Learning Putonghua with Fun (For English Speaking Students)
Course no.: 03-01-EXC-13151-A
Do you want to make friends with Chinese people? Are you planning to travel around Mainland China? If so, this course is for you! This course is for foreign students who have no prior knowledge in Chinese and it aims to help them master essential Mandarin. Students will learn many useful expressions, daily conversations, simple sentences and words that can be used immediately for communication with Mandarin speakers and in Chinese settings.
Teaching Mode: Face-to-face
Medium of Instruction: English
Quota: 30 per class
- Master the pinyin system of Putonghua
- Conduct situational dialogue
- Apply useful expressions in appropriate situations; and have some experience with learning Chinese characters.
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Session |
Contents |
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1 |
Topic: Chinese Pinyin system |
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2 |
Topic: Empire of the written symbol |
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3 |
Topic: Hello! Are you British? (I) |
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4 |
Topic: Hello! Are you British? (II) |
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5 |
Topic: Do you have coffee? (I) |
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6 |
Topic: Do you have coffee? (II) |
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7 |
Topic: Do you have time this evening? (I) |
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8 |
Topic: Do you have time this evening? (II) |
Schedule:
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Session |
Date |
Time |
Venue |
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1 |
3 Oct 2025 (Fri) |
09.30 – 11.30 |
P309 |
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2 |
10 Oct 2025 (Fri) |
09.30 – 11.30 |
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3 |
17 Oct 2025 (Fri) |
09.30 – 11.30 |
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4 |
24 Oct 2025 (Fri) |
09.30 – 11.30 |
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5 |
31 Oct 2025 (Fri) |
09.30 – 11.30 |
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6 |
7 Nov 2025 (Fri) |
09.30 – 11.30 |
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7 |
14 Nov 2025 (Fri) |
09.30 – 11.30 |
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8 |
21 Nov 2025 (Fri) |
09.30 – 11.30 |
Ms. Chen Jia
Ms. Chen Jia, Jade has been teaching university Chinese courses since 2016. Her teaching experience includes undergraduate Chinese language classes for international students, Chinese language certificate programs, and Mandarin courses for university staff. For more information, visit her profile: https://sites.google.com/view/jadechen/
Apart from the EXCELL programme, PolyU offers a wide array of resources for non-local students to learn Cantonese. These resources include the following:
- Credit-bearing Cantonese courses offered by the Chinese Language Centre (For UG students only)
- Consultation on learning Cantonese (For UG students only)
- A Flipped Classroom for Cantonese Learning (For all students)
- An online course namely “Cantonese Language and Culture for Beginners” offered by HKPolyUx (For all students)
