Basic Chinese II

3 units

Basic Chinese II is a continuation of Basic Chinese I. Students will continue to learn Chinese phonetics, vocabulary, grammars and to perform the language in a culturally appropriate way. This course emphasizes all four skills of a language, listening, speaking, reading and writing. After completing this course, students should be able to read and write approximately 350 Chinese words, and to conduct daily conversations in a colloquial way. The topics covered in the course will include school life, shopping, studying Chinese and making appointments. In addition to lectures, students are required to attend a ten-minute one-on-one language practice with the instructor. After completing Basic Chinese course II, students who are interested in further studies can move on to CHINA 1512. Basic Chinese I and Basic Chinese II do not fulfill the language sequence requirement, nor the two-semester language requirement for the EALC minor.