Chinese Courses

This course will equip students with Chinese reading and writing skills for daily and social purposes through a range of familiar topics at the proficiency level of HSK 1 or equivalent. Topics include talking about contact numbers and address, time, date and daily activities, making appointments, clothes, colors, and prices. This course is a continuation of LANG1102 Chinese Characters for Non-Chinese Language Background Students I. 

• Active learning environment – Interactive, hands-on sessions with real-time feedback. 

• Balanced task design – Discussions, simulations, character writing, and peer learning. 

• In-class test: Recognize and write commonly used characters and understand specific information from introductory and narrative texts related to daily and social contexts. 

• Written assignments and learning tasks: Produce accurate Chinese characters for each topic and grammatically correct sentences for daily communication. 

• Grade Type (Pass/ Fail) 

Attributes 

• Non-Chinese language background students who have previously learnt Mandarin Chinese for less than 50 tuition hours. 

Exclusions 

• LANG 1113, LANG 1117-1118, LANG 1122-1127 (prior to 2022-23)  

• LANG 1412-1416, LANG 1421–1426, LANG 1513-1515 

Course outcomes 

• Improved ability to engage in basic communication in reading and writing Chinese on everyday topics. 

• Stronger skills in independent learning and teamwork.