Mandarin: Beginner

COURSE

Course description

This fun, interactive course is a follow-up to the Introductory level. In addition to practicing pronunciation, you will learn more vocabulary and basic grammar skills. You will also start to explore the amazing world of Chinese characters and find out they are not as scary as they look! Considering that language reflects culture, this course will also offer you greater opportunity to experience Chinese culture. 

Learning objectives

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • distinguish and reproduce the four tones of the language with greater ease
  • use Pinyin (an invaluable Mandarin pronunciation guide, which uses the English alphabet) more effectively
  • understand and use the new vocabulary and basic grammar that will be taught
  • ask and answer simple questions
  • recognize and reproduce the simplest of Chinese strokes
  • form basic sentences
  • be more familiar with Chinese culture, by means of Chinese social media, songs, videos, etc.

We encourage students to participate in our language courses more than one time in order to truly learn the material taught over 10 lessons. It also gives you additional exposure to varying activities within each topic.

Textbook

Practice Makes Perfect: Basic Chinese Premium Second Edition, from McGraw-Hill (mandatory)

Online Learning

Our online hybrid language courses make language learning flexible and convenient. The use of both synchronous and asynchronous delivery styles allows for both real-time virtual classroom conversation practice (synchronous delivery) and self-paced study (asynchronous delivery). The synchronous delivery style will occur during the scheduled class dates and time, using Zoom for videoconferencing, chat and screen sharing for class instruction and pair/group work. The asynchronous delivery style uses Brightspace, an online environment where learners can access class materials and resources for self-paced study throughout the week. Educational activities can include exercises, readings, forums, audio/video files, quizzes, etc.

Dates

World Language courses are offered three times per year:

  • September (registration opens in June)
  • January (registration opens in November)
  • April (registration opens in November)

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Continuing Studies statement on use of educational technology

The online section of this course will require the use of Zoom and may use other education technology such as internet-based applications, cloud services, or social media. In order to complete this course you will be required to either consent to the disclosure of your personal information outside of Canada to enable use of these technologies, or work with the Division of Continuing Studies to explore other privacy protective options (such as using an alias or nickname).