Overview
Course registration closes one week after a course start date.
At the Confucius Institute, we offer a wide range of short courses to encourage students to undertake Mandarin Chinese lessons and have a better understanding of Chinese people and their culture. Our teachers are well qualified with more than 15 years experience in teaching Chinese to English native speaking people in Australia. Our classes are small as well as exciting and innovative. Who should participate
Introductory Modern Chinese I
This course is run for people who have no knowledge of Mandarin Chinese. All the four macro skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing will be taught through an integrated communicative approach. The focus is, however, on developing the students' listening and speaking skills.
Introductory Modern Chinese II
This course is run for people who have some prior knowledge of Mandarin Chinese. All the four macro skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing will be taught through an integrated communicative approach. The focus is, however, on developing the students' listening and speaking skills.
Introductory Modern Chinese III
This course is run for people who have some knowledge of Mandarin Chinese. All the four macro skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing will be taught through an integrated communicative approach. The focus is, however, on developing the students' listening and speaking skills.
Introductory Modern Chinese IV
This course is run for people who have some knowledge of Mandarin Chinese. All the four macro skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing will be taught through an integrated communicative approach. The focus is, however, on developing the students' listening and speaking skills.
Intermediate Modern Chinese I
This course is run for people who have some knowledge of Mandarin Chinese. All the four macro skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing will be taught through an integrated communicative approach. The focus is, however, on developing the students' listening, speaking and reading skills.
Intermediate Modern Chinese II
This course is run for people who have some knowledge of Mandarin Chinese. All the four macro skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing will be taught through an integrated communicative approach. The focus is, however, on developing the students' listening, speaking and reading skills.
Advanced Chinese
This course extends the understandings of Chinese Language beyond those learned in the Intermediate courses. Generally classes are small so that individual needs can be addressed.
Advanced Chinese II
This course is run for people who have completed the Advanced Chinese or equivalent. All the four macro skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing will be taught through an integrated communicative approach.
- Delivery
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Where:
The courses are located at QUT Gardens Point and Kelvin Grove campuses.
When:Date Day and time Location Information Evening 26 April 2012 Thursday 5.30 - 6.30 pm Kelvin Grove Introductory Modern Chinese I 8 February - 11 April Wednesdays 6 - 8 pm Gardens Point 8 May - 10 July Tuesdays 6 - 8 pm Kelvin Grove 21 August - 23 October Tuesdays 6 - 8 pm Gardens Point Introductory Modern Chinese II 9 February - 12 April Thursdays 6 - 8pm Gardens Point 9 May - 11 July Wednesdays 6 - 8 pm Gardens Point 22 August - 24 October Wednesdays 6 - 8 pm Kelvin Grove Introductory Modern Chinese III 9 February - 12 April Thursdays 6 - 8 pm Kelvin Grove 10 May - 12 July Thursdays 6 - 8 pm Gardens Point 5 September - 7 November Wednesdays 6 - 8 pm Gardens Point Introductory Modern Chinese IV 10 May - 12 July Thursdays 6 - 8 pm Kelvin Grove 6 September - 8 November Thursdays 6 - 8 pm Gardens Point Intermediate Chinese I 23 August - 25 October Thursdays 6 - 8 pm Kelvin Grove Intermediate Chinese II 7 February - 10 April Tuesdays 6 - 8 pm Gardens Point Advanced Chinese 15 February - 18 April Wednesdays 6 - 8 pm Gardens Point 1 May - 3 July Tuesdays 6 - 8 pm Gardens Point Advanced Chinese II 2 May - 4 July Wednesdays 6 - 8 pm Gardens Point - Cost
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For courses there are two options for payment:
- tuition fees and textbook: $370 per person, per course
- tuition fees only: $320 per person, per course.
Textbooks are not available to purchase separately. You must purchase your textbooks when you pay for your tuition.
You must pay for your place in the course by credit card when you register online. Please have your credit card ready.
- Contact
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For further information regarding course content or assessment, contact Lisha Song at the Confucius Institute.
For registration or payments queries, please contact Office of Continuing Professional Education.
Details
Course registration closes one week after a course start date.
Modern Chinese courses (Introductory Levels I to IV)
The courses will cover:
- Chinese pronunciation - phonetics, Pinyin
- basic structures of sentences and grammatical features
- simple conversation and practice
- simplified Chinese characters and practice.
Modern Chinese courses (Intermediate Levels I and II)
Intermediate Modern Chinese is especially designed for those people who have completed Introductory Modern Chinese courses or who have completed the equivalent of 80 hours of study in Chinese. The course objectives and content cover:
- pronunciation - good command of Pinyin enabling students to pronounce unfamiliar words and sentences by themselves. Understand speech intonation patterns, tone changes, etc., within daily settings. Use appropriate pronunciation and intonation in everyday conversation
- characters and words - master 400 commonly used Chinese characters. Recognise basic components of those characters and radicals. Identify sounds, forms and meanings of those Chinese characters. Use these characters to compose appropriate phrases and expressions in daily life
- grammar - understand and use the following grammatical structures:
- common modal verbs and prepositions
- comparative structures
- progressive aspect
- particle
- negative sentences
- theme - cover simple topics related to personal environment, school life and the workplace
- discourse - master the main sentence stem and understand connotations via modifiers and limiters. Learn how emotions are expressed in both spoken and written Chinese based on features and functions of simple rhetoric devices.
Additional tuition with separate fees will be available to help students who have missed classes. Private tuition can also be arranged as requested.
We offer our students a free Language Exchange Program which pairs our students with mainland Chinese students at QUT. The Language Exchange Program is well received by our students because it is a real opportunity to build skills with native Chinese speakers.
Our students are also welcome to use our resource room which has 2,000 volumes of books and DVDs on Chinese language and culture.
On successful completion of two subsequent Chinese courses, students who achieve excellent results may be able to apply for a scholarship for two weeks at a university in China.
Register
Course registration closes one week after a course start date.
Course registration
When you register, we'll automatically email you an invoice. You must pay for your place in the course by credit card when you register. Please have your credit card ready.
FEE-HELP and HECS are not available for Continuing Professional Education courses.
Cancellation
To cancel your registration, you must apply in writing to the Course Manager at the Office of Continuing Professional Education.
If you cancel at least 5 business days before the course commences, you will receive a full refund or have your payment transferred to the next term offering of the course.
If you cancel within 5 business days of the course commencing, we will still invoice you for the $50 administration fee.
No registration refunds will be made after the course has started.
We reserve the right to cancel the course under certain circumstances, such as low registration numbers. If this happens, we will advise you as soon as possible, and give you a full refund. We are not responsible for any expenses you may have incurred if the course is cancelled.
