Welcome to Business Chinese Beginners/Post Beginners!
Boroughmuir High School
This course is to introduce the basic knowledge of the Chinese economy, the essential aspects of contemporary Chinese human relations and behaviour and major business etiquette and aims to enable the learners with basic knowledge about Chinese language in business environment, to enable the learners to read simple business materials in Chinese, and to communicate effectively with Chinese businessmen as well as Chinese people as a whole.
By the end of the course, students are expected to recognise and write 260 - 460 Chinese characters related to business, to master related grammar patterns and enable them to have a better grasp of basic Business Chinese and can communicate in the routine tasks.
Timetable: Saturday, 9:00 to 11:00 on the term dates below
Term Dates:
- Autumn term (11 weeks), Saturday, 2025
- September: 20, 27
- October: 4, (Midterm break 11/10, 18/10), 25
- November: 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
- December: 6, 13
- Spring term (10 weeks), Saturday, 2026
- January: 10, 17, 24, 31
- February: 7 (Chinese New Year event, no teaching), (Midterm break 14/2, 21/2), 28
- March: 7, 14, 21, 28
- Summer term (8 weeks), Saturday, 2026
- April: 25
- May: 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
- June: 6, 13
Venue: Room 1.02, Boroughmuir High School, 111 Viewforth, Edinburgh EH11 1FL
Fee: £210.00 for 25/26 academic year (28 weeks, 2h/week)
