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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
  • Google
  • 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 1021: Standard

This course builds on Mandarin skills, covering topics such as phone conversations, making appointments, shopping, study, and daily routines. The course aims to expand vocabulary, grammar, and characters, improving speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills.

Course Details

• Duration: 10 sessions, 20 hours total
• Next date: 2 February 2026
• Delivery mode: Online via Zoom
• Cost: A$410.00

Course Information

The course covers Level A1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) and is taught over ten weekly sessions of two hours per week. It is offered in partnership with the Confucius Institute at the University of Sydney.

Outcomes

By the end of this course, students should be able to:

• Discuss around 100 vocabulary items and recognise about 70 Chinese characters
• Make and answer phone calls, and request a return phone call
• Make an appointment on the phone
• Politely ask for a favour
• Discuss one’s study habits and experience learning Chinese
• Comment on one’s performance, such as in character writing, singing, and dancing
• Describe daily routines
• Write a simple diary entry in proper format

Content

The course content includes:

• Making appointments
• Studying Chinese
• School life
• Shopping
• Transportation
• Introduces 算了 (suàn le), 谁呀 (shéi ya), 是吗 (shì ma), 给 (gěi), 要 (yào)
• Adverbs 太 (tài), 真 (zhēn), 就 (jiù) and 正在 (zhèngzài)
• Time expressions, directional/descriptive compliments, 怎么 (zěnme) in questions, 能 (néng) and 会 (huì)
• Sentence structures: 一边…一边… (yìbiān...yìbiān...); 除了…以外, 还…(chúle...yǐwài, hái…)
• 或者 (huòzhě) and 还是 (háishi); 先 (xiān)…再 (zài)
• 还是 (háishi)…(吧) (ba); 每 (měi)…都 (dōu); 要 (yào)…了 (le)

Intended Audience

The course is suitable for A1 level students, those who have completed Chinese Mandarin 1012, or who have completed 40 hours of recent tuition.

Delivery Style

The course is delivered in the form of an interactive workshop where active participation is encouraged.

Prescribed Text

The prescribed text is Integrated Chinese Volume 1 Textbook, 4th Edition (Simplified), and the two workbooks are available in both simplified and traditional character versions. However, the simplified version will be taught in the classroom.

Facilitators

The course facilitators are Cheng-Wei Wang and Xiaowei Wang, both experienced teachers with a background in teaching Chinese.

Testimonials

Previous students have praised the course, citing the tutors' patience, helpfulness, and encouragement. They have also appreciated the extra work put into each lesson's handout, which has strengthened their Chinese learning.