Advanced Chinese HSK5

Dates

  • Online: 6-8pm on Tuesdays, 1 October to 3 December 2024
  • In-person: 6-8pm on Wednesdays, 2 October to 4 December 2024

Prerequisites

Students should have passed HSK level 4, or have taken 240 hours of Mandarin.

They should already have a vocabulary of about 1,200 words and have mastered basic grammar knowledge, can communicate with native speakers in everyday situations, and read and talk about some short passages on social and cultural topics.

Fees

  • Full fee: £170
  • Discounted fee: £153*

*Available to current University of Manchester staff and students, and returning CI students (must have completed a course with us since September 2022)

How to enrol

Read our Enrolment T&Cs and enrol via our e-store.

Course description

This is an advanced-level language course which teaches the skills of reading, listening, speaking and writing in Mandarin Chinese.

Aside from the main textbook, the teacher will also select articles and videos from various sources on Chinese people's daily lives, and social and cultural themes.

Emphasis will be placed on training students to understand complex grammar, vocabulary, sentences and passages and expressing opinions on social and cultural issues.

Conversational practices will help you to communicate effectively and properly in different situations.

Learning outcomes

  • Express complex ideas in Chinese with a degree of fluency and develop competence in interaction with native speakers.
  • Have developed a vocabulary of 230 Chinese words and use them with a degree of proficiency.
  • Read and write complex sentences and articles, as well as translation.
  • Improve Chinese level to reach HSK Grade 5 level step by step. We recommend taking three semesters of this Advanced course to reach this level. If a student wishes to then take the HSK 5 exam, we also recommend the HSK 5 Preparation Course to enhance knowledge of the exam syllabus and skills.

We recommend that three hours of independent study be undertaken each week to ensure students can keep up with the pace of the course.

Textbook

  • New Practical Chinese Reader (Volume 5) (cover three Chapters per semester).

For an example of the course content view our textbook extract.

Please note: for students wishing to take the HSK 5 Exam, we recommend that you take the Advanced course for three terms to allow you enough time to cover all the necessary vocabulary.

Please email our senior language tutor (luxi.yang@manchester.ac.uk) if you have any queries about this.