Mandarin Chinese: First Steps in Chinese

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  • 5 Sequences
  • Introductive Level
  • Starts on August 27, 2017
  • Ends on October 1, 2017

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Syllabus

Week 1: Tones
Learn the most crucial characteristic of Mandarin Chinese–tones. You cannot speak Mandarin without singing, without tones.

Week 2: Pinyin
It is absolutely useful for beginners to learn Pinyin, a transcription consisting of Latin characters.

Week 3: Chinese characters
After learning Pinyin and tones, you may try to ‘draw’ characters stroke by stroke.

Week 4: One Character One Syllable
It is essential to know that one character contains only one syllable. There is no prefix or suffix in Chinese.

Week 5: One basic Chinese structure
Introduction to basic Chinese structure, knowing and practicing basic sentences in everyday scenario.

Prerequisite

None.

Instructors

Estella Y Chen
Professor, College of Commerce
MandarinX

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