Academic Requirements

• Completed Primary 6 with Chinese as one of passed subjects or passed in Certificate in Chinese Language – Elementary or equivalent

Non-Academic Requirements

• Age 14 and above

The courses focus on basic Hanyu Pinyin (Chinese phonetics), reading, speaking, listening and writing skills. The aims of this syllabus are to enable students to develop their basic linguistic ability, in a predictable business Chinese context, to:

• identify basic data, facts and instructions
• produce basic, formulaic text
• listen and understand short, basic, business-related Chinese conversations and announcements
• understand basic, spoken and recorded business Chinese
• participate in short conversations in routine contexts

On completion of the course, the student will be able to listen to and understand simple conversations, read and understand simple correspondence and communicate clearly but slowly in business Chinese context.

Modules Covered

• Reading
• Writing
• Listening
• Speaking
• Integrated Chinese

Delivery Mode

• Full-time/Part-time

Delivery Methods

• Lectures
• Tutorial
• Audio Immersion (via CDs)
• Role-play

Duration

• Full-time: 3 months
• Part-time: 3 months

Timetable

• Full-time
  • Mondays to Fridays
  • 5 hours per session 
• Part-time
  • 3 days per week
  • 3 hours per session

Commencement Dates

• April
• October

Teacher Student Ratio

1:32

Teacher Qualifications

Trainers are qualified and experienced teachers

Manner of assessment / examination

• End of course written and oral examination (Final Exam).

Criteria for Graduation

Complete course and total marks for written and oral must be at least 50% in the Final Exam.

Progression Requirement

• Complete course and Total marks for written and oral must be at least 40% in the Final Exam
• Meet Minimum Attendance Requirement
  • Foreign Student: At least 90% attendance (absence with valid reasons)
  • Local Student: At least 75% attendance (absence with valid reasons)

Criteria for Award

• Complete course and total marks for written and oral must be at least 50% in the Final Exam
• Meet Minimum Attendance Requirement
  • Foreign Student: At least 90% attendance (absence with valid reasons)
  • Local Student: At least 75% attendance (absence with valid reasons)

Awards

• Certificate in Business Chinese

Full-time

Part-time