Chinese 001

Upon completion of the course, students will be able to reach the following objectives:

Interpretive Listening

Interpretive Reading

Interpersonal Speaking

Presentational Speaking

Presentational Writing

I can understand familiar words and very basic phrases concerning my family, my immediate surroundings, and myself when people speak slowly and clearly.

I can understand familiar names, words, and very simple sentences, for example on notes, posters or in catalogs.

I can exchange greetings with and say goodbye to others. I can introduce myself and express basic information about myself using phrasing I have memorized. I can express uncertainty and ask for clarification.

I can use simple phrases and sentences to describe where I live and people I know.

I can accurately write the letters of the alphabet or basic writing system. I can write basic words and phrases that I have memorized. If asked, I can write these letters, characters, basic words, and memorized phrases when I hear them.

Goals for Cultural Competence

The goals for cultural competence are not organized hierarchically as are the linguistic goals for the course. By the end of the semester, I will be able to say that I can:

  • Identify, discuss, and analyze such intangible products of the culture I am studying, as social, economic, and political institutions, and explore relationships among these institutions and the perspectives of the culture;
  • Give examples of social behaviors that express the target culture's underlying value system;
  • Interpret social phenomena within the context of the target culture;
  • Describe instances of major change within the culture I am studying.

Fall 2007 Textbook(s)

Introduction to Standard Chinese Pinyin System
Shen, Helen, Chen-Hui Tsai, and Yunong Zhou.
Beijing Lang. & Culture University Press, 2007.
ISBN 7561916183

Chinese Odyssey, Vol. 1, Textbook (Simplified)
Xueying Wang,Li-Chuang Chi, and Liping Feng
Cheng & Tsui Co, 2004.
ISBN: 0887274579

Chinese Odyssey, Vol. 1, Workbook (Simplified)
Xueying Wang, Li-Chuang Chi, and Liping Feng
Cheng & Tsui Co, 2004.
ISBN: 0887274587

Chinese Odyssey (Multimedia CD-ROM) Vol. 1