Discover Chinese

This course is for a beginner learning Chinese as a second language. Students will acquire some basic knowledge of Chinese characters, while Pinyin—the official romanization system for Standard Mandarin Chinese in China—will be taught to learn the spoken language. This will help students build a foundation for life-long Chinese learning.

Through the year, students can reach a basic level of conversational Chinese, find an interest in Chinese characters, and learn to read simple nursery rhymes and poems in Pinyin.

We will provide some Chinese cultural information, which will help students gain an understanding of Chinese geography, social life, history and culture – enhancing their enthusiasm to learn Chinese.

Advanced Chinese is designed to refine and further develop students’ capabilities in Chinese oral and formal written communication. Students will be able to express themselves in a richer choice of words and phrases, read more advanced text, and write more complex paragraphs.

For students to feel enriched, they will engage in activities such as debating, reciting, planning and undertaking research.

Through a variety of teaching and learning activities, students will better understand Chinese culture, gain language sense and improve their language abilities.

Native Chinese is a high-level class designed for those of native or near-native language ability. Students focus on literature, grammar and writing. They gain enhanced listening and reading comprehension and achieve high levels in speaking and writing skills.

Through texts from native curricular resources, modern Chinese literature and articles, students are challenged to express more refined thoughts, and to use sentences with the most complex structures.