Chinese Mandarin - Intermediate - Sydney Course

We offer training in face to face and/or online learning formats.

• Please see scheduled class for delivery format.
• Online classes delivered via livestream video over Zoom.

Chinese Mandarin is the most widely spoken language in the world. Learn a foreign language that over 1 billion people speak!

This Chinese Mandarin – Intermediate course follows on from the Chinese Mandarin - Beginners course. This course assumes you have completed at least two terms of recent study in the Chinese Mandarin - Beginners course or have equivalent vocabulary and skills. The class concentrates on speaking and listening skills. It is suitable if you intend to travel, if you need to extend your business networks, or if you simply wish to communicate more effectively with families and friends.

Topics covered include asking about someone's occupation, talking about family, talking about your work or studies, asking the time, making appointments, buying something and more.

By the end of the course, you will be able to understand and respond in a simple conversation. You will also be able to form simple, appropriate, comprehensible statements and questions/answers on a given topic.

Macquarie Community College operates from a range of venues across northern and western Sydney. We have campuses in Blacktown, Carlingford, Chatswood, Mt Druitt, Richmond and Ryde. Enrol today or enquire now!

Course Outline

Topics include:

• Asking about occupation
• Sending someone your love or kind regard
• Talking about your family
• Talking about your studies
• Looking for something
• Seeing a guest off
• Asking the time
• Making an appointment
• Making an invitation
• Making a suggestion
• Sending regards
• Asking where someone is going
• Buying something
• Offering congratulations

Course Outcome

By the end of the course, you will be able to understand and respond in a simple conversation. You will also be able to form simple, appropriate, comprehensible statements and questions/answers on a given topic.

What to Bring

• Notepad and pen
• Comprehensive course notes are provided

Prerequisite: Essential

Chinese Mandarin - Intermediate assumes that you have completed at least two terms of recent study in Chinese Mandarin, such as the Chinese Mandarin - Beginners course.

Important Information

Please note: You will need access to the internet and a smartphone, tablet, computer or laptop in order to participate in the livestream video classes.

Delivery Mode

• We offer training in face to face and/or online learning formats.
• To check the delivery mode of the course you are interested in please view the class timetable.

Classroom based: experienced and engaging trainers will take you through the course material face to face.

Classroom based learning for this course includes:

• Scheduled class times and sessions
• Interaction with your trainer and other students

Please note: Government COVID-19 regulations and recommendations, including appropriate social distancing measures, hand washing and other hygiene protocols will be in place at all times and may result in course delivery changes.

Remote learning: experienced and engaging trainers will take you through the course material via interactive livestream video classes online.

Remote learning for this course includes:

• Scheduled class times and sessions
• Livestream video classes online
• Interaction with your trainer and other students during livestream video sessions

Please note: You will need access to the internet and a smartphone, tablet, computer or laptop in order to participate in the livestream video classes.

Macquarie Community College operates from a range of venues across northern and western Sydney. We have campuses in Blacktown, Carlingford, Chatswood, Mt Druitt, Richmond and Ryde. Enrol today or enquire now!