CHIN 141

CHIN 141 (3 credits) – Term 1 (4hrs/week)

CHIN 141 is an introductory course for heritage language learners who have native or near-native speaking ability in Chinese, but have little or no knowledge of written Chinese . Building upon the students’ oral/aural abilities, this course aims to develop students’ communicative competence in listening, speaking, reading and writing in spoken Mandarin and modern written Chinese , with special emphasis on reading and writing. By the end of the course, students are expected to have a good command of Mandarin pronunciation, part of basic grammar, an active vocabulary of 300 characters, basic sentence patterns, and basic reading and writing skills in the Chinese language.

Textbook : A Primer for Advanced Beginners of Chinese Vol. I (Li et al. 2004) (Simplified character edition)

Prerequisite : None

Placement interview : required.

Continued Area of Study : CHIN 143

Winter 2023
No CHIN course(s) were found for W2023 term.

CHIN141 –> Progress to CHIN143

You have two choices for CHIN143, i.e. in Winter Term 2 2020-2021 or in Summer Term 1 2021.

  • 1st choice: CHIN143 in Winter Term 2.

Winter 2023
No CHIN course(s) were found for W2023 term.

  • 2nd choice: CHIN143 in Summer Term 1, 2021.
    • Please note that summer CHIN143 is the second part of CHIN144 (=CHIN141+CHIN143).
    • CHIN144 is a six-week six-credit summer intensive course. If you intend to take CHIN143 in the summer, you will be joining the rest of the CHIN144 students for the second three-week period of their course, i.e. May 31 – June 17. Your CHIN143 instructor may request you to join the class a couple of days ahead of the class to adapt to summer intensive learning. The class will meet four times a week, four hours a day, with the exact same instructional hours as a regular winter course. The course is intensive because you are earning the same amount of credits within a very short period of time, i.e. six credits for CHIN144 in six weeks and three credits for CHIN143 in three weeks.
    • Please note that if you have finished CHIN141 this term, you CANNOT register for CHIN144. Please register in CHIN143 in summer term 1 2021. The course is scheduled and confirmed to be offered.
    • After taking CHIN143 in summer term 1 2021, you can join CHIN241 to continue your Chinese learning with your old friends in winter term 1, 2020!