Program Overview

Conversational Chinese I F17 (CHIN*1280)

Course Details

Course code: CHIN*1280 Section: 01 Course term: Fall 2017 Course instructor: tba

Course Objectives and Outcomes

The course objectives are to develop basic listening and speaking skills for students with no previous knowledge of Mandarin Chinese. This is achieved by exposing students to basic sentence patterns through simple dialogues using Pinyin, the Romanization of Mandarin phonetics.

The learning outcomes of this course include:

• Mastering "Putonghua" (Mandarin Chinese) pronunciation and intonation.
• Fluently conversing in the most frequently used words and sentences.
• Carrying out simple communications in daily life situations by using functional expressions.

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• School of Theatre, English, and Creative Writing
• School of Fine Art and Music
• School of Languages and Literatures
• Department of History
• Department of Philosophy
• Interdisciplinary Programs

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The university is also home to various centres, institutes, and labs, such as:

• Centre for Scottish Studies
• Grounded and Engaged Theory Lab (GET)
• Interdisciplinary Design Lab
• The International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation
• The Humanities Interdisciplinary Collaboration Lab (THINC)
• The School of Fine Art & Music Print Study Collection