Textbooks:
- Integrated Chinese: Level 1, Simplified Character Edition, by Taochung Yao, Yuehua
Liu, Liangyan Ge, and YeaFen Chen
- The Magic Lotus Lantern and Other Tales from the Han Chinese by Haiwang Yuan
Class Meeting Time: 12:40-1:35 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday
Class Meeting Time: 5:00-6:20 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday
Classroom: FAC Room #256
Office and Office Hours: Immediately after class in RM 240 or any time in 103 Cravens
Library (Call to see if available)
Email: haiwang.yuan@wku.edu
Web: www.wku.edu/~yuanh/
Blog: blog.wku.edu/~haiwang.yuan
Facebook: www.facebook.com/haiwang
Phone: (270) 745-5084 (Dial 5-5084 if on campus). Or ask for my cell phone number.
Catalog Description: Conversational Mandarin with basic grammar and functional vocabulary of the Chinese language. Includes aspects of Chinese culture.
Course Goals: Students are expected to acquire a basic understanding of the Chinese culture and rudimentary knowledge and skills of speaking, listening, reading, and writing Chinese after this class.
Course Objectives:
- Learn Pinyin
- Learn Lessons 1 through 4:
- Conversation and Chinese characters: Greetings;
- Conversation and Chinese characters: Family;
- Conversation and Chinese characters: Dates and Time;
- Conversation and Chinese characters: Hobbies
- Learn Chinese culture, such as history, economic development, customs, festivals, and
tales
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