The Nottingham Confucius Institute

Free Online Lunch-time Workshops: Business Mandarin for Beginners

We are pleased to offer this online lunch-time course for UoN staff and students between October and December 2020. The course will run from 12:30- 1:10 pm, every Thursday from 22 October for 6 consecutive weeks.

Who should attend? 

Anyone with an in interest in China will benefit from this six-week online Chinese language and culture workshops.

This beginner’s course, delivered by an experienced instructor from the Nottingham Confucius Institute at the University of Nottingham, will help you build a foundation for communication with your Mandarin speaking counterparts. You will be introduced to the basics of Mandarin and gain an insight into cultural attitudes and behaviours. There will be a particular focus on how to conduct yourself in business situations.

This is a lecture course in which topics are presented by the instructor, with language practice also conducted in class. The course assumes no previous experience of speaking Chinese

What is covered?

• Mandarin basics: greetings, how to address people, suggestions, numbers and prices, time, etc.

• Cultural elements: business meetings, banquets, tea ceremonies, Chinese food, Chinese festivals, choosing presents etc.

How to book 


Limited spaces available. Sign up now to avoid disappointment at
https://nci-businessmandarin.eventbrite.co.uk

Enquiries

For enquiries and further details, please contact shanshan.chen@nottingham.ac.uk

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Nottingham Confucius Institute

Room A23, CI Library
Si Yuan Building
Jubilee Campus
Nottingham, NG8 1BB

telephone: +44 (0)115 748 4502
fax: +44 (0)115 846 6324
email: confucius.institute@nottingham.ac.uk