This course is designed to develop the fundamental communication skills in Mandarin Chinese, including listening, comprehension, reading and basic conversation. The emphasis is on the comprehension of native spoken and written Chinese. The course introduces Chinese characters and the pronunciation system. It also presents general aspects of Chinese daily life and culture.
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
Professor of Chinese, Irvine Valley College, CA, USA
Education: B.A. History - National Taiwan University, Taipei,
M.A. Art History - Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
Professor Chen was born and raised in Taipei, Taiwan. After graduating from NTU, she came to the US to pursue her graduate studies and started to teach Chinese. She has taught Chinese at secondary schools and college level students and has over fifteen years of experience. Professor Chen is also involved in many volunteer projects in local Chinese schools, including language teacher's workshops, writing curricula of Chinese courses; and developing computer aided language learning projects. She has over 20 academic presentations at ACTFL, Chinese language teaching conferences and California Language Teacher’s Association since 1996. Professor Chen utilizes her many years of teaching, traveling, and working with students to create the Total Chinese Beginning Chinese Level 1 and 2.
The CLERC Award of Distinction 2012
Outstanding Chinese Language Teacher of the year
The Chinese Language Teachers Association of Southern Californian (CLTA-SC, hyperlink https://clta-sc.us/ ) board has unanimously selected IVC Professor Joanne Chen as the receiver of the 2012 CLERC (Chinese Language Education and Research Center) Award for Outstanding Chinese Teaching for her great contributions to CLTA-SC by offering her expertise in using technology for Chinese education. This award includes a two week visit to China with an all-expense-paid trip by CLERC.
Lesson 1 Chinese Pronunciation Guide and Chinese Characters
Lesson 2 Greetings
Lesson 3 你叫什么名字？What is Your Name?
Lesson 4 What Is This? 这是什么？
Lesson 5 Chinese People 中国人
Lesson 6 How Many Books Do You Have? 你有几本书？
Lesson 7 My Family 我的家
Lesson 8 Where do you live? 你住在哪儿？
Lesson 9 What is your phone number? 你的电话号码是几号？
Lesson 10 Where Are You Going? 你去哪儿？
Lesson 11 Let’s Eat Chinese Food 我们吃中国菜
Lesson 12 What Day Is Today? 今天是几月几日？
Lesson 13 My Schedule 我的时间表
Lesson 14 Making Phone Calls 打电话
Lesson 15 Have You Eaten Yet? 你吃了吗？
Lesson 16 What Do You Want to Do? 你要做什么？