Mandarin Chinese Course: Intermediate Level 2

Take your Mandarin Chinese skills further and communicate with greater fluency and confidence in a wider range of real-world situations with our Mandarin Chinese language short courses online!

Ready to build on your intermediate foundation? This Intermediate Level 2 course is designed for learners who want to strengthen their fluency, expand their vocabulary, and communicate more naturally across a broader range of everyday and social situations.

In this course, you’ll develop your ability to express more detailed ideas and engage in longer conversations. Through practical, interactive activities, you’ll practise speaking and listening in realistic scenarios such as dining out, making plans, discussing the weather, and navigating everyday situations with greater ease.

You’ll continue refining your pronunciation and tones while building confidence using both Pinyin and Chinese characters. As your language skills grow, you’ll also deepen your understanding of Chinese culture and communication styles, helping you interact more effectively and naturally.

Learning outcomes

By the end of this course, participants will have developed practical skills and knowledge in areas such as:

• Communicating more fluently in extended, topic-based conversations
• Expanding vocabulary across everyday and social topics
• Using more advanced sentence structures with greater accuracy
• Asking questions, making suggestions, and expressing opinions
• Improving pronunciation and tone accuracy
• Reading and recognising a wider range of Chinese characters
• Applying Mandarin in practical, real-life situations
• Demonstrating deeper understanding of Chinese culture and communication

Course content

What will be covered in this Mandarin Chinese: Intermediate Level 2 course?

During the course, participants will be guided through key concepts, techniques and approaches that typically include:

Topics

• Experiences, events, and entertainment
• Expressing appreciation and gratitude
• Talking about the weather and making comparisons
• Describing changes and giving simple forecasts
• Ordering food and discussing dietary preferences
• Asking for and giving directions
• Talking about time, duration, and plans
• Making suggestions and arranging meetings
• Chinese culture, geography, and customs

Language skills

• Developing fluency through extended conversations and discussions
• Improving listening comprehension in everyday contexts
• Expanding vocabulary for more detailed communication

Grammar and writing

• Complex sentence structures
• Comparative structures (similarity and difference)
• Describing simultaneous actions
• Modal verbs and adverbs
• Resultative complements
• Reduplication of verbs and adjectives
• Direction and location expressions
• Use of dynamic particles
• Continued development of pronunciation and tone accuracy

Content may vary slightly depending on class pace, participant interests, and instructor approach.

Intended audience

Who is this Mandarin Chinese: Intermediate Level 2 course for?

This course is suitable for learners who:

• Have completed our Mandarin Chinese: Intermediate Level 1 course or have equivalent knowledge
• Have approximately 60 hours of prior Mandarin study
• Want to improve fluency, accuracy, and confidence
• Are continuing their language learning for travel, work, or personal interest

Course venue

Online via Zoom

Zoom details will be provided with your enrolment confirmation.

Requirement: A device with a stable internet connection

What to bring to class

• Notebook and pen
• Course textbook (see below)

Textbook

Please purchase the course textbook used across all of our Mandarin Chinese language courses:

Integrated Chinese Level 1, Part 1 (4th Edition)
ISBN: 9781622911356

(3rd Edition is also acceptable)

We recommend purchasing your textbook once your course has been confirmed (usually within three working days of the proposed start date). The textbook is not included in the enrolment fee.

Certificate of completion

Achievement Recognition

Students who attend at least 80% of the course will receive a Certificate of Attendance from Sydney Community College.

This certificate recognises your commitment to learning Mandarin Chinese and can support your personal or professional development.

Additional information

Mandarin Chinese language bundle

Continue your learning and save — enrol in three Mandarin Chinese language courses and receive an automatic 15% discount..