Academic Year 2024-25 (To Be Updated)

The Chinese Language Centre (CLC) - Chinese Help Desk (CHD) provides UGC-funded students (undergraduate, research postgraduate (full-time MPhil/PhD) and government-funded taught masters) with a variety of services to help them develop their Chinese (Cantonese/Mandarin) language skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. The CHD is a valuable opportunity for both local and international students to reinforce what they have learned in Chinese language courses, and to communicate with the teachers on various topics to improve their Chinese proficiency in the various skill areas.

For the online learning resources, please visit Chinese Enhancement Resources for further information.

Online Booking System for Chinese Langauge Centre's CHD

Workshops Details

Types of CLC CHD service:

1:1 Consultation
- Mandarin
  - Putonghua Enhancement (for local students)
  - [Elementary level]/[Intermediate level]/[Advanced level] Mandarin as a foreign language (for international students)
- Cantonese
  - Cantonese for Non-native Chinese Speaking Learners
  - Cantonese for Mandarin Speaking Learners

Study Group[For students of Mandarin courses(CHIN9501-08)/Cantonese courses(CHIN9511-12)]

please contact clcchd@hku.hk if you would like to apply for study group

Workshops Series (Mandarin/ Cantonese)

Workshops Details

General Information

The advisor/peer-consultant will send the survey link/QR code after the confirmation email is sent to you and please refer to the confirmation email or check the below venue of each advisor/ peer-consultant. Please contact clcchd@hku.hk if you did not receive it before the consultation.
Students may book total FIVE sessions (1:1 consultation/workshops) per week now with only THREE CHD-1:1 consultations at most per week. Students who booked over three CHD 1:1 consultation per week will be cancelled.
Each CHD-1:1 consultation session lasts for 30 minutes (at the maximum) (25 mins consultation + 5 mins online survey)
The 1:1 consultation/ workshops/ study group will be provided by face-to-face mode only, online mode through ZOOM will not be provided
The Chinese Help Desk is operated by the University Grants Committee (UGC) funds, therefore CHD is available for students of HKU’s UGC-funded programmes only (undergraduate, research postgraduate (full-time MPhil/PhD) and government-funded taught masters).
If you are a student of a self-financed Taught Postgraduate Programmes (taught master's degree programmes), CHD is not able to serve you and your booking will be cancelled
- The following programmes are offered on a UGC-funded basis: MArch, LLM(Human Rights), MRes(Med) (FT), MSc(Audiology) (FT), MSc(UrbanPlanning); MSocSc(Clinical Psychology) (FT), MSocSc(Educational Psychology) (FT), PGDE, PCLL, MLA (FT), MDS
- All other programmes not listed above are offered on a self-funded basis

Points to Note

You must use your OWN University ID to book the CHD 1:1 service. You will be asked to show your HKU ID when you attend consultations. No consultation will be delivered in cases where the HKU ID of the person attending does not match the UID under which the consultation was booked.
Feedback will not be given to students who fail to attend their booked consultation.
You must make your reservation at least one working day (Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays) before the consultation
Please send documents you would like to discuss during the consultation, if any, to the consultation teacher at least one working day (Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays) prior to your scheduled consultation.
Please be reminded to select the appropriate advisor or peer-consultant. Our advisor and peer-consultant are exclusive for tutoring of either Cantonese or Putonghua

Cancelling the consultation

If you would like to cancel the booking for 1:1 consultation, please (1) cancel your appointment through the appointment link of the confirmation email or (2) inform the consultation teacher and Chinese Language Centre (clcchd@hku.hk) at least 24 hours before your consultation by email.
If you would like to cancel the booking for group session/ workshop, please (1) cancel your appointment through the appointment link of the confirmation email or (2) inform the Chinese Language Centre (clcchd@hku.hk) at least 24 hours before the workshop.
If you fail to cancel the timeslot at least 24 hours before your consultation, and you do not attend the consultation, then you will be recorded as absent. If you are absent from two CHD sessions without a valid, documented reason (e.g., illness), you will not be able to book for any consultations, and any future sessions you have already booked will be cancelled.