CHN 01 — Introductory Chinese
Summer
Mondays/Wednesdays
7:00—8:50 pm
Date(s)
Jun 22—Jul 22
5 weeks
Drop By
Jun 28
2 Units
Fees
$435
Limit
27
Open
For those who want basic communication skills in Chinese for travel, business, or everyday use, this course will teach you what you need to know. With an emphasis on conversation and an introduction to reading and writing traditional and simplified Chinese characters, the course focuses on the acquisition of fundamental communication skills. By the end of the quarter, students will be able to introduce themselves and meet others, name items in their immediate environment, and ask simple questions.
This is the first course in a three-course sequence. The textbook assigned for Introductory Chinese will also be used for Levels II (Winter 2016) and III (Spring 2016). Students may enroll in this introductory course without intending to take all three courses in the sequence.
Nina Yuhsun Lin, Lecturer in Chinese, Stanford
Nina Yuhsun Lin teaches a variety of Chinese courses at various levels and is certified by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) as an oral proficiency tester and rater, a writing proficiency rater, and an Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) rater. She has taught at the Claremont Colleges and UC Davis.Textbooks for this course:
(Required) Yuehua Liu, Integrated Chinese: Simplified Characters Textbook, Level 1 Part 1, 3rd Edition (ISBN 978-0887276385)