CHN102: Elementary Mandarin II (Polley)
- Page ID
- 144972
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CHN 102 is a continuation of CHN 101. The four skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing in standard Mandarin Chinese are further developed. Students will gain these four skills, attaining approximately the Intermediate-low level on the ACTFL-ETS (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) proficiency scale. Topics of conversation include education, sports, entertainment, travel, and health.
Upon successful completion of CHN 102, the student should be able to:
- Understand sentence length utterances which consist of recombination of learned utterances on a variety of topics. Content refer primarily to basic personal background and needs, social conversations and some complex tasks.
- Handle successfully a variety of uncomplicated task oriented and social functions. Can ask and answer questions participate in simple conversations on topics beyond the most immediate needs.
- Read consistently with increased understanding simple connected texts dealing with basic personal and social needs. Student will have sufficient comprehension to understand some authentic material as it reflects similarity to specially prepared material and/or to high frequency oral vocabulary and structure.
- Meet a number of practical writing needs. Can write short simple letters. Contents involves personal preference, daily routine, everyday events, and other topics grounded in personal experience. Evidence of control of the syntax of non-complex sentences. Can create a collection of sentences on a given topic.
- List some essential points of Chinese geography, society, and culture.
- CHN102 Elementary Mandarin II Textbook
- This OER textbook can be used for self-study, as part of an online course, or as a traditional college course. This text is used for the course CHN102: Elementary Mandarin II, taught at Kapi'olani Community College in Honolulu, Hawai'i. Cover image: "Calligraphy Lesson" c. 1920 by Thang Tran Phenh (Vietnam, 1890-1972)
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