Elementary Chinese 1 The Open University UK

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. 

Key facts

• 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.