Mandarin 1

This course introduces the Mandarin Chinese language. Students will learn to use phonetic symbols to express themselves in written form. Students will be trained in the writing and reading of 60 Chinese characters and 20 radicals in this course. Besides characters, students will learn roughly 1000 vocabulary words and 50 sentence patterns and be introduced to topics on Chinese culture. The main resource selected for this course is Chinese Made Easier Book 1 and Discovering Chinese 1&2. (Prerequisite: Only students with minimal or no Mandarin ability will be allowed to take this class.)