*NOW CLOSED* Win a Chinese study pack (without knowing any Chinese!) #learnchinese

To celebrate the launch of The Open University’s new app on iTunes - Chinese Characters First Steps -  we’re giving away five copies of the OU’s first Chinese study pack, each worth £60.

This multimedia study pack, to support the L197 Beginners’ Chinese module, contains a book, practice book and two audio CDs. The pack will help you ask and answer general questions, express numbers, greet people, talk about dates and people's ages, express likes and dislikes, offer suggestions and opinions, express feelings and show you how to order food and drinks in Mandarin Chinese.

So, how does the language work? Well, there’s a lot you can do with just a few Chinese characters, as pairing up characters creates new words.

For example, combining the characters for “electric” and “brain” gives you the character for a computer, as demonstrated below.

 

To enter the competition

To enter the competition you need to do two things. Firstly, work out the meanings created by the three combinations below. Then tweet your answers via Twitter and remember to include the following hashtag - #learnchinese

1.    Electric + speech =

2.    Books + building =

3.    Fly + machine =

4.    Red + green + lights =

5.    Self + move + vehicle =

To get a second entry into the prize draw, tweet the link to this competition, either using the tweet button at the top of the page, or by copying and pasting this as your Twitter status:

Celebrate launch of @OpenUniversity Chinese Characters First Steps iTunes app & enter prize draw http://bit.ly/jXirDl #learnchinese #ou_plat

Prizes will be awarded for the first set of correct answers picked at random after the closing date, Friday 22 July.

For more information on the first Chinese study pack, click here. To download the Chinese Characters First Steps app visit iTunes.


Terms and conditions
This competition opens on 21/06/11 and closes on 22/07/2011. Prizes must be taken as offered and are not transferable or exchangeable for a cash equivalent. Only one entry per competition per person. This competition is open to everyone except members of the Open University's Communications Team. Entries must be received by 22 July 2011. The promoter accepts no responsibility for any entries that are incomplete, illegible, corrupted or fail to reach the promoter by the relevant closing date for any reason. The winner will be chosen and notified within 14 days via Twitter to arrange delivery of the prizes. The winner's Twitter name will be published on Platform. The editor’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.