Chinese Studies

I'm not sure if people will see this, but I plan on applying to sheffield next year to do Chinese with business management and I want to know if I'm required to know a language beforehand, for example and a-level or gcse??

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Original post by katyrxse

I'm not sure if people will see this, but I plan on applying to sheffield next year to do Chinese with business management and I want to know if I'm required to know a language beforehand, for example and a-level or gcse??

nope no language needed

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Original post by ZombieYoshi

nope no language needed

Ah, that's good then ^_^ I was really panicking that you may need one.

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Original post by katyrxse

I'm not sure if people will see this, but I plan on applying to sheffield next year to do Chinese with business management and I want to know if I'm required to know a language beforehand, for example and a-level or gcse??

No, you don't need to know a language beforehand. Quite a few of my year didn't have any language. Chinese Studies goes completely from scratch, so you have nothing to worry.

If you have any questions about Chinese at Sheffield, just drop me a message

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Original post by super_kawaii

No, you don't need to know a language beforehand. Quite a few of my year didn't have any language. Chinese Studies goes completely from scratch, so you have nothing to worry.

If you have any questions about Chinese at Sheffield, just drop me a message

Ah thank you! ^_^ I was worrying that I may have to do a third year at college, because I didn't have one. ;-;

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Original post by katyrxse

Ah thank you! ^_^ I was worrying that I may have to do a third year at college, because I didn't have one. ;-;

No, if they wanted you to have a language they would have specified on the site. For Chinese and Business they only specify B in GCSE Maths. Your A Levels can be in any subjects

https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/prospectus/courseDetails.do?id=TN122016#qualifications

Compare it to Chinese and French for example. If you were required to have a language A Level, the qualifications page would look like this

https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/prospectus/courseDetails.do?id=T1R12016#qualifications

I'm a 3rd year Chinese with Japanese student so I'm always here to help

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Original post by super_kawaii

No, if they wanted you to have a language they would have specified on the site. For Chinese and Business they only specify B in GCSE Maths. Your A Levels can be in any subjects

https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/prospectus/courseDetails.do?id=TN122016#qualifications

Compare it to Chinese and French for example. If you were required to have a language A Level, the qualifications page would look like this

https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/prospectus/courseDetails.do?id=T1R12016#qualifications

I'm a 3rd year Chinese with Japanese student so I'm always here to help

Fair enough, that's good then. :') How hard is it to pick up Chinese? I've heard it's quite difficult at first. I tried to self-teach myself but I found it difficult as I was learning Korean at the same time so I got confused~ :L

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HucktheForde

If you are learning japanese, you are learning chinese. Japanese is a language derived from chinese.

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Original post by katyrxse

Fair enough, that's good then. :') How hard is it to pick up Chinese? I've heard it's quite difficult at first. I tried to self-teach myself but I found it difficult as I was learning Korean at the same time so I got confused~ :L

It can be a bit intimidating at the start, especially with tones, but most people get the hang of it quite quickly. First year's really all about getting everyone up to the same speed as, in my class, there was one guy who'd studied Chinese A Level, one girl who'd lived in China for a bit and I'd self studied a bit, whereas everyone else was a complete beginner. The teachers realise this and are all really helpful and supportive.

Year abroad's really where people start to split into ability groups, as some people carry on working hard whereas others get lazy and hardly improve!

Original post by HucktheForde

If you are learning japanese, you are learning chinese. Japanese is a language derived from chinese.

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Not really. While Japanese does use Chinese characters and borrow some words from Chinese, they're two completely unrelated languages, with different pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar. Chinese is a Sino-Tibetan language whereas Japanese is a Japonic language with debated links to the Altaic language family, which includes Korean. So, you're not learning the same language, but two completely different and unrelated languages.

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JasonEvans

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Hello guys, i'm not sure if this has already been mentioned and I am too lazy to look through all of the messages on this forum, myself and lots of other people have set up a Facebook group to allow everyone to get to know each other before September and also for any questions to be answered by current students.

Here is the link https://www.facebook.com/groups/1529385583987565/ :P

Hopefully you will get a speedy response!

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Sxphki

I will be studying Business Management and Chinese this year and i wanted to bring this thread back to life, so is there anyone else doing the same course or something similar??? :smile:

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