Overview

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Continues to build on all four language skills acquired in CHIN 100.

COURSE DETAILS:

Students are required to have taken CHIN 100, or may be given permission to take the course if they have the appropriate langague level.

Students who did not take CHIN 100 should contact the instructor for a placement interview: billie@sfu.ca  

Native Speakers of Chinese (Mandarin or any other dialect), students who received their secondary education in a Chinese-speaking environment, or students who have taken more than one Secondary School Mandarin courses will not be admitted into CHIN 101.  Students who read and write Chinese, but speak a dialect other than Mandarin should take CHIN 151 or CHIN 152.

It is the students' RESPONSIBILITY to notify the instructor immediately if they find the course level not appropriate for them. To avoid financial penalties, students should take action in a timely fashion. The Language Training Institute reserves the right to transfer students to more proficiency appropriate courses or to deregister students when there is no appropriate course for them. 

COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:

This course is a continuation of the comprehensive introduction to the basics of Mandarin in CHIN 100. In its multiple approaches, CHIN 101 will focus on perfecting phonetic skills, improving conversational competence and presenting about 200 more Chinese characters for reading and writing. Chinese word-processing skills will also be introduced. Students will learn to use blogs to post and share their writing.  

Students will develop basic communication skills using everyday topics such as time, daily routines, likes and dislikes, hobbies, making phone calls, asking for directions, etc.  They will also develop a deeper understanding of Chinese values and customs.

This course is structured in a blended instructional model with online preview and review exercises.

Grading

Materials

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