Are you a linguist? Are you a good communicator? Do you enjoy travelling to new places? Are you interested in people and other cultures? Then you should be considering studying Mandarin to A Level! More and more universities are asking for a language qualification for their courses, irrespective of your chosen career path. 

In addition to lessons with your teacher each week you will have extra conversation classes with a native Mandarin speaker to improve your accent and the style of your spoken Mandarin. You will take advantage of the instant access to authentic materials that the internet affords us and use your language in real life situations. 

Through the A level route you will develop and refine your listening, speaking, reading and writing skills as well as revising and building on the grammar already learnt at GCSE to improve the complexity and fluency of your language. In addition you will learn about the culture of China and the life of people in China. 

You will also study literature and cinema from China: 

A pigeon called Feng, a short story by Cao Wenxuan; And ‘Please vote for me’ directed by Chen Wenjun.