Course Description
A continuation of Elementary Chinese I. Not open to native speakers.
Athena Title
Elementary Chinese II
Prerequisite
CHNS 1001
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
Students will develop oral and written skills in Mandarin Chinese with emphasis on conversational competence in common practical situations. Students also continue to develop skills in writing and reading informal Chinese.
Topical Outline
Week 1: Dining emphatic negation, reduplication of adjectives Week 2: Ordering Food at a Restaurant resultative complements Week 3: At the Library proposed object structure, time when and time duration expressions Week 4: Asking Directions direction and location words, indicating degree Week 5: Birthday Party indicating action in progress, verbal attributives Week 6: Seeing a Doctor measurement of action, prepositions, confirmation questions Week 7: Dating potential complements, reduplication of verbs Week 8: Renting an Apartment continuing action, interrogative pronouns Week 9: Post Office numerical approximation, inclusion and exclusion Week 10: Sports expressions of time duration Week 11: Athletic Competitions abstract uses of directional complements, passive voice Week 12: Travel numbers over one thousand, more comparatives Week 13: Hometown terms of address for relatives, existential sentences Week 14: At the Airport modification of verbs, expectation in action phrases Week 15: Review
General Education Core
CORE IV: World Languages and Global CultureSyllabus