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CHN101: Elementary Mandarin I (Polley)
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This course is designed for learners with no background in Chinese. It introduces basic structures of the Mandarin Chinese language with emphasis on listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. Students will gain these four skills in standard Mandarin Chinese, attaining approximately the Novice-High level on the ACTFL-ETS (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) proficiency scale. Topics of conversation include basic greetings, names, family, work, study, and hobbies.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Languages
Linguistics
Social Science
World Cultures
Material Type:
Full Course
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Author:
Carl Polley
Date Added:
05/05/2022
CHN102: Elementary Mandarin II (Polley)
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CHN 102 is a continuation of CHN 101. The four skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing in standard Mandarin Chinese are further developed. Students will gain these four skills, attaining approximately the Intermediate-low level on the ACTFL-ETS (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) proficiency scale. Topics of conversation include education, sports, entertainment, travel, and health.

Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to:

* Understand sentence length utterances which consist of recombination of learned utterances on a variety of topics. Content refer primarily to basic personal background and needs, social conversations and some complex tasks.
* Handle successfully a variety of uncomplicated task oriented and social functions. Can ask and answer questions participate in simple conversations on topics beyond the most immediate needs.
* Read consistently with increased understanding simple connected texts dealing with basic personal and social needs. Student will have sufficient comprehension to understand some authentic material as it reflects similarity to specially prepared material and/or to high frequency oral vocabulary and structure.
* Meet a number of practical writing needs. Can write short simple letters. Contents involves personal preference, daily routine, everyday events, and other topics grounded in personal experience. Evidence of control of the syntax of non-complex sentences. Can create a collection of sentences on a given topic.
* List some essential points of Chinese geography, society, and culture.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Languages
Linguistics
Social Science
World Cultures
Material Type:
Full Course
Provider:
LibreTexts
Author:
Carl Polley
Date Added:
05/05/2022
National Standards for Foreign Language Education Alignment Tool
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The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages has published National Standards for Foreign Language Education. This project was funded by the U.S. Department of Education and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Arabic language teaching and learning resources in Al Masdar may be tagged as aligned with these standards.

Subject:
Education
Material Type:
Reading
Date Added:
08/27/2013