| Course Title: First Year Chinese I |
| Start Date: 09/04/2024 End Date: 12/17/2024 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2024 |
| Description: ASIAN-110 is the first semester of the first-year Chinese course. This course is intended for students with no or very little prior knowledge of Mandarin Chinese. Points of focus include pronunciation and tones, basic syntax, high-frequency vocabulary words, conversational flow, and an introduction to reading and writing Chinese characters. Relevant cultural knowledge and activities will be incorporated into the curriculum. The class will initially be conducted in both English and Chinese, with the proportion of Chinese steadily increasing over the first two months, after which the great majority of instruction will be in Chinese. Learning is supplemented by online learning resources, out-of-class language partner sessions, Language and Culture Commons Question and Answer sessions and the Chinese Language Table. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , LANG - Language |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Shin-Yi Kao | 413-538-2648 | akao@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 09/04/2024 - 12/17/2024 | Lecture | Monday and Wednesday | 11:30AM - 12:45PM | CIRU - Ciruti | 113 | Weekly |
| 09/04/2024 - 12/17/2024 | Lecture | Friday | 11:30AM - 12:20PM | CIRU - Ciruti | 113 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| None |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| EASIA0001 | EASIA: East Asian Studies major | This course has been approved to count towards the East Asian Studies major. |
| ASIAN0001 | ASIAN: Asian Studies minor | This course has been approved to count towards the Asian Studies minor. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 14 | Available: 4 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Integrated Chinese, Volume 1, 4th Ed., Textbook Author: , Copyright: Edition: 4 Volume: 1 ISBN: 9781622911356 Publisher: |
Required | 59.99 |
| Title: Integrated Chinese, Volume 1, 4th Ed., Workbook (Simplified) Author: , Copyright: Edition: 4 Volume: 1 ISBN: 9781622911363 Publisher: |
Required | 29.99 |
| Title: Integrated Chinese, Volume 1, 4th Ed., Character Workbook Author: , Copyright: Edition: 4 Volume: 1 ISBN: 9781622911370 Publisher: |
Required | 25.99 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |