Intermediate

For people with 1 year previous study of Mandarin - able to hold a (simple) conversation on various aspects of their daily life.

Course content:

• Home and family life
• Education and work
• Courteous expressions and their appropriate use
• Interacting in social and work environments
• Giving opinions, agreeing and disagreeing
• Expressing comparison and similarity
• Relating past events
• Discussing future plans
• Expressing feelings / wishes
• Expressing preferences and giving reasons
• Leisure, holidays, and travel
• Emergency situations
• Special Chinese occasions and Chinese etiquette.

By the end of the course, you will have extended your vocabulary, increased our listening comprehension skills, strongly developed your self-confidence and fluency, and be able to communicate confidently in Mandarin, using the appropriate level of language, for most social and work related aspects of your daily life.