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Overview
What you will study
To help develop your fluency in the language, the course will focus primarily on speaking and listening skills, but will also include practice in reading and writing. You will have plenty of opportunities to practise the target language through hands-on collaborative class activities such as conversations and role-plays.
By the end of the Chinese (Mandarin) - Beginners course offered by University of Oxford , participants will be able to:
- use very simple phrases and utterances to provide basic personal information, such as name, address, family members and nationality;
- interact in a simple way using a very basic range of language in routine everyday contexts;
- understand the gist of very short, simple written texts and audio/video excerpts containing the highest frequency vocabulary items and basic grammar structures;
- produce simple phrases and very short texts using basic structures and vocabulary items.
Programme Structure
The program focuses on:
- Basic sentence structure including pronouns as modifers
- Types of sentence patterns & different types of interrogative sentences
- Usage of some common adverbs
- Parts of speech including pronouns, verbs and adjectives
- Exchanging greetings
- Asking for and giving information about one's names, nationalities and where they live
- Describing family members and their occupations
- Recognising & writing some basic Chinese radicals/Character
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 2 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- StartingApplication deadline not specified.
Language
English
Delivered
On Campus
Campus Location
- Oxford, United Kingdom
Disciplines
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Academic 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
- for complete beginners in the language and those who have acquired some expressions informally through travel or socialising
Tuition Fees
Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.
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International Applies to you
Applies to youNon-residents275 GBP / full≈ 275 GBP / full -
Domestic Applies to you
Applies to youCitizens or residents275 GBP / full≈ 275 GBP / full
Living costs
Oxford
United Kingdom
939 - 1530 GBP / month
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
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