Chinese Elementary 2 is offered to MBU employees with a focus on spoken Chinese. After finishing the course, the learners are supposed to be able:to understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate relevance (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment); to communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters; to describe in simple terms aspects of his/her background, immediate environment and matters in areas of immediate need.