Postgraduate Certificate / Diploma in Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language

The Certificate in Teaching Chinese is designed to:

meet the rapidly growing demand in the UK and elsewhere for trained and qualified teachers of Chinese as a foreign language.
provide trainees with the knowledge and skills which will enable them to teach Chinese using the latest communicative methods
equip trainees with the essential knowledge and skills which will enable them to teach Chinese using the communicative approach to a broad spectrum of Chinese learners in UK, European and worldwide educational contexts.
The Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching Chinese is designed to:

equip trainees to be able to deal professionally with the teaching of Chinese in different contexts and through the integration of different varieties of the Chinese language.
familiarise trainees with the theoretical principles underlying various commonly used communicative teaching methods and techniques.
develop trainees' competencies in the design and effective use of instructional materials and learning activities for Chinese as a foreign language.
show trainees how to create coherent and progressive schemes of work and design efficient, effective and interactive lessons that are adapted to students’ learning needs.
show trainees how to to evaluate second language learners’ performance objectively and how to describe achievement and proficiency levels using appropriate terminology.