Getting started with Chinese 1

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Getting started with Chinese 1 provided by OpenLearn is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 8 hours worth of material. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from OpenLearn. The course is taught in Englishand is Free Certificate. Visit the course page at OpenLearn for detailed price information.

Overview
  • Have you always wanted to learn how to speak Mandarin Chinese? Are you fascinated by the sound, the script and its ancient civilisation? If so, this introduction will get you started on the ...

Syllabus
    • Introduction
    • Introduction
    • Open Centre for Languages and Cultures
    • Acknowledgements
    • Week1Week 1: Say hello
    • Introduction
    • 1 Say hello
    • 2 Pinyin and tones
    • 3 Tone changes
    • 4 Hello or goodbye?
    • 5 Pronunciation: initials
    • 6 Pronunciation: single finals
    • 7 What would you say?
    • 8 Build a language notebook
    • 9 This week’s quiz
    • 10 Practising and consolidating
    • 11 Practising and expanding
    • 12 Summary of Week 1
    • Acknowledgements
    • Week2Week 2: Responding to greetings
    • Introduction
    • 1 Asking ‘how are you?
    • 2 Asking ‘how about you?’
    • 3 Responding to xièxie (thanks)
    • 4 Personal pronouns
    • 5 Numbers from 0 to 99
    • 6 Pronunciation
    • 7 What would you say?
    • 8 Build a language notebook
    • 9 This week’s quiz
    • 10 Practising and consolidating
    • 11 Practising and expanding
    • 12 Summary of Week 2
    • Acknowledgements