82-132: Elementary Chinese II

Department:

Modern Languages

Units:

12.0

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This course is the continuation of the elementary Chinese course sequence for beginning students of Mandarin Chinese. Its goal is to continue to train students in the basic skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing for everyday communication. Based on the vocabulary and sentence structures taught in the first semester, students will learn more useful expressions and sentence structures necessary for use in everyday life. A large part of the class time will be devoted to conversations related to topics on daily life. While emphasis is laid on the communicative skills of listening and speaking, students will continue to learn to read and write short paragraphs and essays in Chinese characters. To facilitate the study of the language, different aspects of Chinese culture and society will be introduced through poetry reading, group activities, multi-media programs, and research project throughout the course. The elementary level is designed to help students learn to reflect and draw upon strategies used by good language learners in their second language study. Prerequisite: 82-131 or approved equivalent.

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