Learn Mandarin for Beginners: Level 1

Learn to speak Chinese Mandarin with this live online course.



10 x 2 hours Class size 1 to 10 guests    

  $429 (Afterpay & PayPal Pay in 4 available)

This Chinese Mandarin course will bring you the language and culture of the people of China. Sydney Community College has designed their language courses focusing on students who wish to learn the Chinese language and communicate with the people in China effectively.
Learning to speak the most popular Asian language, Chinese Mandarin, is surprisingly easier than learning European languages. This Asian language has no subject or verb agreements, no plurals, no tenses, a simple numbering system, and many more features that make teaching and learning Mandarin Chinese in a short period easy.
Understandably, writing Chinese Mandarin characters seems intimidating at first. However, learning the design system in small group classes and with a native Mandarin speaker teacher will make what appears to be a difficult skill easy.
What will be covered in this Mandarin Chinese beginners course?
Content may vary slightly depending on class pace, participant interests, and instructor approach.
Topics:
  • Greetings and introductions
  • Names, countries, and nationalities
  • Pinyin and pronunciation
  • Numbers, dates, and time
  • Family and everyday vocabulary
  • Introduction to Chinese culture
Language skills:
  • Listening and pronunciation practice, including tones
  • Speaking through guided conversations
  • Reading and recognising basic characters
Grammar:
  • Basic sentence structures
  • Asking simple questions
  • Forming negative sentences
  • Introduction to measure words
By the end of this Mandarin Chinese: Beginners Level 1 course, participants will have developed practical skills and knowledge in areas such as:
  • Understanding how Pinyin and Chinese characters work together
  • Recognising and confidently pronouncing the four Mandarin tones
  • Greeting people and introducing yourself and others
  • Asking and answering simple questions about personal information
  • Using basic sentence structures and negative forms
  • Expressing possession and belonging
  • Using common measure words in context
  • Saying numbers, including phone numbers and age
  • Talking about time, days, and dates
  • Recognising and using basic Chinese characters and vocabulary
  • Demonstrating introductory understanding of Chinese culture and communication
Please note: This Mandarin Chinese course is delivered online via Zoom.
All students must be over 18 years of age.
Knowledge required
This course is for students with no previous experience in Mandarin Chinese.
What to bring
  • Notebook and pen
  • A device and stable internet connection
  • Textbook
Textbook details:
Students are required to purchase one of the following textbooks (please check which is required for your class):
Integrated Chinese Level 1, Part 1, 4th Edition
ISBN: 9781622911356
or
Easy Peasy Chinese: Mandarin Chinese for Beginners
ISBN: 9780241513279
We recommend purchasing your textbook after the confirmation of your course (usually within three working days of the proposed start). The enrolment fee does not include the textbook.
Session repeats

This class series runs over 10 consecutive sessions, at the same time every week.

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Mei Zhao

Mei Zhao


  • Certificate IV – Workplace Training and Assessment
  • Certificate IV – TESOL
  • Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Economics, University of NSW
Mei has been teaching Mandarin with Sydney Community College since 2007.
As well as her extensive experience in Mandarin language teaching, she has also tutored in English, and is fluently bilingual.




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Sydney Community College
Sydney Community College

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Our mission is to enrich lives, to strengthen adult individuals and to build communities through innovative high quality continuing education and training.

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