Chinese 2 (A1- → A1)

In this course, you will deal with a number of common themes from everyday life. For example, you will learn to talk about your profession, give a description of a person or indicate a location. In the meetings and in the self-study, you start building up a Chinese vocabulary. We will also practise using Pinyin, the transcription in Latin letters for Chinese, so that you can pronounce and rewrite it correctly.

This course follows on Chinese level 1, but can also be taken separately if you have A1- level. Not sure what your language level is? Then take our free placement test.

In this course, you work towards language level A1.

After completing this course you will:

• have a Chinese vocabulary of around 200 words and 100 characters,
• be familiar with the spelling and pronunciation of Pinyin,
• be ready for the follow-up course Chinese level 3.

• The language of instruction is Dutch.
• You can order the necessary books for this course via our website’s Order Books page. You should make sure to have the book before the start of the first lesson.
• You will receive a certificate if you attend at least 8 of the 9 classes.
• Do you work at Utrecht University or are you registered as an (exchange) student at the university? Then you get a 15% discount on this course! Register with your UU e-mail address, and the discount will be automatically processed.

• Chinese 2 consists of 9 sessions of 1,5 hours at Babel in Utrecht or in the virtual classroom.
• To ensure that you learn as much as possible from the classes, you should expect to spend approximately 2 to 3 hours per week on study and the completion of materials and assignments, which will be discussed during the classes.

• During these meetings, you will work individually, in pairs or in class on interactive assignments.
• As a teaching method, we use ‘Discover China’. In this course, the teacher also uses a lot of his own material.