U3A BRISBANE

University of the Third Age Brisbane


Connecting Seniors to Lifelong Learning

University of the Third Age Brisbane


Connecting Seniors to Lifelong Learning

Term 4 2025

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J91 Chinese - Mandarin Level 3


Tutor: Joe Smith
This is a year-long course by Zoom for those continuing from last year, or who have studied some Chinese before. There is only one Zoom login for the whole year. Each class is recorded, so you don't have to worry about missing any. 600-word vocabulary.
Monday 10.00am - 11.30am. Classes started 13 October, finish 15 December.
Cost: $25 (prepaid), 9 weeks
Current Enrolments: 0  (maximum 10)


The texbook has two sections, spoken and written. We will only focus on the spoken section. Students are encouraged to learn the writing too and support is given for that.

There are 4 x 10-week terms with 2 weeks break between.

About the Tutor:

Joe SmithI completed a major in Mandarin Chinese at UQ in 2004. I have studied a few languages and taught beginners' Thai in the main Brisbane Thai Buddhist Temple's Thai Cultural School, near Browns Plains. There I found out that the native primary school trained teachers, did not have experience teaching the tones, because they had only taught primary students, who were already fluent speakers. Thai and Chinese grammars are very similar and they are both tonal languages. I've been teaching U3A courses online for 4 years.

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