Mandarin 2

This course emphasizes speaking and listening comprehension. Students should be fluent in basic daily conversation upon entering this course. Students will be trained in the writing and reading of 120 Chinese characters in this course. Besides characters, students will learn roughly 700 vocabulary words and 30 some sentence patterns and be introduced to topics on Chinese culture. The main resource selected for this course is Chinese Made Easier Book 2 and Discovering Chinese 3& 4. (Prerequisite: Mandarin 1 or teacher approval)