Certificate in Chinese Language
Singapore, Singapore
Certificate
DURATION
LANGUAGES
English, Chinese
PACE
Full time, Part time
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EARLIEST START DATE
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Key Summary
About: The Certificate in Chinese Language programme at Birmingham Academy builds fluency, confidence and accuracy in reading, listening, speaking and writing through communicative practice. It offers Elementary, Intermediate and Advanced levels. Elementary covers Hanyu Pinyin (Chinese phonetics) and basic skills; Intermediate improves everyday communication; Advanced prepares students for further study by strengthening comprehension and written Chinese.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can move into teaching, translation, tourism, customer service, international business roles or pursue higher-level language study. The certificate supports entry-level positions that use basic Chinese proficiency, cross-cultural communication, language support, and study pathways in interpreting or further academic programmes and careers.
This Certificate in Chinese Language program combines maximum progress with maximum communicative practice. It develops fluency, confidence and accuracy while improving all the essential skills of reading, listening, speaking and writing. It’s designed to develop students’ grasp of the Chinese Language.
Certificate in Chinese Language – Elementary
This course is intended for students with very little knowledge of the Chinese language. The courses focus on basic Hanyu Pinyin (Chinese phonetics), reading, speaking and writing skills. On completion of the course, the student will be able to listen to and understand simple conversations, read and understand simple articles, and communicate clearly but slowly.
Certificate in Chinese Language – Intermediate
The aim of this course is to improve the Chinese ability of students. On completion of the course, the student will be able to converse with others in common settings, speak clearly enough to be easily understood by others, and read and understand the main points of common written texts and articles.
Certificate in Chinese Language – Advanced
This course aims to improve students’ listening, speaking, reading and writing skills, so that they will be able to meet the language requirement to further their studies On completion of the course, the student will be able to read and understand the main points of written material, write in simple correct Chinese in several formats.