CHI.-112 Chinese 112

Credits 4 / 4 Contact Hours
Pre-requisite: Placement into RDNG-030 (ACSR-030) or successful completion of RDNG-016 or ACLT-074 with a
minimum grade of 3.0.
This course is a continuation of CHI.-111. The course teaches the basic listening speaking reading and writing skills. The curriculum includes both simplified and full forms of Chinese characters. This course consists of task-based interactive classrooms activities. The Mandarin dialect of the Chinese language is taught in this course.

Course Outcomes
1. Basic practice in conversational skills. These include listening and speaking with emphasis on correct pronunciation and usage of proper vocabulary 2. Students are encouraged to develop their own strategies to express meaning 3. Students are expected to learn and manipulate vocabulary and structures to achieve specific real-life ends 4. By the end of the semester, students are expect to develop the necessary skills to achieve these ends 5. Systemic practice in the communicative functions of the language including a variety of simulated native circumstances 6. Students will gain knowledge of the culture of the Chinese people