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. Monday, Wednesday, Friday
Classroom: FAC Room #262
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
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:
- Review Pinyin
- Review 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 Lessons 5 through 8:
- Conversation and Chinese characters: Visiting Friends;
- Conversation and Chinese characters: Making Appointments;
- Conversation and Chinese characters: Studying Chinese
- Conversation and Chinese characters: School Life
- Learn Chinese culture, such as history, economic development, customs, festivals, and tales
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