Voluntary Putonghua courses for local undergraduate students
C. Voluntary Putonghua courses for local undergraduate students
1. University Putonghua I
- To train Cantonese-speaking students’ ability in speaking Putonghua, as well as the ability in reading and spelling with Hanyu Pinyin.
- Assessment: 40% coursework 60% examination
2. University Putonghua II
- To raise the ability of using Putonghua in daily life and to train students to carry on discussions on general topics and deliver speeches in Putonghua.
- Assessment: 40% coursework 60% examination
3. Business Putonghua
- To learn terms and phrases used in business meetings and negotiations in Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong, and to develop and reinforce the Putonghua skills the students learned before.
- Assessment: 100% coursework
4. Putonghua Proficiency Test Tutorial Course
- To provide language training for students who need to use Putonghua in their workplace or for special purposes. It is a preparation course for the Putonghua Proficiency Test conducted by the State Language Commission.
- Assessment: 100% coursework
5. Verse and prose recitation
- To provide training for students the techniques of verse and prose recitation and thus improve their proficiency in Spoken Chinese.
- Assessment: 100% coursework