What you'll learn
Learn to speak Mandarin with our Mandarin Chinese language short courses online & in Sydney!
Have you started learning Mandarin Chinese in our Mandarin Chinese Course: Beginners Level 1 and Mandarin Chinese Course: Beginners Level 2 and would like to build on your language skills?
This Chinese Mandarin intermediate course will give you the platform to practice your language skills and add some new ones by looking at new situational topics such as going to the market, asking for directions, transportation, and more.
Be confident that you will widen your vocabulary and have plenty of opportunities to apply your speaking, listening, and reading skills. Our class sizes are kept small to ensure that you will receive the individual attention you need to keep progressing and learning.
Please note this course will be held online via Zoom.
Learning outcomes
By the end of this Mandarin Chinese intermediate course, you should be able to:
- Extend your grammar knowledge
- Speak more confidently with correct pronunciation and extended vocabulary – topic-based conversations/discussions
- Use conversational skills to ask questions and to participate in an exchange of views according to the Chinese etiquette
- Appreciate the Chinese culture, geography and custom
Course content
What will be covered in this Mandarin Chinese intermediate course?
Topics
- Experiences, events, and entertainment
- Showing appreciation and gratitude
- Shopping for clothes and exchanging merchandise
- Locations and transportation
- Sending emails and letters
- More measure words
- Chinese culture, geography, and customs
Grammar
- Pronunciation
- Alternative questions
- To express similarity or dissimilarity between objects, persons, or actions
- How to describe two simultaneous actions
- Complex sentence structures
- Comparative sentences
Intended audience
Who is this Mandarin Chinese intermediate course for?
This course is for students who have completed approximately 40 hours of learning Mandarin Chinese, or who have attended our Mandarin Chinese Course: Beginners Level 2 or an equivalent course elsewhere.
Course venue
Online via Zoom
- Zoom details will be emailed to you with your enrolment confirmation.
- Requirement: A device and stable internet connection.
What to bring to class
- Textbook
- Notebook and pen
Textbook
Please purchase the course textbook – which is used for Learn Mandarin Chinese for Beginners: Level 1 Course, Learn Mandarin Chinese for Beginners: Level 2 Course, and Learn Mandarin Chinese for Beginners: Level 3 Course.
Integrated Chinese Level 1, Part 1, 4th Edition (3rd Edition is okay)
ISBN: 9781622911356
You can order the textbook from Abbey's Bookstore (131 York Street, Sydney NSW 2000).
We recommend purchasing your textbook after your course has been confirmed (usually within three working days of the proposed start). The textbook is not included in the enrolment fee. If you would like to inquire about the current price, please call Abbey's Bookstore on 02 9264 3111.
Course testimonials
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Brian said: Laoshi Fang Zhao is an excellent teacher of the subject. Highly recommend.
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Elaine said: Well paced course with an experienced tutor
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Robert said: I wanted a brush up. It was useful for this.
Course tutors
Fang Zhao
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