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Overview

Duration

21 hours

Total fee

Free

Mode of learning

Online

Schedule type

Self paced

Difficulty level

Beginner

Official Website

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Credential

Certificate

Chinese for Beginners
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Highlights

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  • Pay only for getting a verified certificate
  • Offered by Peking University
  • 30% started a new career after completing these courses
  • 15% got pay increase or promotion
  • 29% Individuals got a tangible career benefit from this course
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  • This is an ABC Chinese course for beginners, including introduction of phonetics and daily expressions. After taking this class, learners can have a basic understanding of Chinese Mandarin and make basic conversations of daily living such as exchanging personal information, talking about daily arrangements and food, asking about price, introducing the city and the weather, telling your hobbies etc. Selected topics and situations come from real life scenarios and can be used for everyday communications. In addition to the dialogues, the selection of reading materials and practice activities will make the content as rich and varied as possible, in order to stimulate the learners? interests. This is an elementary course on Chinese speaking. The learners don?t need to study Chinese characters, so it is easier to follow and complete this course.
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Curriculum

Who Are You?

Welcome to "Chinese for beginners"

Lecture: What is Your Name?

Lecture: Where Are You From?

Lecture: Are You a Student?

Lecture: Who is He/She?

When Do You Go To School?

When Do You Go To School?

Lecture: Can You Count?

Lecture: What Time is it Now?

Lecture: Morning or Afternoon?

Lecture: Do You Have a Busy Life?

What Do You Like to Eat?

Lecture: Do You Like Dumplings?

Lecture: I Like Apples

Lecture: I Like Chicken

Lecture: Do You Want a Cup of Tea?

I Like Shopping!

Lecture: What is Your Favorite Color?

Lecture: This is Too Big.

Lecture: How Much is This?

Lecture: It?s Too Expensive!

Do You Live in a Big City?

Lecture: I Go To Work By Car.

Lecture: Is There a Supermarket Near Here?

Lecture: The Bank is on the Left.

Lecture: How Do I Get to the Underground Station?

How About the Weather?

Lecture: What is the Temperature Today?

Lecture: Is it Cold in January?

Lecture: I Like Spring.

Lecture: I Caught a Cold.

What is Your Hobby?

Lecture: What Day is it Today?

Lecture: I Like Swimming.

Lecture: I Watch TV News Everyday.

Lecture: We Can Do a Lot of Things on the Internet.

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Shravani
Chinese for Beginners
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Other: I liked the virtual interface, good number of tests and questions to track our level of training.
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Rekha Gupta
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Other: I loved this course! The professor is fantastic and I found it very helpful in learning a base of the language. Overall worth the time as long as you put in the effort!
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Lokesh Nishanth
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Other: Learned about basic Chinese language. Liked the instructor's way of delivering the content
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