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Learning Modules

GoChinese supports a quality selection of Chinese teaching materials for a wide range of students with specific learning needs and goals. The GoChinese platform reads aloud the text in all lessons, displays the definition for all words and supports practice and assessed exercises.

Learning Module Description Level More Info
Textbooks from Leading Publishers
New! Communicating in Chinese - Listening and Speaking
by Cynthia Ning, published by Yale University Press
Communicating in Chinese - Listening and Speaking is part of a set of proficiency-focused textbooks. Together with the 'Reading and Writing' version, all four skills (listening, speaking, reading, writing) are introduced to the learner, although these two books can be used separately and progress at different pace. The materials cover a variety of daily life needs. Task-based interactive classroom exercises are encouraged, with the Teachers' Activity book freely downloadable from the publisher's website (see 'Publisher's Link').
Beginners
Integrated Chinese, Level 1, Part 1
Level 1, Part 2
Level 2
by Tao-chung Yao and Yuehua Liu et al. published by Cheng & Tsui Company
Since its release, Integrated Chinese has become a leading Chinese textbook series in colleges and universities around the world. The course provides coordinated practice in all four language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Integrated Chinese helps learners understand how the Chinese language functions grammatically, and how to use Chinese in real life.
Beginners to Advanced Intermediate
GoChinese Customized Courses
New! GoChinese Introductory Chinese Resource Pack
Troubling finding resources that fit with your textbook and curriculum? Provides vocabulary, phrase lists and practice exercises that map to leading textbooks - following the UK, U.S. and all major curriculums for Chinese language learning. The beginners level features 16 units - vocabulary and grammar-based. The online exercises include Tones/Hanyu Pinyin, Listening, Pronunciation, Reading, Character Input, Sentence Structure and 'Challenge' Reading and Listening passages - with each unit offering 100 auto-graded exercises. Teachers and students receive mapping information to their textbooks and can pick and choose which units to use. Exercise scores can be recorded on GoChinese (and monitored by the teacher and student) for homework or quizzes.
Beginners (Grade 6 and up; KS3; university/adult); all level available in 2009
New! GoChinese Practical Chinese Course (Entry Level)
Rapidly develops practical language skills for beginner learners. Focuses on everyday listening and speaking skills. This course leads directly to UK QCA-recognized certifications and the GoChinese platform delivers much of the assessment online. This course also maps closely to and is a stepping stone for UK GCSEs. Knowledge of characters is not assessed for the related certification. See Accreditations.
Entry Level of the UK National Qualifications Framework (NQF); A1/A2 (Breakthrough) of the Common European Framework (CEF)
GoChinese Business Chinese Course (Entry Level)
by Sue Meng Meyer, University of Hong Kong
Rapidly develops practical language skills for beginner learners. Focuses on listening, speaking and cultural skills on everyday and commercial matters. This course leads directly to UK QCA-recognized certifications and the GoChinese platform delivers much of the assessment online. Chinese characters displayed in lessons but character knowledge not assessed. See Accreditations.
Entry Level of the UK National Qualifications Framework (NQF); A1/A2 (Breakthrough) of the Common European Framework (CEF)
GoChinese Business Chinese Course (Level One)
by Sue Meng Meyer, University of Hong Kong
Rapidly develops practical language skills for non-native learners passing the Entry Level course. Focuses on listening, speaking and cultural skills on everyday and commercial matters. This course leads directly to UK QCA-recognized certifications and the GoChinese platform delivers much of the assessment online. Chinese characters displayed in lessons but character knowledge not assessed. See Accreditations.
Level One of the UK National Qualifications Framework (NQF); A2/B1 (Waystage) of the Common European Framework (CEF)
Have Fun Speaking Putonghua for Adults
by CK Kung
Lessons introduced by phrase and vocabulary following functional use; Cantonese-Putonghua differences; listening and phonics drills (for adult learners). Everyday business topics introduced. Explanatory descriptions in Chinese.
Chinese-based learners; more advanced non-native learners
Have Fun Speaking Putonghua for Students
by CK Kung
Lessons introduced by phrase and vocabulary following functional use; Cantonese-Putonghua differences; listening and phonics drills (for upper primary / lower secondary students in Hong Kong). Explanatory descriptions in Chinese.
Chinese-based learners; more advanced non-native learners
Quality Putonghua Course
by HY Xiong
Introduction to key Hanyu Pinyin concepts to better establish your Putonghua foundation.
Chinese-based learners
Healthcare Putonghua
by CK Kung
Introduces healthcare-related vocabulary, phrases and dialogues; sections on functional use; Cantonese-Putonghua differences; listening and phonics drills
Chinese-based learners
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