The course aims to provide basic competence in understanding and speaking Mandarin and reading characters. This course is devised specifically for students who are Cantonese speakers and familiar with Chinese characters. The course concentrates on teaching pronunciation and sentence structure using Hanyu Pinyin to enable students to learn standard Mandarin. Basic dialogue and vocabulary will be introduced.
Class size is limited to twelve to enable optimum student participation.
Dates and Times Classes will be held at SOAS in central London on one evening per week from 6.30pm to 8.30pm for 36 weeks, divided into three 12-week terms. See our timetables pages. This course material is not included in the course price. You can order the course text book and cassette through SOAS Language Centre when you apply for the course. If you want the Language Centre to order the text book and cassettes for you, please add the cost of the course materials to your payment for the course, and you will receive the text and tape when you arrive for your first lesson.