Chinese

This course teaches beginning Chinese language. The course teaches grammar, vocabulary, and expressions through tasks focused on developing the ability to communicate in Chinese. This course enables students to develop skills in understanding, speaking, reading and writing basic Chinese, while increasing their awareness of the Chinese speaking world.  By the end of the semester, students are expected to have mastered pronunciation, basic grammar and possess enough vocabulary to manage to communicate in daily life, using simple Chinese expressions. Equal emphasis is placed on the four (listening, speaking, writing and reading) skills.