Centre of Excellence – Intermediate Mandarin Chinese Diploma Course

Tailored to learners who have mastered the basic tones, words and phrases of Mandarin Chinese, this course will help you to learn complex sentence structures that will enable you to better express yourself. With an emphasis on practical, everyday language, this course has been specifically designed to introduce intermediate-level grammatical concepts with the use of realistic examples. In addition, the course touches on some of the nuances of Mandarin Chinese to help you gain a new perspective on the language and culture.

Building on your beginner’s level foundations (studied through our Mandarin Chinese for Beginners Diploma Course or independently), you’ll learn a diverse range of new words – preparing yourself for more interesting, meaningful conversations.

Through the use of everyday situations and by encouraging learning by forming associations, this intermediate course covers the grammar and vocabulary requirements for HSK Level 3 (which is equivalent to A2-B1 Level in the Common European Framework of Reference). By mastering the most commonly used words in the Chinese language included in this course, you’ll be able to converse fluently with Chinese speakers.

By studying this course, you will:

• Master the vocabulary and related grammar for HSK Level 3
• Understand and be able to apply complex sentence structures
• Discover some of the nuances of the Mandarin Chinese language
• Be able to state big numbers using unique Chinese numerical units
• Be able to use the correct measure words corresponding to nouns
• Gain a level of comprehension that enables the understanding of key points in a short paragraph

The next step for students who have completed our Mandarin Chinese for Beginners Diploma Course or gained a similar level of proficiency in the language elsewhere (approximately HSK Level 1), this course is designed to help you to progress your Mandarin Chinese language development up to an intermediate level (approximately HSK Level 3) and enable you to access advanced level study.

The Intermediate Mandarin Chinese Diploma Course will help you to feel more comfortable and confident holding meaningful conversations in Chinese and become very familiar with hanyu pinyin. You’ll learn language that is useful in everyday interactions and gain a solid understanding of grammatical points that will aid you in tackling the more complex sentence structures and nuances you’ll find at advanced levels.