Tutor: Joe Smith
This is a year-long course by Zoom for those continuing from last year, or who have studied some Chinese before. There is only one Zoom login for the whole year. Each class is recorded, so you don't have to worry about missing any. Term 4 will be revision. So new students, especially those who have already done some study before, could join then if they wished. 300-word vocabulary.
Tuesday 10.00am - 11.30am. Classes start 15 July, finish 16 September.
Cost: $25 (prepaid), 10 weeks
Current Enrolments: 0 (maximum 10)
There are two sections in the textbook, spoken and written. We will only look at the spoken section. Students are encouraged to learn the writing too and support is given to do that.
There are 4 x 10-week terms with 2 weeks break between.
About the Tutor:
I completed a major in Mandarin Chinese at UQ in 2004. I have studied a few languages and taught beginners' Thai in the main Brisbane Thai Buddhist Temple's Thai Cultural School, near Browns Plains. There I found out that the native primary school trained teachers, did not have experience teaching the tones, because they had only taught primary students, who were already fluent speakers. Thai and Chinese grammars are very similar and they are both tonal languages. I have kept up to 13 hives of bees for 7+ years.If you are a U3A Brisbane member you may enrol in this class online using the Enrol button below. You will be asked to provide your membership number and name for identification.
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