Enrolling to a Chinese Module

Enrolment

Please follow the steps below to enrol in one of the academic modules for credit or not.

1. Fill in the pre-enrolment form

Language Centre - Online enrolment for Academic Modules

and submit it.

2. One of Chinese teachers will then contact you by email as soon as possible within three working days.

3. You will receive an email informing you:

to take the diagnostic test (see the information on the right) only if you are not a beginner and have not learned Chinese in the Language Centre before. Your tutor will let you know the PIN to access the test.

to join a Microsoft team if you need an interview with one of the Chinese teachers if this is the case. Choose a time for your interview in Microsoft teamsLink opens in a new window.

which module you have been allocated to (then to take Step 4 below)

4. Update your module registration (MRM or eMR) after you have been allocated to a module code by a Chinese teacher only if you are taking it as 24 or 30 CATS module.

Three types of Chinese modules

(1) for students who are taking Chinese as part of their degree course (Chinese for LDS - e.g. BA Modern Languages, PAIS with Chinese, etc). Please contact for one of the following modules:

(2) for students who are interested in taking Chinese as an optional module, we have the following academic modules:

(3) for students who are interested in taking Chinese for pleasure:

You can take the Chinese Beginners course (LL172) or the Post Beginners course (LL173). Please visit the LLL enrolment page for more information on how to enrol.

For other levels, please see (2) above.

Chinese Diagnostic Test

Complete the Chinese diagnostic testLink opens in a new window (please use Google Chrome to do the test if you can).
Use the PIN provided by the Chinese teacher who emailed you with.
Please do 'submit' your test before closing your browser and complete the test at one go if possible.

You do not need to take the diagnostic test if:

You have learned Chinese at the LC before, please contact your class teacher to sign in a new class.
You have never learned Chinese before, please contact .

The diagnostic test has three sections:

Grammar test is a multiple-choice format. You need to choose the best answer to the question.
Reading test has one passage followed by some questions, for which you type in Chinese characters or answer in English.
Writing test has some points for you to cover in your writing. You will need to hand-write pieces of short composition on paper and scan/take photos and upload them. Please write down your university ID on the paper and name the file with your university ID before uploading it. Please also keep the copy of your writing so that you can send the attachment in emailing to the Chinese teacher if needed.