Best Chinese Certification courses
There are various courses that offer training for the Chinese language. Certificates at the end of the courses are important as they work as proof that we have actually learned the language and have the skill to read, write, and speak in it. Moreover, this certificate can be attached to your resume to add extra feathers to your cap. This is why learning from a good institute or taking up a good course is important as it acts as a parameter of judgment for your skills. A lot of the online courses that are free of cost just provide material either in a typed format or in a pdf format and no certificate. Other than them there are courses that provide the learners with pre-recorded lessons and charge some amount for the certificate at the end of the course. There are also some paid courses that provide life lessons as well as certificates. So in this blog, we will be discussing five Chinese language courses that offer certificates
Coursera
Coursera.org provides great Chinese lessons for all levels of Chinese learners. This course is driven by a professor at the Peking University. You can enroll in this course for free of cost. And will have to pay some amount at the end of the course for the certificate. However, taking a certificate is optional. It is a 100% online course that comes with flexible deadlines. You can schedule and reschedule your sessions and deadlines according to your convenience. They provide the learners with pre-recorded lectures that come with a choice of subtitles. You can choose from over 21 languages. It has a review of 4.8 stars which is a very good number and quite explains the quality of the service
Multibhashi
It offers live 1 on 1 lesson and group lessons. The whole course is paid for and includes a certificate after the completion of the course. As they are one on one classes, the curriculum is specially designed for each learner depending on their purpose of learning the language and what they expect from the course. These are flexible sessions that come with a varied time slot to choose from at your convenience. You can also book a free demo class before actually enrolling for the course to see what you are stepping into. Moreover, they also have options for course durations ranging from 30 days to 200 days and types that are webinar or session. They have a review of a whopping 5 stars.
Udemy
Udemy actually has a variety, of course, options to choose from. But the one which I found useful is the Chinese for beginners: Mandarin Chinese HSK1 – HSK3. It is a paid course that offers video lessons of up to 25 and more hours. Apart from video lessons they also provide the learners with 76 downloadable resources that are accessible for a lifetime. They also have this 30 – day money-back guarantee. The instructors have a rating as high as 4.6 stars and some great reviews
EdX
EdX is a site that curates Chinese classes with the help of schools and institutes and later connects them to the students. They come with the option to select any school or institute of your choice and learn online from them with the help of edX. They have 22 courses depending on your topics and level of Chinese. They also have their personal courses as well as from schools like Harvard. The course is for free but you are required to pay for the certificate after completion of the course. The medium of instruction is videos and they come with English transcriptions. These are also flexible sessions and you can adjust them according to your schedules.