Elementary Chinese I

4.0 credits

This course is designed for beginners in Mandarin Chinese and will introduce students to pronunciation (using Pinyin romanization), the writing system, and basic sentence structures. Emphasis will be on developing listening and speaking skills. Students will also build a vocabulary of approximately 220 words, based on 260 Chinese characters. Given the amount of important foundational material covered in the first two weeks, students who seek to enroll after the second week of class may be denied enrollment.