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Chinese Mandarin Beginners

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    Are you interested in speaking Chinese language? Are you working in an organisation which needs to deal with Chinese-speaking people? Are you going to travel in China or conduct business with Chinese? Join Dodo to explore Chinese culture, and start your Chinese language learning journey.

    • Mon 13 Feb
      8 classes on Mondays 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM At Selwyn College, Auckland. Hiu Fai (Dodo) To
      • TEC-subsidised course fee for qualifying students $50.00 incl. GST
      • $155.00 incl. GST
      Session information
      Sessions
      Session 1
      Mon 13 Feb 19:00 - Mon 13 Feb 21:00
      At Selwyn College, Auckland.
      Session 2
      Mon 20 Feb 19:00 - Mon 20 Feb 21:00
      At Selwyn College, Auckland.
      Session 3
      Mon 27 Feb 19:00 - Mon 27 Feb 21:00
      At Selwyn College, Auckland.
      Session 4
      Mon 06 Mar 19:00 - Mon 06 Mar 21:00
      At Selwyn College, Auckland.
      Session 5
      Mon 13 Mar 19:00 - Mon 13 Mar 21:00
      At Selwyn College, Auckland.
      Session 6
      Mon 20 Mar 19:00 - Mon 20 Mar 21:00
      At Selwyn College, Auckland.
      Session 7
      Mon 27 Mar 19:00 - Mon 27 Mar 21:00
      At Selwyn College, Auckland.
      Session 8
      Mon 03 Apr 19:00 - Mon 03 Apr 21:00
      At Selwyn College, Auckland.
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    • Wed 03 May
      8 classes on Wednesdays 7 - 9pm At Selwyn College, Auckland. Hiu Fai (Dodo) To
      • TEC-subsidised course fee for qualifying students $50.00 incl. GST
      • $155.00 incl. GST
      Session information
      Sessions
      Session 1
      Wed 03 May 19:00 - Wed 03 May 21:00
      At Selwyn College, Auckland.
      Session 2
      Wed 10 May 19:00 - Wed 10 May 21:00
      At Selwyn College, Auckland.
      Session 3
      Wed 17 May 19:00 - Wed 17 May 21:00
      At Selwyn College, Auckland.
      Session 4
      Wed 24 May 19:00 - Wed 24 May 21:00
      At Selwyn College, Auckland.
      Session 5
      Wed 31 May 19:00 - Wed 31 May 21:00
      At Selwyn College, Auckland.
      Session 6
      Wed 07 Jun 19:00 - Wed 07 Jun 21:00
      At Selwyn College, Auckland.
      Session 7
      Wed 14 Jun 19:00 - Wed 14 Jun 21:00
      At Selwyn College, Auckland.
      Session 8
      Wed 21 Jun 19:00 - Wed 21 Jun 21:00
      At Selwyn College, Auckland.
      Register
    • Mon 31 Jul
      8 classes, Mondays 7 - 9 PM At Selwyn College, Auckland. Hiu Fai (Dodo) To
      • TEC-subsidised course fee for qualifying students $50.00 incl. GST
      • $155.00 incl. GST
      Session information
      Sessions
      Session 1
      Mon 31 Jul 19:00 - Mon 31 Jul 21:00
      At Selwyn College, Auckland.
      Session 2
      Mon 07 Aug 19:00 - Mon 07 Aug 21:00
      At Selwyn College, Auckland.
      Session 3
      Mon 14 Aug 19:00 - Mon 14 Aug 21:00
      At Selwyn College, Auckland.
      Session 4
      Mon 21 Aug 19:00 - Mon 21 Aug 21:00
      At Selwyn College, Auckland.
      Session 5
      Mon 28 Aug 19:00 - Mon 28 Aug 21:00
      At Selwyn College, Auckland.
      Session 6
      Mon 04 Sep 19:00 - Mon 04 Sep 21:00
      At Selwyn College, Auckland.
      Session 7
      Mon 11 Sep 19:00 - Mon 11 Sep 21:00
      At Selwyn College, Auckland.
      Session 8
      Mon 18 Sep 19:00 - Mon 18 Sep 21:00
      At Selwyn College, Auckland.
      Register
    • Wed 18 Oct
      8 classes, Wednesdays 7 - 9 PM At Selwyn College, Auckland. Hiu Fai (Dodo) To
      • TEC-subsidised course fee for qualifying students $50.00 incl. GST
      • $155.00 incl. GST
      Session information
      Sessions
      Session 1
      Wed 18 Oct 19:00 - Wed 18 Oct 21:00
      At Selwyn College, Auckland.
      Session 2
      Wed 25 Oct 19:00 - Wed 25 Oct 21:00
      At Selwyn College, Auckland.
      Session 3
      Wed 01 Nov 19:00 - Wed 01 Nov 21:00
      At Selwyn College, Auckland.
      Session 4
      Wed 08 Nov 19:00 - Wed 08 Nov 21:00
      At Selwyn College, Auckland.
      Session 5
      Wed 15 Nov 19:00 - Wed 15 Nov 21:00
      At Selwyn College, Auckland.
      Session 6
      Wed 22 Nov 19:00 - Wed 22 Nov 21:00
      At Selwyn College, Auckland.
      Session 7
      Wed 29 Nov 19:00 - Wed 29 Nov 21:00
      At Selwyn College, Auckland.
      Session 8
      Wed 06 Dec 19:00 - Wed 06 Dec 21:00
      At Selwyn College, Auckland.
      Register
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    Description

    Course fee

    This course offers a course fee subsidy through funding from the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) for NZ citizen and permanent migrant adults, their partners on work visas or visitor visas, and refugees. To qualify, registrants should be over the age of 16 years and not currently enrolled in a secondary school. We need to collect extra information such as age, ethnicity, educational achievement and gender for statistical purposes. You must also provide evidence of NZ citizenship, residency or refugee status if requested. A condition of accepting a course fee subsidy is that you commit to at least 80% attendance of your course.

    Course outline Chinese Mandarin Beginners

    This course is appropriate for learners with no knowledge of Chinese who wish to gain an ability to understand and produce simple everyday expressions in Chinese. This course will provide a useful foundation for those travelling to China to be able to greet others courteously and introduce themselves.

    The course covers:

    • an introduction to the Chinese pronunciation system
    • introducing yourself and basic communication for travel and everyday living
    • telling the time
    • numbers
    • an introduction to simple Chinese characters.

    Vocabulary and phraseology covered in the course includes:

    • conversation about self, introductions, family
    • time, weather, directions
    • travel, accommodation and food
    • introduction to basic reading of Chinese characters
    • introduction to basic writing of Chinese (Pinyin and simple characters)

    Expected learning outcomes

    On completion of this course, we expect learners to be able to:

    • understand some simple Chinese words and phrases related to travel, work and everyday situations
    • have basic understanding of the Chinese pronunciation system
    • count low numbers, tell the time and give the date, count money
    • introduce themselves and their family and give some basic personal information
    • greet others politely in Chinese
    • recognise some simple Chinese characters

    Lessons are two hours in duration, once a week, over an eight week period. To achieve the learning outcomes, students are expected to undertake some simple homework exercises each week including a few minutes practice each day.

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    Prerequisites

    The class is designed to teach adults who are without any Chinese language knowledge who have an interest in Chinese language and culture.

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    Testimonials

    Dear Team ,
    We wanted to send through a big thank you for putting all the effort into organising the variety of courses at Selwyn College. We loved attending the "Chinese for Beginners" Course and were able to learn about Chinese culture and their language. We especially want to thank our teacher Dodo who taught us a variety of knowledge through her fun and interactive teaching style. Thank you so much and we will definitely be back next year, eager to learn something new.
    Thank you, C Family

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