CHIN& 121 - Chinese I

5 Credits

A comprehensive beginning Chinese course, which includes instruction and practice in all four language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing.

Course Note Previously CHIN 101.
Fees

Quarters Typically Offered
Fall Day
Designed to Serve Transfer students who need to fulfill a language requirement. Students interested in languages and cultures.
Active Date 20210211T14:42:43

Grading Basis Decimal Grade
Class Limit 25
Contact Hours: Lecture 55
Total Contact Hours 55
Degree Distributions:
AA

Humanities Area I

Course Outline

Pinyin and the four tones
Word order Word formation
Asking questions
Numbers and measure words
Dates and time words
Negative statements
Word collocation
Basic Chinese strokes and radicals
Introduction to Chinese culture

Student Learning Outcomes
Interpersonal. Express self in conversations on very familiar topics, using a variety of words, phrases, simple sentences, and questions that have been highly practiced and memorized.

Interpretive. Answer questions and articulate the meaning of the main idea from simple, highly predictable oral, or written texts, with strong visual support.

Presentational. Present information in front of an audience on very familiar topics, using a variety of words, phrases and sentences that have been practiced and memorized.

Cultural. Use culturally appropriate gestures and formulaic expressions in highly practiced applications for interpersonal written and oral communication.

Comparisons. Compare and contrast own culture and language to derive meaning from visual or written texts.

Connections. Present and discuss concepts and information of other disciplines through the Chinese language.

Communities. Participate in communities at home and abroad in China.