New summer course: practical Chinese

"Survival Chinese" (beginner)

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About this course

Themed "Survival Chinese", this course is designed for anyone interested in learning Mandarin at complete beginner level. The course content focuses on practical and survival Chinese for effective communication. The teaching style is highly engaging and interactive, providing a fun but useful foundation for any future learning.

Who is this for?

Anyone interested in learning Mandarin at the complete beginner level.

Key facts

key facts
 Level Beginner
 Duration  10 weeks
 Start date  20 May 2019
 End date  29 July 2019
Payment deadline  13 May 2019
 Day  Monday
 Time  18:30-20:30
 Programme fee  £300 (non-LSE applicants) / £150 (LSE students)
 Location  LSE campus (room to be released)

Course objectives

  • To master Mandarin Chinese phonetics

  • To learn about 100 to 150 words

  • To have short conversations on several topics

  • To learn some basic Chinese sentence structures and grammar 

  • To lay a good foundation for your future learning

Key topics

  • Say hello and thank you

  • Ask and give names

  • Introduce someone

  • Nationality

  • Numbers, age

  • Introduce family members

Key grammer points

  •  The interrogative pronoun ‘什么shenme’

  • The ‘是shi’ sentence

  • Interrogative Sentence with  ‘吗ma’

  • Structural particle ‘了de’

  • The use of ‘呢ne’, numbers

  • Use of ‘了le’ (1)

How to apply (non-LSE applicants)

  • Follow this link to the LSE e-shop.

  • Follow the rest of the online instructions to complete the process.

  • Forward the automatically generated payment confirmation form together with your course code “19SBEG” as your email subject  to confucius.business@lse.ac.uk

How to apply (LSE students)

  • Follow the rest of the online instructions to complete the process

  • Forward the automatically generated payment confirmation form together with your course code “19SBEG” as your email subject  to confucius.business@lse.ac.uk

Reference book

The reference textbooks include HSK1 Standard Course Textbook 1 and "Mastering Chinese" by Catherine Hua Xiang, 2010, Palgrave Macmillan.

*It is not mandatory to purchase these textbooks.