With over a billion speakers worldwide, Mandarin Chinese is one of the most widely spoken languages, making it a valuable asset to learn. Our skills-based series builds essential language skills supported by a variety of tools and practice opportunities. Featuring a rich selection of engaging content, it sparks curiosity, deepens students’ understanding of the cultures where Mandarin Chinese is spoken and celebrated, and lays a foundation for further study.

Our Chinese programs will develop learners’ capacity to travel and work in Chinese-speaking countries and to fully participate in the social life and business opportunities available in such countries. It will develop confidence and ability to operate across cultures, and the capacity to make oneself understood as much as the ability to understand contacts, workmates and business partners. 

Successful completion of this program will prepare learners for further specialisation in the Chinese language and culture to undergraduate degree level. If you really want to learn to speak, read and write standard Mandarin at a high level of proficiency, this course is for you. Learners will be taught in Chinese and assessed for spoken, reading, writing and listening skills in Chinese.