Beginners Chinese 3 The Open University UK

Overview

Through 3–4 study hours per unit you’ll learn through a variety of online listening, speaking, reading and writing activities. You'll cover topics from describing the weather and people, to getting about and shopping. 

Beginners Chinese 3: 开始吧 kāishĭ ba! (LGXC003) is a perfect online short course to consolidate and develop further the skills needed to communicate effectively in Chinese in everyday contexts.

This course teaches Mandarin Chinese and simplified characters.

After successfully completing this Beginners Chinese 3 course at The Open University UK, you will receive a digital badge. This can be shared on social media, added to email signatures or act as a certificate.

You will learn

After completing this course, you should be able to:

• communicate with speakers of Chinese in a range of predictable and simple contexts relating to everyday life
• use Hanyu pinyin confidently to indicate the pronunciation of Mandarin Chinese
• recognise 150–200 of the most frequently used words in pinyin or/and characters and be able to Word-process or handwrite them
• better understand the cultural differences and customs between Chinese-speaking cultures and your own.

The course is designed to help you achieve a level of language proficiency equivalent to level A1 of the Council of Europe Common European Framework of Reference for languages (CEFR).