Teachers courses

Interested in bringing Chinese language and culture to your classes, supporting your pupils with their learning, or simply discovering the language for yourself?

Online course

Our free Chinese Language & Culture for Teachers courses have been designed for busy teaching professionals in Wales. By the end of the programme, participants will not only have gained a solid basic knowledge of Mandarin Chinese, but have a portfolio of resources and lessons to use themselves.

The course

This free 28-hour course, delivered weekly by a tutor from the Cardiff Confucius Institute, focuses on introducing learners to basic Mandarin and Chinese culture. This will allow you to support your pupils with current or future learning, or simply discover the language for your own development. After each session, you will be given access to a recorded video of the session and the PowerPoint slides.

How it works

The course is divided into three stages, allowing teachers to join at a level appropriate to them:

Progression

Once you have completed the course, you will have the opportunity to progress onto Cardiff University’s Chinese for Beginners II course in September. This would be fully funded by Cardiff Confucius Institute, and allow you to work towards a ten-credit level 3 or 4 module in Mandarin Chinese.

Sign up

If you are a primary or secondary school teacher or home educator in Wales and are interested in signing up for this course, please complete our online registration form

In person course in your school

If you are interested in offering a course in your school for your own staff, teachers in your cluster or from schools in your area, then get in touch with our Schools Project Officer at confucius@cardiff.ac.uk.

Please note that we require a minimum of five participants to run an in-person course. Additionally, your school must be within one hour of total travel time, including walking to and from public transport.