Overview
This elementary level course builds on your language development, including learning to describe the past, talk about feelings and opinions, and form superlatives such as ‘most’. You should have either completed Elementary Chinese 1 (LGXC004) or have learned Chinese up to the required level elsewhere. The Elementary Chinese 2 online course at The Open University UK has no formal assessment, but you will test your knowledge by completing a quiz at the end of each unit. All the audio materials are accompanied by transcripts. The quiz questions and answers, glossary of the key vocabulary, as well as most audio clips, are downloadable.
This course teaches Mandarin Chinese and simplified characters.
After successfully completing this short course, 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 limited range of predictable and simple contexts relating to everyday situations
- understand and use simple Chinese grammatical structures (for example, questions and statements), and common terms for everyday objects and events
- recognise and use basic Chinese phrases in formal and informal styles of communication and use polite forms of address and greetings
- write in Pinyin and/or character forms frequently used expressions relevant to the topics covered
- show basic intercultural communicative competence, including an awareness of Chinese-speaking cultures and societies.
Programme Structure
In this course, you'll learn how to effectively communicate in a wide range of situations using a variety of language structures, including:
- talking about distance and transport
- describing daily activities in the past regarding how, when and where they took place
- talking about sporting events
- describing feelings
- describing how well someone does something
- talking about going to parties and learning something from someone
- expressing attitudes about time (early or late)
- issuing and accepting invitations
- talking about helping others
- describing preparation for exams
- expressing duration of time
- talking about ongoing things and describing simultaneous actions
- forming superlatives such as ‘most’ in ‘most exciting’.
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 4 months
- 3 hrs/week
Start dates & application deadlines
- Start: At anytime before registration end date
- Registration closes 31 December
Language
Delivered
Disciplines
Language Studies Languages Linguistics View 36 other Short Courses in Linguistics in United KingdomAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
- There are no entry requirements for this course.
- However, it's beneficial if you have some basic knowledge of Chinese, similar or equivalent to the language, skills and vocabulary practised in Beginners Chinese 1: 开始吧 kāishĭ ba! (LGXC001), Beginners Chinese 2: 开始吧 kāishĭ ba! (LGXC002), Beginners Chinese 3: 开始吧 kāishĭ ba! (LGXC003), and/or Elementary Chinese 1: 开始吧 kāishĭ ba! (LGXC004).
Tuition Fee
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International
195 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 195 GBP for the full programme during 4 months. -
National
195 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 195 GBP for the full programme during 4 months.
Funding
Studyportals Tip: Students can search online for independent or external scholarships that can help fund their studies. Check the scholarships to see whether you are eligible to apply. Many scholarships are either merit-based or needs-based.