CHI 111 - First Year Chinese I

(4 units)

Introduction to the language through the development of language skills and structural analysis. Includes an introduction to Chinese culture.

Grading Basis: Graded
Units of Lecture: 4
Offered: Every Fall and Spring

Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. identify phonetic alphabets (“Pinyin”) and differentiate the tones in Mandarin Chinese.
2. recognize Chinese basic written components (“Radicals”) and write Chinese characters with the correct stroke orders and structures.
3. communicate in Chinese on the topics of greetings, family, dates and time, hobbies, and visiting friends with accurate pronunciation and appropriate cultural behavior.
4. identify and analyze the sentence structures introduced in the dialogues through reading and writing activities.

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