Lunchtime Survival Chinese
Dates
- In-person: 12-1pm on Thursdays (1 hour per week), 15 January- 26 March (10 hours in total)
Reading week (no classes): 9 - 15 February
Prerequisites
None.
Fees
- Full fee: £85
- Discounted fee: £77*
*Available to current University of Manchester staff and students, and returning CI students (must have completed a course with us since Winter 2024)
How to enrol
Read our enrolment T&Cs and enrol via our e-store.
Course description
A beginners' course which focuses on developing the skills of listening and speaking in Mandarin Chinese.
The course aims to equip the students with useful words and phrases for practical use, and covers greetings, making an acquaintance, making an enquiry (date and time/reservations), and fulfilling daily needs (hotel booking/tickets purchasing).
Learning outcomes
- Acquire the confidence and ability to have basic exchanges with native speakers to facilitate travel in China.
- Establish a core vocabulary of 75 Chinese words used in everyday contexts.
Learning materials
All teaching materials have been specifically developed by our teachers using a variety of sources and so all learning materials will be provided throughout the course.
| Lesson | Topics | Including |
|---|---|---|
| Lesson 1 | Greetings | Numbers, useful phrases |
| Lesson 2 | Self-introduction | Age, family, job |
| Lesson 3 | Where are you going? | Locations |
| Lesson 4 | Booking a hotel | Date |
| Lesson 5 | Buying tickets | Time |
For an example of the course content view our course extract (see only the first five units).