Mandarin 1

Mandarin Year I are designed to provide basic communicative skills in Mandarin, Chinese culture and history. Students are required to develop the basic of four language skills: speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Students will learn Hanyu pinyin, radicals, word usages, sentence patterns, basic dialogues and short sentences for use in real life situations. Most focus will be given in the students speaking and listening skills, pronunciation and proper grammar usage. The course also presents an introduction to the culture/history of the Mandarin/Chinese-speaking world. This course is for beginning students or non-native speakers. Mandarin 1 is a year-long introductory course for students with no basic knowledge of Mandarin Chinese. Students will learn Mandarin Chinese language and Chinese culture using a communicative approach in a variety of high frequency and authentic situations and topics that include, but are not limited to, greeting, family descriptions, telling time, explaining hobbies, making appointments and visiting a friend’s house. Students in Mandarin 1 will learn to read and write approximately 175 traditional Chinese characters (Hanzi) and the accompanying Hanyu pinyin, Phrases, sentences and English components.