confidence Chinese Volume 2.
Learning outcomes:
On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Speak with a degree of fluency and acquire the confidence and ability to have simple conversations with native speakers, which will satisfy one's requirement in studying and travelling to China.
- Have established a core vocabulary of 1050 Chinese words used in everyday contexts.
Core textbook:
Tong Yan: CONFIDENCE CHINESE Vol.2 Living in China
Published by Cypress Book Co. UK Ltd, 2006