Beginning Chinese

This course is an introduction to Mandarin (guoyu or putonghua). The course begins with simple words and phrases, the pronunciation and cadences of Mandarin, romanization, Chinese characters, and simple vocabulary items, all taught in the context of practical communication. Sentence patterns and other fundamentals of speaking, reading, and writing will be taught, including both traditional characters (used everywhere before the 1950s and still used in Taiwan and Hong Kong) and simplified characters (used in China). Students should have achieved active command of more than 600 Chinese characters and more than 800 compounds by the end of the sequence CHNS 0101, CHNS 0102, and CHNS 0103. 5 hrs. lect., 2 hrs. drill

Schedule
8:25am-9:15am on Tuesday, Thursday at CHT 110 (Sep 11, 2018 to Dec 7, 2018)
9:05am-9:55am on Monday, Wednesday, Friday at CHT 110 (Sep 11, 2018 to Dec 7, 2018)
Location
Le Chateau 110
Instructors