# Learning outcomes

After studying this course, you should be able to:

- understand how to enable the Chinese keyboard and type characters on a western keyboard
- demonstrate an awareness of the varieties of the Chinese language
- understand how the sound system of Mandarin Chinese (pinyin and tones) works
- understand that there are simplified and traditional forms of Chinese characters and have an awareness of how they are combined together to form new meanings
- demonstrate basic vocabulary and pronunciation related to greetings, numbers, names and nationalities
- demonstrate a cultural understanding of how professional titles are used to address people.

OpenLearn - Beginners’ Chinese: a taster course
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