CHIN 101 - Elementary Chinese I

This web-enriched Chinese course is designed to develop students’ overall proficiency in standard (Mandarin) Chinese. Regular access to the Internet is required. Students will acquire basic skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing in Mandarin Chinese in everyday communication settings. Fundamentals of pronunciation, simplified writing form, basic sentence structures, and Chinese culture will be introduced. Three classroom hours, extensive web-based work, and one hour of peer learning each week are required. An additional one to two hours per week at the Chinese Language Table is highly recommended.

Restriction: International students who are native speakers of Chinese may not enroll in this course.
Credit(s): 4
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Successful completion of CHIN 101 and the continuing course CHIN 102 fulfills the Foreign Language Interconnecting Perspectives of the Dialogues.