CHIN 101a - Elementary Chinese I - Travel Course

This travel seminar is taught on location in Taiwan during the summer or interterm session. This course is equivalent to CHIN 101. The objective of this course is to build a foundation in the four communicative skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. Developing simple, but practical conversational skills and acquire a basic proficiency in reading traditional Chinese, as well as reading & writing simplified Chinese characters at about 250-character level. Strong emphases, however, will be on developing communicative skills in speaking and listening. Students can expect to be able to communicate with native speakers even though they may make mistakes. By the end of the course, students will be equipped with proper linguistic and sociolinguistic knowledge of Mandarin Chinese to be able to communicate effectively with Chinese speakers on basic daily topics. Students will attend daily classes at the University’s language center in Taiwan from 9:00-12:00 pm daily and attend local cultural excursions in the afternoons led by Chapman faculty or the language center. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits