This is an advanced level language course which teaches the skills of reading, listening, speaking and writing in Mandarin Chinese. Emphasis will be placed on training students in understanding complex grammar, sentences and passages and expressing opinions on social and cultural issues. Conversational practices will help you to communicate effectively and properly in different situations. Aside from the main textbook, the teacher will also select articles and videos from various sources on Chinese people’s daily life, social and cultural themes.

If you are a member of staff, student or a returning CI student please select the discounted fee.

This is an advanced level language course which teaches the skills of reading, listening, speaking and writing in Mandarin Chinese. Aside from the main textbook, the teacher will also select articles and videos from various sources on Chinese people's daily life, social and cultural themes.

Emphasis will be placed on training students in understanding advanced words, sentences and passages and expressing opinions on social and cultural issues. Conversational practices will help you to communicate effectively and properly in different situations.

If you are a member of staff, student or a returning CI student please select the discounted fee.

This is an advanced level language course which teaches the skills of reading, listening, speaking and writing in Mandarin Chinese. Aside from the main textbook, the teacher will also select articles and videos from various sources on Chinese people's daily life, social and cultural themes.

Emphasis will be placed on training students in understanding advanced words, sentences and passages and expressing opinions on social and cultural issues. Conversational practices will help you to communicate effectively and properly in different situations.

If you are a member of staff, student or a returning CI student please select the discounted fee.

This course is suitable for beginners keen to develop basic conversational skills in Chinese and understand basic Chinese characters.

Whilst focusing on speaking and listening skills, the tutor will also help students to write and recognise basic Chinese characters.

The course covers greetings; introductions; nationalities; professions; enquiring about the date; age and birthday; saying what you do and when; talking about likes and dislikes; what one should and shouldn't do; favourites; ordering simple food and drink; family;expressing states; talking about the weather and seasons; making comparisons and giving suggestions; talking about going and coming somewhere to do something and methods of transport. By the end of this course, students should be able to attempt the HSK 1 Exam or the Common European Framework of References for Languages (CEFRL) A1.

We recommend that three hours of independent study be undertaken each week to ensure students can keep up with the pace of the course.

 If you are a member of staff, student or a returning CI student please select the discounted fee.

This post-beginner course focuses on all four core language skills: reading, writing, speaking and listening.

The course covers enquiring about location; giving directions; enquiring about price; bargaining; Chinese currency; telling the time; enquiring about opening/closing times; enquiring about timings and distances; more detailed directions; going to the doctors; expressing a change in state or condition; the contrast between past and present; asking about exchange rates and currencies; ask for and give specific information of past action; express the length of an accomplished action; asking and saying how far one place is from another; comment on an action with a verb complement; use of verb complements of state and manner; use of duration expressed in a V-O construction; talk about currently continuous activities; talk about continuous activities in the past; talk about two concurrent activities; expressing disagreement indirectly; expressing the idea of “both…and…”; expressing an imminent future action; expressing past experiences, and expressing two consecutive actions in a sequence.

By the end of this course, students should be able to attempt the HSK 2 Exam or CEFRL A2.

We recommend that three hours of independent study be undertaken each week to ensure students can keep up with the pace of the course.

If you are a member of staff, student or a returning CI student please select the discounted fee.

This pre-intermediate course focuses on all four core language skills: reading, writing, speaking and listening.

The course covers talking about weekend/holiday plans, making office phone calls, seeing someone off, going shopping, drinking tea, making comments about someone, talking about sickness/favourite season, looking for missing things, persuading someone, asking about the length of time something takes, farewell, buying houses, parsing, encouraging someone, comparing, subjects, commuting, etc.

This course is between the HSK 2-3 exam or CEFRL A2-B1.

We recommend that three hours of independent study be undertaken each week to ensure students can keep up with the pace of the course.

If you are a member of staff, student or a returning CI student please select the discounted fee.

This intermediate course focuses on all four core language skills: reading, writing, speaking and listening.

The course covers leaving the classroom/conference room, business trips, gifts, watching TV, tidying the house, appreciating the moon, looking for suggestions, shopping online, seeing the baby, toothache, asking for leave, asking for someone’s information, borrowing money, buying pets, job interview, changes, talking about photos, football, etc.

This course is between the HSK 3-4 Exam or CEFRL B1-B2.

We recommend that three hours of independent study be undertaken each week to ensure students can keep up with the pace of the course.

If you are a member of staff, student or a returning CI student please select the discounted fee.

This intermediate course focuses on all four core language skills: reading, writing, speaking and listening.

After completing Comprehensive Chinese 3 and 4, this is the course to consolidate and further develop all HSK 3 key content more logically and systematically.

The course covers making an appointment over the phone, discussing paintings/exams, discussing restaurants, trying on shoes/clothes, talking about someone’s dress/home decoration, talking about work/eating out, picking up someone at the airport, gifts brought from hometown, talking about the police investigation, asking about the things missing, discussing house cleaning duty, booking a hotel, talking about weather, luggage overweight at the airport, etc.

This course is HSK level 3 (part 3) or CEFRL B1(part 3).

We recommend that at least three hours of independent study be undertaken each week to ensure students can keep up with the pace of the course.

For those who are fast learners and confident at learning in a relatively shorter period, there is the option to skip this course and move straight to Comprehensive Chinese 6 (HSK 4 Part 1).

If you are a member of staff, student or a returning CI student please select the discounted fee.

A beginners' course which focuses on developing the skills of listening and speaking in Mandarin Chinese.

The course aims to equip the students with useful words and phrases for practical use, and covers greetings, making an acquaintance, making an enquiry (time/directions/reservations), and fulfilling daily needs (purchasing items/catching buses/ordering food, etc)

If you are a member of staff, student or a returning CI student please select the discounted fee.

A beginners' course which focuses on developing the skills of listening and speaking in Mandarin Chinese.

The student will also learn to recognise some basic characters.

The course aims to equip students with useful words and phrases for practical use and covers making requests in a cafe, enquiring about someone's nationality, making a request for help, asking for directions and places, discussing the menu and ordering dishes in a restaurant, making an appointment, asking for help in a shop, proposing a toast and giving a compliment.

If you are a member of staff, student or a returning CI student please select the discounted fee.

Survival Chinese, In-Person. 

A beginners' course which focuses on developing the skills of listening and speaking in Mandarin Chinese.

The course aims to equip the students with useful words and phrases for practical use, and covers greetings, making an acquaintance, making an enquiry (date and time/reservations), and fulfilling daily needs (hotel booking/tickets purchasing).