Basic Spoken Chinese

Catalog description

This is a one-credit course designed to introduce the fundamentals of spoken Chinese. This course will focus solely on speaking and listening in Chinese and will not teach written Chinese. All vocabulary and texts will be in the standard Romanization of Chinese (Pin Yin). The goal of this course is to familiarize students with the Chinese pronunciation system and to carry on simple conversations on topics related to college and daily life. Offered Spring.