Peking University is offering a free online Chinese course on Coursera; the course is named “Chinese for Beginners” and it is totally free and online.
It is a beginner-level course about the Chinese language, grammar, communication and speech. It is taught by Xiaoyu Liu, an associate professor at Peking University. This course is perfect for everyone who wishes to learn the Chinese language.
Chinese is considered an important language as China is becoming a business hub and increasing trade day by day. It is perfect time to start learning Chinese because soon the world will be shaped by the people of China, so better to master skills for good communication.
Peking University is a research university located in the city of Beijing, China. It is one of the universities in the C9 League of Chinese universities. It was established in 1898 by the Guangxu Emperor.
The course is divided into seven weeks; you will learn:
- Who Are You?
- When Do You Go To School?
- What Do You Like to Eat?
- I Like Shopping!
- Do You Live in a Big City?
- How About the Weather?
- What is Your Hobby?