Chinese HSK4 Upper-Intermediate 4

About this course

The course expands Chinese vocabulary through topics including consumption, physical and mental health, success and happiness. Learners listen to native speakers responding to questions in video extracts, including unfiltered language, then formulate spoken answers using their own views and experiences. Discussion questions are more detailed and abstract than basic everyday exchanges, with practice focused on organising ideas and selecting specific vocabulary. The course also provides opportunities to discuss events and related themes in Chinese.

What you'll learn

• Build vocabulary related to consumption, physical health, mental health, success and happiness.
• Understand native-speaker responses to questions in video-based listening activities.
• Formulate spoken answers using specific vocabulary and organised ideas.
• Discuss detailed and abstract questions in Chinese.

Is this course right for you?

This course is intended for upper-intermediate learners who have completed Level 3 or have comparable Chinese ability. The description indicates that participants should be able to converse with ease, read some Hanzi without Pinyin and use key grammatical structures, including aspect, complements, modifiers and special sentence patterns.

• The course is aimed at learners with around 1,000 or more Chinese vocabulary items.
• Learners are expected to have a foundation in important Chinese grammatical structures.
• The provider recommends starting with the lower courses at this level or choosing a class aligned with classmates' ability.