Elementary Chinese 1

Overview

The Elementary Chinese 1 course from The Open University UK builds on previous basic knowledge of Chinese that you might have gained from our Beginners Chinese short courses. You will work with audio and interactive text-based materials and have access to a dedicated website, forum and learning advisers. The course 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, 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.

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 or/and character forms frequently used expressions relevant to the topics covered
• show basic intercultural communicative competence, including an awareness of Chinese-speaking cultures and societies.