Elementary Chinese 1

Catalog description

CHIN1010 is the first of two courses that are designed to introduce students to modern Mandarin Chinese.  It aims to help the learners with their communicative ability in Chinese through learning language structures, functions, and related cultural background knowledge as well as through structured listening, speaking, reading and writing skill training. Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to conduct basic daily conversation, read and write about 150 Chinese characters/phrases, understand Chinese grammar and phonetic system (pinyin), and gain an understanding and appreciation of major Chinese cultural traditions, festivals, and lifestyle.