Learn Mandarin at CSA!

Mandarin

LANGUAGE

COURSE

Why Learn Mandarin?

Since China has become a significant player in the world economy, the demand for experienced professionals with Chinese language skills has expanded dramatically. For people taking their first steps into the job market, it is essential to differentiate themselves from the crowd. Learning Chinese will present you with an excellent chance to get a step forward and draw the attention of prospective employers.

Our Mandarin language course offers the ideal learning environment for people who want to learn Mandarin. CSA strives for a warm, personal and practical learning experience. This experience is offered by CSA by providing small classes, professional teaching methods and experienced teachers who are native speakers. The language course is completed by examinations at the end. Once you have passed the exams, you will receive a CSA language course certificate signed by your teacher stating that you successfully finished a certain level.

Mandarin Language Course details

Instruction language: English
Teachers: Native Mandarin speakers
Classes: Class once a week (2 hours), 11 weeks per trimesters (10 classes + 1 exam day)
Time: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Saturday
Time slots: 17.00-19.00 and 19.15-21.15
Location: Online or Woudestein Campus
Examination: Written, oral and listening
Material: HSK Standard Course (for Beginner 1 to Advanced 3)
Language course certificate signed by teacher.

Please note:
A class will be opened if there are at least 4 applicants.

Applicants who have not participated in a CSA language course before or have proof of language proficiency are required to take an intake test (except Beginners 1 applicants). The intake tests consist of both written and oral parts. The deadline for applying for an intake test is usually at least one week before the application deadline. There are no additional costs for the intake tests.
If you would like to take intake test, please request it by sending email to [email protected]
Level
Learning goals
Relevance
Beginner 1
  • Get the basic knowledge of Chinese characters: strokes
  • Recognising simple Chinese characters
  • Simple Chinese dialogue
  • Chinese culture introduction
HSK 1 (ch. 1-10)
Beginner 2
  • Recognising around 150 characters
  • Being able to introduce yourself and talk about simple topics
HSK 1 (ch. 11-15) & HSK 2 (ch. 1-5)
Beginner 3
  • Recognising around 300 characters
  • Enhance oral speaking ability
  • Simple Chinese grammar
HSK 2 (ch. 6-15)
Pre-Intermediate
  • Recognising around 450 characters
  • Enhance listening ability speaking ability further
  • Relatively complicated dialogue and grammar
  • Deeper Chinese culture introduction
HSK 3 (ch. 1-10)
Intermediate 1
  • Recognising around 600 characters
  • Being able to read long Chinese text paragraph without pinyin
HSK 3 (ch. 11-20)
Level
Learning goals
Relevance
Intermediate 2
  • Recognising around 750 characters
  • Being able to read long Chinese text without pinyin
  • Advanced Chinese culture introduction
HSK 4 (ch. 1-10)
Intermediate 3
  • Recognising around 900 characters
  • Being able to read very long Chinese text
  • Being able to watch Chinese TV programs
HSK 4 (ch. 11-20)
Pre-Advanced
  • Recognising around 1150 characters
  • Relatively fluent in speaking Chinese
  • Chinese current society issues discussion
HSK 5 (ch. 1-10)
Advanced 1
  • Recognising around 1800 characters
  • Being able to read and understand more complex things
  • Enhance your writing skills
HSK 5 (ch. 11-20)
Advanced 2
  • Recognising around 2400 characters
  • Start reasoning and give logical and coherent explanation to things
  • More at ease with spontaneous speech
HSK 5 (ch. 21-30)
Advanced 3
  • Recognising around 3000 characters
  • Being able to read and understand topics with vocabulary out of your interests
HSK 6 (ch. 1-10)

When Can I Take a Language Course?

Trimester 1
Trimester 2
Trimester 3
Period
Week of 22 September – 1 December
Week of 19 January – 30 March
Week of 20 April – 29 June
Course days
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Saturday
Trial classes
15 September
TBA
TBA
Application and payment deadlines
Friday 19th of September 2025 23:59
Friday 16th of January 2026, 23:59
Friday 17th of April 2026, 23:59

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