2024 Faculty Courses Liberal arts and basic science courses Second foreign language courses
Chinese: Basic Course 1 C06
- Academic unit or major
- Second foreign language courses
- Instructor(s)
- Guanqiong Yang
- Class Format
- Exercise (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 1-2 Wed
- Class
- C06
- Course Code
- LAL.C201
- Number of credits
- 010
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 1Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 17, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
"Chinese: Basic Course" is intended for students who have no knowledge of Mandarin Chinese. The course will begin with the exercise of the Chinese Pinyin Romanization system: tones, rules of phonetic spelling, and pronunciation drill. We also learn simple conversation and basic grammar, to build up rudimentary communication ability of Chinese. As the first step, "beginner's class 1" will focus on the Chinese Pinyin Romanization system, greetings, and basic construction of the sentence
Course description and aims
At the end of this course, students will be able to
１ Acquire pronunciation of Chinese, Pinyin Romanization system,
2 Exchange greetings and introduce himself in Chinese.
3． Understand the constitution of the sentence and make rudimentary sentences in Chinese.
Keywords
Chinese,greetings,Chinese Pinyin Romanization system
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Practice repeatedly pronunciation and listening through words,expressions from daily life, explain basic grammar and practice rudimentary sentences and conversations.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Introduction – Language and culture of Mandarin Chinese, the basics of the Chinese pronunciation. | To be announced during classes. |
| Class 2 | Pronunciation and daily greetings,the elements of sentence and basic constitution of the sentence. | To be announced during classes. |
| Class 3 | Pronunciation and daily greetings,the elements of sentence and basic constitution of the sentence. | To be announced during classes. |
| Class 4 | Pronunciation and daily greetings,the elements of sentence and basic constitution of the sentence. | To be announced during classes. |
| Class 5 | Pronoun of person and expressions of the affirmation and negative, Self-introductions. | To be announced during classes. |
| Class 6 | Pronoun of person and expressions of the affirmation and negative, Self-introductions. | To be announced during classes. |
| Class 7 | Demonstrative pronoun,Expression of a question, Self-introductions. | To be announced during classes. |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 30 minutes preparing for class and another 30 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
Four Step Chinese for College Students
Reference books, course materials, etc.
None requaired
Evaluation methods and criteria
Students’ course scores are based on class performance(50%) and final exam（50％）.
Related courses
- LAH.H110 ： Introduction to Foreign Languages 1
- LAH.H111 ： Introduction to Foreign Languages 2
Prerequisites
No prerequisites.
Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from ”[at]” to ”@”(half-width character).
The instructor will announce the e-mail address in the announcement for the first class. Make sure to take a note, and contact the instructor if you have to be absent. Only if you can't reach the instructor, contact 2gojim[at]fl.ila.titech.ac.jp (Foreign Language Office ).