Chinese Plus Courses

Contemporary Chinese I

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Develop your understanding of Chinese from the ground upDiscover the basics of the Chinese language, learn the foundations of pronunciation, and explore the fundamentals of conversation.

Contemporary Chinese I: 1.2

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Take your basic Chinese to the next levelOn this four-week course from Chinese Plus, you will continue to build the foundations of Chinese, while enhancing your learning by exploring Chinese culture and society.Learn how to describe someone’s appearance in ChineseDescriptions are key to painting a picture through conversation, and discovering how to describe people and objects will improve your experience of the Chinese language.You’ll build on your existing knowledge of basic Chinese to learn how to describe someone’s appearance. You’ll then discover and demonstrate how to use certain words to express abilities, wills, and permission, before moving on to discuss holiday plans.Explore expressions of time and locationKnowing how to ask for directions in the native language is an extremely important skill when traveling to another country. But it is also the foundation for understanding location and place.This course will guide you through how to ask for and give directions, as well as expressions for key locations such as the subway. You’ll also learn how to express time correctly and fluently, helping you to make arrangements using calendar time.Demonstrate your new skills of reading, writing, listening, and speaking in MandarinIt’s vital when learning a new language to practice at every opportunity.Throughout this course, you’ll not only learn through engaging videos and articles but you’ll also be given interactive activities to help you understand and remember language points and cultural knowledge. Plus, by learning with other students, you’ll have the opportunity to discuss the language and practice with others as you progress.This course is designed for anyone interested in learning Chinese, no matter what your previous learning experience was. It lays the groundwork for the Chinese language, making it ideal for a beginner.

Contemporary Chinese II: 2.1

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Build your Chinese vocabulary and compose simple sentences in MandarinWhen learning a new language, it can be extremely helpful to add cultural context as you learn, building more of your knowledge of the environment and culture around the language alongside the language skills themselves.On this six-week course from ChinesePlus, you’ll learn new vocabulary and sentence structures to discuss topics such as the weather, past events, locations, and health. You’ll also build your general knowledge of Chinese culture to put your new skills into context.Discover the structures for discussing past and present experiences in ChineseAs you progress through this course, you’ll master a number of new Chinese particles to describe past experiences and actions. Using the function words 过 (guo) and 了 (le), you’ll begin to compose simple sentences about changes in situations.Develop more complex sentences using prepositions and adverbsOnce you have the basic skills to discuss a topic in another language, you then need to learn the different grammatical rules to form more complex and natural conversations.This course will guide you through building complex sentences by using prepositions, adverbs, and clauses to expand your Chinese proficiency. You’ll practice both writing and speaking in Chinese in order to take your Chinese fluency to the next level.Explore different aspects of Chinese cultureAt the end of each week of this course, once you’ve added to your Chinese language skills, you will learn about a new aspect of Chinese culture to build out your general knowledge. This will help you to hold more natural conversations with native speakers.Throughout the course, you’ll learn about a number of topics that will reinforce your language skills, from tourist attractions and the Chinese zodiac to common Chinese greetings and useful Chinese idioms.This course is designed for anyone interested in learning the Chinese language. To benefit from this course, you will need an understanding of basic Chinese phonetics.It is recommended that you complete the Contemporary Chinese 1 ExpertTrack first as it will give you the foundation you need for this course.

HSK Standard Course Level 1: 1.2

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Gain the first solid footing on the Chinese learning journey,achieving HSK 1On this five-week course, you’ll advance your study of the Chinese language as you begin to explore sentence structure.This understanding will help you learn how to ask questions and the basic language techniques to express “can”, “how”, “want”, “would like” and “where”.You’ll also learn to ask questions with the interrogative particle “ne”.Learn days of the week in ChineseOn the course, you’ll explore how to communicate the days of the week and months of the year.You’ll also learn how to how to ask for and offer information about location, as well as discussing amounts of money. This knowledge will help you with the everyday interactions you could face when travelling in China.Start to unpack Chinese sentence structureAs you start to construct sentences, you’ll learn more about sentence structure to help ensure you can clearly express your ideas.You’ll discover serial verb constructions, how to structure an existential sentence, and using imperative sentences with “please”.Learn about life in ChinaThroughout the course, you’ll hear from native speakers and language teaching professionals to explore both Chinese culture and language.Whether you want to work, study, or travel in China, each interactive step of the course will ensure you finish with the knowledge and confidence to communicate in Chinese.This course follow the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK) curriculum and help you prepare for the HSK level 1 test.This course is designed for anyone who would like to develop their basic knowledge of Chinese.You don’t need any prior experience or knowledge. This course will help you develop your listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in Chinese.It will be particularly useful if you are going to take the HSK level 1 test or for those who completed HSK 1.1.

HSK Standard Course Level 1: 1.1

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Gain the first solid footing on the Chinese learning journey,achieving HSK 1On this interactive five-week course from Chinese Plus, you’ll build a solid foundation of the Chinese language to use in everyday situations.You’ll start by developing your phonetic knowledge of Chinese before exploring a variety of topics to help you understand and communicate in different contexts.Through engaging videos and content, you’ll explore the Chinese phonetic system (pinyin). This system will help you overcome the challenges of connecting the written Chinese characters with their corresponding sounds, so you can master your pronunciation alongside your language learning.Discover useful Chinese phrases and greetingsAs you explore different language points, you’ll learn everyday phrases to help you communicate useful information.You’ll learn greetings and how to introduce yourself with your name, age, and nationality.To share more personal information and build better relationships, you’ll also discover how to talk about your family and profession.Explore basic Chinese writingTo further help you communicate in Chinese, you’ll develop a good understanding of the Chinese writing system. This includes basic strokes and writing sequences of Chinese characters.Discover Chinese cultureAs part of developing your understanding of the Chinese language, you’ll explore the contemporary culture and life in China.You’ll also have the opportunity to engage with native speakers to communicate in common everyday situations.Throughout the course, you’ll be guided by the experts at Chinese Plus, a leading educational organisation. Learning from qualified and experienced teachers, this course follow the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK) curriculum and help you prepare for the HSK level 1 test.This course is designed for anyone who would like to develop their basic knowledge of Chinese.You don’t need any prior experience or knowledge. This course will help you develop your listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in Chinese.It will be particularly useful if you are going to take the HSK level 1 test.

HSK Standard Course Level 1: 1.3

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Gain the first solid footing on the Chinese learning journey,achieving HSK 1On this five-week Chinese language course, you’ll develop your language skills as you begin to explore the tenses.You’ll also become more confident in expressing time as an adverbial and using the modal particles, offering more information in your sentence structures.Start to explore the tenses and how to emphasise things in ChineseAs you advance into more complex language skills, you’ll explore tenses such as an action in progress, and how to describe someone is doing something right now.Once you have an understanding of the present tense, you’ll also learn how to express an action that has already been completed.You’ll delve into expressions of time to learn how to emphasise time, place or manner (e.g. transportation).Understand how to talk about the weather and shoppingYou’ll use your knowledge of tenses to be able to communicate expressions in the past and future, such as discussing what the weather will be like tomorrow, what she has bought yesterday.Develop your Chinese language skills alongside expertsLearning from experienced teachers and native speakers, this course will help you build a solid understanding of the Chinese language.Whether you want to boost your CV, travel or study in China, or improve work relationships, this engaging course will help you improve your language skills to effectively communicate in a variety of contexts.This course follow the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK) curriculum and by completing this course, you should be able to sit confidently in HSK 1 exam.This course is designed for beginner language learners who want to improve their skills in speaking, writing, reading and listening in Chinese.You don’t need any prior knowledge or experience.It will be particularly useful if you are going to take the HSK level 1 test or for those who completed HSK 1.1 and HSK 1.2.

Contemporary Chinese II

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Build your Chinese language proficiency with the next level of skillsDevelop your Chinese language skills and learn new Chinese vocabulary, grammar, and expressions for more natural conversations.

Contemporary Chinese I: 1.1

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Expand your horizons and discover the Chinese languageLearning the Chinese language is an essential first step towards understanding China’s culture, history, political and economic system. Mastering the Chinese language will broaden your employment channels and increase your employment opportunities.On this five-week course from Chinese Plus, you will learn the foundations of Chinese, while also exploring traditional Chinese culture and current Chinese society.Discover Pīnyīn, the Chinese pronunciation systemPīnyīn is a special system designed to help people learn Mandarin pronunciation. The system transcribes Chinese characters to make them easier to pronounce. While they look like English, pīnyīn letters are spelled and pronounced slightly differently.This course will introduce you to the Chinese language system and character system alongside pīnyīn, making it easier for you to develop your Chinese pronunciation and overall speaking skills.Learn the basics of Chinese MandarinOnce you have the foundations of pronunciation, you’ll move on to conversational Chinese. You’ll start by learning how to introduce yourself and ask others about their name, nationality, and language before building up to wider greetings and personal information.Explore Chinese names, traditional customs, and family treesLearning a language isn’t just about pronunciation and words; it’s also about understanding the culture.In this course, you’ll delve into traditional Chinese culture, learning about Chinese names as well as family trees. You’ll also develop the ability to ask and discuss families and names to coincide with and enhance your study of the culture.This course is designed for anyone interested in learning Chinese, no matter what your previous learning experience was. It lays the groundwork for the Chinese language, making it ideal for a beginner.

HSK 1: Chinese Language for Beginners

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Develop your Chinese speaking, listening, reading, and writing skillsMaster everyday Chinese and prepare for the recognised HSK level 1 test on this beginner Chinese language ExpertTrack.

Contemporary Chinese II: 2.2

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Grow your knowledge of the Chinese language and cultureOn this six-week course from ChinesePlus, you’ll build your Chinese language skills with a range of new Mandarin expressions, grammatical structures, and vocabulary.You’ll also expand your knowledge of Chinese culture by learning about economic policy, housing, and emergency services in China.Explore different complements in Chinese grammar and how to use them correctlyIn everyday conversation, it is very common to discuss actions in a number of ways. Whether you’re commenting that you’ve finished doing something, asking someone to go somewhere, or saying that you can learn something new because you’re so smart. These all use complements in Chinese.You’ll learn the characters and structures used for resultative compliments (to express the results of actions), directional complements (to describe the direction of a verb), and potential complements (to indicate whether or not an action is possible).Learn useful words and phrases for everyday conversationsThroughout this course, you’ll build your Chinese language skills to help you hold more natural conversations in a number of scenarios. You’ll learn how to book tickets in Chinese, talk about recreational and sporting activities, and even describe a traffic accident.To boost your speaking and writing skills, you’ll explore vocabulary and grammatical structures to give a narrative more detail, allowing you to expand your conversations with more complex descriptions.Discover a range of expressions for different scenariosThis course will guide you through more general expressions to help you in a number of situations. From blaming and thanking other people to showing sympathy, comfort, and regret, you’ll learn the sentence structures and vocabulary to express your feelings and emotions.This course is designed for anyone interested in learning the Chinese language. To benefit from this course, you will need an understanding of basic Chinese phonetics.It is recommended that you complete the Contemporary Chinese 1 ExpertTrack first as it will give you the foundation you need for this course.