Explore our courses
We offer a wide range of Mandarin courses that are open to all University staff, students and local residents. These courses are taught by experienced language teachers from Nottingham Confucius Institute China Ningbo Branch.
To book a course with us, you need to:
- Having a valid Chinese visa (NCI Ningbo does not offer visa services);
- Email us to let us know your interested class and current Mandarin proficiency;
- Meet with Mandarin teachers face to face to let them know which class is the most suitable for you;
- Pay your tuition fee
The overall aim of the course is emphatically help students develop strong competence in listening and speaking thus students will be able to fluently communicate with Chinese people. Meanwhile, it also provides foundational knowledge in reading and writing to enable the students to pursue further exploration in future.
On completing this module, students will be able to:
- Manipulate the language with the skills they have acquired together with some advanced grammatical structures;
- Apply the acquired skills to cover topics in Mandarin Chinese language;
- Work in pairs and groups;
- Communicate with native Chinese speakers;
- Display great cross-cultural awareness.
Class delivery
| Number of weeks | Number of sessions | Session duration | Capacity | Tuition fee |
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| 10 weeks |
2 sessions per week |
1.5 hours |
16 |
1800 RMB |
Learning outcomes
| Objects | Vocabulary | Practical ability |
|---|
| Beginner |
150-300 |
- Communicate daily conversations about greeting, time, location, shopping, transportation, body parts, sickness, etc...
- Understand Chinese character structure and recognize about 200 characters;
- Understand simple Chinese etiquette and customs related to the course content.
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| Intermediate |
300 - 600 |
- Talk about work, habits, experiences, travel, etc... in the future, present, and past tenses (speaking);
- Read articles of 500 words with 85% comprehension (reading);
- Understand a passage of 500 words with 80% comprehension (listening).
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| Advanced |
600 - 3000 |
- Do presentation on various topics (speaking);
- Read articles of 1500 words with 85% comprehension (reading);
- Understand a passage of 1500 words with 80% comprehension (listening);
- Develop a better understanding of Chinese history and culture.
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Private classes are tailor-made courses that will satisfy your Mandarin learning needs. You could
- Have an easy Mandarin test;
- Let us know your interest and preferred topic;
- Choose a textbook which suits you the most;
- Negotiate class time with your Mandarin teacher.
Private class packages
| 15 hours package | 30 hours package |
|---|
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One to 1 class: 3,600 RMB
One to 2 class: 1,800 RMB
One to 3 class: 1,200 RMB
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One to 1 class: 6,600 RMB
One to 2 class: 3,300 RMB
One to 3 class: 2,200 RMB
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To support the foreigners living better in Ningbo and be more engaged with the local communities, we are also offering onsite Mandarin courses for the international schools, companies or other insitutes whichever meets our requirements that at least 10 students are willing to study together.
In April 2017, we launched two Mandarin teaching sites: