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Sheffield Confucius Institute

Welcome to the Confucius Institute at the University of Sheffield (SCI)

谢菲尔德大学孔子学院

SCI events

Confucius Institute at the University of Sheffield is an international collaboration between the University of Sheffield, the Office of Chinese Language Council International (OCLCI, commonly known as Hanban, Confucius Institute Headquarters), Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU) and Nanjing University (NJU).

What's On at SCI

Mandarin Language Courses for Adults

1. Survival Chinese- 5-Day Intensive course

Survival Chinese is an intensive 10–hour language course for learners with little or no prior knowledge of Mandarin. Survival Chinese focuses mainly on speaking and listening skills and covers vocabulary and expressions useful in everyday situations.

Next course: 23-27 September 2013, 18:00-20:00
Venue: Room F20, Hicks Building, University of Sheffield

Course fee:
University staff/public £60
Students/OAP £50

Please click here to register for this course

2. Non-intensive 12-week Mandarin courses

Mandarin courses

All of these courses include speaking, listening, reading and writing and can be followed up for several semesters.

Please go to the section on Courses in the left-hand side menu for more information.

NEW COURSES WILL START FROM 30 SEPTEMBER 2013

Enquiry Form for Language Courses

Click here to register online

Chinese Culture Courses

Calligraphy class

SCI offers Chinese calligraphy, Taiji and Chinese arts and crafts classes.

Please go to the section on Courses in the left-hand side menu for more information.

Enquiry Form for Chinese Culture Courses


Sino-English Corner (SEC)

Sino-English Corner

The Sino-English Corner is jointly organised by the CI and the Sheffield branch of the Chinese Students and Scholars Association (CSSA).

It is held on Tuesdays evenings during university semester times, and provides opportunities for those interested in learning either Chinese or English to practice their target language and learn more about the target culture.

Mandarin Language Courses for Children at Weekends

Star Mandarin School for Children

As the core part of SCI´s Chinese language programmes, tuition for children is offered through the CI's affiliated Star Mandarin School for children aged 5-16, on Saturdays.

Language tuition includes a range of classes for children of different levels of Chinese language ability, from beginner to advanced.

Preparatory courses for GSCE Chinese and A Level Chinese exams are open yearly in September.

Mandarin Chinese Beginners' Classes for children aged 5 and over are available every September.

Please click for Enquiry Form for Children Courses

Hanban

BLCU

NJU

CI

For more information, please contact:

email : confucius@sheffield.ac.uk