Education Post-16

After you are 16

This module builds your Chinese for study after 16: university, graduating, work experience and applying for a place. Each example is a Chinese word with its English meaning. A full sentence looks like this: 我上大学 (wǒ shàng dàxué), meaning I go to university.

Words for after 16

Start with four words about study after 16.

Match each work word

The study character

The character 学 (xué) means study, and you have already met it in many school words. It shows up again in words about carrying on your education after 16. Spot 学 and you know the word is probably about learning.

Which means to graduate?

Which Chinese word means to graduate?

• 毕业
• 工作
• 申请
• 信

Spot the two university words

Select the TWO words that are about university.

• 大学
• 大学生
• 工作
• 信

Which means to apply for?

Which Chinese word means to apply for?

• 申请
• 毕业
• 工作
• 学期

Study and work

Reading the whole word tells you whether it is about studying on or going to work. Here are more to read.

Find the two study words

Tap the TWO words that are about studying after 16.

• 大学生, a university student
• 信, a letter
• 毕业, to graduate
• 社会实践, work experience

Reading a sentence

Now read a full Chinese sentence: 我申请工作 (wǒ shēnqǐng gōngzuò) = "I apply for work". Parts: 我 (wǒ, "I"), 申请 (shēnqǐng, "to apply for"), then 工作 (gōngzuò, "work").

What does it say?

In 我申请工作 (wǒ shēnqǐng gōngzuò), what does the person do?

• They apply for work
• They graduate
• They go to university
• They write a letter

After school

Put the steps after school into a sensible order.

• Finish school
• Do some work experience
• Apply to university
• Graduate from university
• Start work

Complete the post-16 facts

After 16 many students go to _____ to study for a degree. When they finish, they _____. Trying a job for a short time is called work _____. To get a place you _____ for it. A part of the school year is a _____.

Read the notice

Use what you know to read each Chinese word on a notice. Choose each time.

• A leaflet is about going to 大学 (dàxué). What does it offer?
• A placement is called 社会实践 (shèhuì shíjiàn). What is it?
• A form asks you to 申请 (shēnqǐng). What must you do?

Write about your plans

In English, write about what you would like to do after 16 and how you would get a place, using some of the Chinese words. This is written in English and is not auto-marked.

• Say whether you would study or work after 16
• Name one route, such as university, with its Chinese word
• Describe how you would apply for a place
• Write one full Chinese sentence with 我, for example 我上大学