Overview
Description
Introduction to the language through the development of language skills and structural analysis. Includes an introduction to Chinese culture.
Units
Lecture4
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall and Spring
Terms
fall, spring
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- identify phonetic alphabets (“Pinyin”) and differentiate the tones in Mandarin Chinese.
- recognize Chinese basic written components (“Radicals”) and write Chinese characters with the correct stroke orders and structures.
- communicate in Chinese on the topics of greetings, family, dates and time, hobbies, and visiting friends with accurate pronunciation and appropriate cultural behavior.
- identify and analyze the sentence structures introduced in the dialogues through reading and writing activities.