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Elementary Chinese I (82-131) " 12 units
A Chinese language course for beginners. It aims at helping students to develop communicative competence in the four basic skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing the Chinese language. Approximately 300 words and expressions in both Pinyin and characters form are taught. For more information, please check out our course website.
Course URL: ml.hss.cmu.edu/courses/suemei/82-131/
"Elementary Chinese II (82-132) " 12 units
The continuation of the elementary Chinese course for beginning students. While Emphasis will be laid on the communicatvie skills of listening and speaking, students will also continue to learn to read and write Chinese characters, and write short essays in Chinese characters. More information, please check out the course website.
Course URL: ml.hss.cmu.edu/courses/suemei/82-132/
Prerequisite: 82-131 or 82-133 or approved equivalent
"Elementary Chinese I Online (82-133) " 12 units
This course is designed for students who want a more flexible approach to language learning than that offered in a standard classroom course. It is a Chinese language course designed to help beginners develop communicative competence in the four basic skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing the Chinese language. Basic vocabulary and sentence structures for use in essential daily-life situations, as well as cultural information, are taught through the materials and assignments. Materials are predominantly web-based. However, there is a required weekly class meeting for training and for group activities, and weekly individual meetings with a tutor or the instructor for conversation and practice. Elementary Chinese I Online at Carnegie Mellon is a LearnLab course for the Pittsburgh Science of Learning Center (PSLC, funded by NSF). This means that researchers are attempting to improve language instruction by studying experimental approaches. Students in this class should be prepared to participate in such studies in the course of their classwork.
Sample lessons: URL: http://pslc-qa.andrew.cmu.edu/
"Elementary Chinese II Online (82-134) " 12 units
This course is the continuation of 82-133, Elementary Chinese I Online. Students will continue learning more useful and complex expressions and sentence structures necessary for use in everyday life. Students will continue building their skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing for everyday communication, and their understanding of Chinese culture and society. There is a required weekly class meeting for training and for group activities, and weekly individual meetings with a tutor or the instructor for conversation and practice. Elementary Chinese II Online at Carnegie Mellon is a LearnLab course for the Pittsburgh Science of Learning Center (PSLC, funded by NSF) . This means that researchers are attempting to improve language instruction by studying experimental approaches. Students in this class should be prepared to participate in such studies in the course of their classwork.
Sample lessons: URL: http://pslc-qa.andrew.cmu.edu/
Prerequisite: Chinese 82-131 or 82-133 or permission of the Instructor.
"Intensive Elementary Chinese (82-135) (for heritage learners) " 12 units
This course is designed for students with prior experience in the language, namely the listening and speaking abilities of daily Chinese, but who know little of how to read and write Chinese. While students will be trained in developing their comprehensive competence in all the four communicative skills, more emphasis will be given to reading and writing Chinese characters. In addition, the acquisition of standard pronunciation and Chinese cultural awareness will be aslo stressed.
Course URL: ml.hss.cmu.edu/courses/suemei/82-135/
Prerequisite: instrutor approval is required to register for this course
"Intermediate Chinese I (82-231) " 12 units
This course is the continuation of Elementary Chinese II (82-132). Students will continue to learn more essential skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing for daily communication. A broad variety of expressions and complicated sentence structures will be taught so that students can carry on daily conversations on various topics related to modern Chinese Society. While equal emphasis will still be given to both characters and structures, students will be guided to write more Chinese essays. Activities related to the broad spectrum of Chinese culture will be organized to facilitate language learning with knowledge and analysis of the cultural background of the language.
Course URL: ml.hss.cmu.edu/courses/suemei/82-231/
Prerequisite: 82-132 or 82-134 or 82-135 or permission of the instructor.
"Intermediate Chinese II (82-232) " 12 units
This course is the second semester of Intermediate Chinese. More sophisticated grammar points and vocabulary are introduced to help students' listening, speaking, reading and writing skills reach the intermediate level. The course also helps students prepare for advanced Chinese by exposing them to formal and written expressions and increasing their "media literacy". This is accomplished by systematically and gradually selecting and blending idiomatic expressions and authentic printed materials into the texts and exercises. Activities related to the broad spectrum of Chinese culture are organized to facilitate language learning with knowledge and analysis of the cultural background of the language.
Course URL: ml.hss.cmu.edu/courses/suemei/82-232/
Prerequisite: 82-231 or permission of the instructor.
"Mandarin Chinese for Oral Communication (I)(82-337) " 9 units
This course is designed for students who have reached an intermediate level in reading and writing Chinese, and who would like to promote their oral communicative competence and knowledge of Chinese culture. A "learner-centered" approach was adopted for designing this course. That means we will focus on a student's individual needs, goals and proficiency as the main theme, and that the instructor will act as a facilitator to guide and help students reach their language goals.
Course URL:ml.hss.cmu.edu/courses/suemei/82-337/
Prerequisite: intermediate level in reading and writing Chinese or permission of the instructor.
"Mandarin Chinese for Oral Communication (II) (82-338) " 9 units
This is a seminar type class which relies on active participation from the students. Students will perform in various conversational tasks, such as presenting, listening, discussing, offering agreements and disagreements, debating, describing, interpreting, and giving presentations. The setting and tone of these activities will range from easy-going to formal.
Course URL: ml.hss.cmu.edu/courses/suemei/82-338/
Prerequisite: instrutor approval is required to register for this course
"Introduction to Classical Chinese (82-436) " 9 units
This course is designed for students who have reached the advanced level of Modern Chinese and would like to promote their knowledge and skills in reading Classical Chinese,
a language shaped in the latter half of the first millennium B.C. which still persists as a living medium of expression today. The course aims to introduce students to the basic syntactic patterns of Classical Chinese and the most frequently used Classical Chinese vocabulary. In the course, we will read representative selections from ancient Chinese texts, chosen for their historical value, beauty, and influence on later writers. With this knowledge and training, students will be sufficiently equipped to read the Chinese Classics and will gain a deeper understanding of the history of Chinese civilization, culture and language. Moreover, knowledge of Classical Chinese will help students read and understand sophisticated modern Chinese texts, which make frequent use of Classical allusions and constructs.
Course URL: ml.hss.cmu.edu/courses/suemei/82-436/
Prerequisite: 82-332 or approved equivalent
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