Elementary Mandarin I

Catalog description

A beginning level course in modern standard Mandarin Chinese, mainly for students with no experience in the language. The goal of the course is to develop in the students through a multi-approach the four basic skills in the Mandarin language: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. The course content is geared to use in real life, and the teaching method emphasizes mutual understanding and appreciation of cultures that differ from one's own and draws on the experiences and backgrounds of both the instructor and students. After a semester's study in this course, students are expected to have achieved a general understanding of the speaking and writing systems of the Mandarin language, and be able to communicate, both in oral and writing forms (speaking, listening, reading, and writing), with some simple and daily Mandarin.