Fall 2021

First-Year Chinese I

Listed in: Asian Languages and Civilizations, as CHIN-101

Formerly listed as: CHIN-01

Faculty

Xiaoping Teng (Section 01)

Description

This course, along with CHIN 102 in the spring semester, is an elementary introduction to Mandarin Chinese offered for students who have no Chinese-speaking backgrounds. The class takes an integrated approach to basic language skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing, and it emphasizes pronunciation and the tones, Chinese character handwriting, and the most basic structure and patterns of Chinese grammar. The course meets five times per week (lectures on MWF and drill sessions on TTh).

Fall semester. Senior Lecturer Teng.

Students who enroll in this course will likely encounter and be expected to engage in the following intellectual skills, modes of learning, and assessment: The Chinese language courses at Amherst emphasize the basic linguistic skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Students who enroll in these classes will be expected to engage in intellectual skills and modes of learning, practice, and assessment such as: --- Pronunciation and the tones --- Listening comprehension --- Speaking --- Grammar --- Reading comprehension --- Memorizing and hand-writing of characters --- Essays, translations, and other written works --- Weekly assignments (listening, written, voice recording) --- Quizzes and exams Students with documented disabilities who will require accommodations in this course should be in consultation with Accessibility Services and reach out to the faculty member as soon as possible to ensure that accommodations can be made in a timely manner.

If Overenrolled: Priority given to ASLC majors, then to class year (seniors first).

Cost: $99.97 ?

CHIN 101 - LEC

Section 01
M 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM WEBS 217
W 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM WEBS 217
F 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM WEBS 217

CHIN 101F - DIS

Section 01
Tu 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM SCCE C101
Th 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM SCCE C101

This is preliminary information about books for this course. Please contact your instructor or the Academic Coordinator for the department, before attempting to purchase these books.

ISBN Title Publisher Author(s) Comment Book Store Price
Integrated Chinese 4E, Vol 1, ChengTsui Web App Cheng & Tsui Company, 2017 Liu, Yuehua and Yao, Tao-chung et.al. https://www.cheng-tsui.com/browse/integrated-chinese-4th-edition/integrated-chinese-4e-vol-1-chengtsui-web-app?id=21222 TBD

Offerings

Other years: Offered in Fall 2007, Fall 2008, Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024