The Confucius Institute in Auckland is offering a structured series of Mandarin language courses in 2021. Each course runs for ten weeks, with 1.5-hour evening classes held once a week, instructed by experienced teachers from the Confucius Institute.

About the Course

Participants should know at least 300 Chinese words and some basic grammar patterns.

This course will enhance your speaking skills to produce simple connected text on topics related to your daily, academic, and professional lives, and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans.

Content will be at the discretion of the teacher and student needs.

There are 3 levels to this course:

• Level 3A
• Level 3B
• Level 3C

The aim is to pass the HSK-3 exam (optional).

On completion of this course participants will be able to:

Participants who pass the exam at this level can communicate in Chinese at a basic level in their daily, academic and professional lives. They can manage most communication in Chinese when travelling in China.