Chinese

This introductory course acquaints students with some of the fundamentals of Modern Standard Chinese (Mandarin) and provides basic oral communication skills. Romanized transcription is used. Not open to students with any knowledge of Chinese.

This course is a continuation of Chinese I (CHNS 1013). It aims to expand the basic communicative skills, and also progressively introduces a limited number of characters for reading comprehension purposes. Not open to students to with any knowledge of Chinese. 

This course is intended for students with limited prior background in spoken and written Chinese and is offered to consolidate oral communicative skills acquired in CHNS 1013 and CHNS 1023. Additional Characters will be introduced for the purposes of reading and writing. Not open to students with any knowledge of Chinese.

This course is a continuation of Intermediate Chinese I. It aims mainly to expand the oral communicative skills. More characters will be introduced at this level for reading comprehension purposes. Not open to students with any knowledge of Chinese. 

This course is a continuation of Intermediate Chinese I and II. It aims at expanding the oral communication skills in Chinese with a focus on Chinese characters. Over 300 characters will be introduced for reading and writing purposes. This course is open to students who have mastered Chinese phonetic transcriptions of Chinese characters (Mandarin Pinyin). 

This course is a continuation of CHNS 3013 . It aims at expanding the oral and written communication skills in Chinese. More characters will be introduced for reading and writing purposes. This course is open to students who have mastered Chinese phonetic transcriptions of Chinese characters (Mandarin Pinyin).