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Centre for Continuing Education
The Centre for Continuing Education at the University of Sydney offers a diverse range of professional development short courses. These courses are designed to enhance professional development, grow technical and people skills, and support career progression.
Course Subjects
The Centre offers courses in various subjects, including:
- Business and management
- Business communication
- Business strategy
- Business writing
- Cultural competence and diversity
- Finance
- Leadership
- Management
- Organisational psychology
- Sales and customer service
- English
- HSC preparation (years 10-12)
- HSC biology
- HSC business studies
- HSC chemistry
- HSC economics
- HSC English
- HSC mathematics
- HSC physics
- Year 11 (Revision)
- Years 10-12 study and essay skills
- Humanities and culture
- Creative writing
- Music
- Philosophy
- Psychology
- Information technology
- Adobe
- AI and machine learning courses
- Data analysis and analytics
- Microsoft
- Language
- Arabic
- Brazilian Portuguese
- Chinese
- French
- German
- Greek
- Italian
- Japanese
- Spanish
- Marketing
- Digital marketing
- Marketing communications
- Product development
- Project management
- Agile methodology courses
- Change management for projects
- Stakeholder and people management
- Technical project management skills
Chinese Mandarin Course 1041: Standard
This course is designed for A2 level students and covers topics such as dating, renting an apartment, and describing homes and furniture. The course aims to introduce 70 vocabulary items, continue to build listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills, and provide a solid foundation in language and culture.
Course Details
- Level: A2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)
- Partnership: Offered in association with the Confucius Institute at the University of Sydney
- Aims:
- Introduce 70 vocabulary items
- Cover topics such as talking about dating and renting an apartment
- Continue to build listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills
- Outcomes:
- Discuss around 70 vocabulary items and recognize around 70 Chinese characters
- Invite someone to go on a date
- Set up an outing with friends
- Accept or decline an invitation politely
- Describe current and ideal home, including furniture
- Speak about living arrangements and their suitability
- Talk about exercise habits and opinion of different sports
- Content:
- Dating – seeing a movie and turning down an invitation
- Renting an apartment – finding a better place and calling to enquire about an apartment for rent
- The adverb 就 (jiù)
- 多 (duō) indicating an approximate number
- Question pronouns with都 / 也 (dōu / yě)
- Verb + 了 (le) + numeral + measure word + noun +了 (le)
- Continuously descriptive complements, potential complements, directional complements, potential complements with verb + 不下 (bù xià)
- 连…都 / 也 (lián…dōu / yě)
- Intended audience: Suitable for A2 level students, those who have completed Chinese Mandarin 1032 or who have completed 120 hours of recent tuition
- Delivery style: Delivered in the form of an interactive workshop where active participation is encouraged
- Prescribed text:
- Integrated Chinese, 4th Ed., Volume 2, Textbook (Simplified/Traditional)
- Integrated Chinese, 4th Ed., Volume 2, Workbook (Simplified/Traditional)
- Integrated Chinese, 4th Ed., Volume 2, Character Workbook (Simplified & Traditional)
Organisational Training
For groups of six or more, courses can be delivered to your team with the option to tailor content.
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About Us
The Centre for Continuing Education is part of the University of Sydney, offering courses since 1886. We provide a diverse range of professional development short courses, designed to enhance professional development, grow technical and people skills, and support career progression.
