MCCCD Program Description

Intermediate Chinese Conversation I

Course: CHI225

First Term: 2014 Fall

Lecture 3 Credit(s) 3 Period(s) 3 Load
Subject Type: Academic
Load Formula: S

Description: Continued development of oral and aural skills for effective communication in Mandarin Chinese

MCCCD Official Course Competencies
1. Use Mandarin Chinese to conduct social interaction such as exchanging information about yourself, giving compliments, and responding. (I, II) 2. Use Mandarin Chinese to describe a series of pictures in sequence. (I, II) 3. Mandarin Chinese to retell events and experiences. (I, II) 4. Perform role playing in Mandarin Chinese. (I, II) 5. Express events in present, past, and future tense. (II) 6. Identify and describe various aspects of Chinese culture and custom. (I, II)
MCCCD Official Course Competencies must be coordinated with the content outline so that each major point in the outline serves one or more competencies. MCCCD faculty retains authority in determining the pedagogical approach, methodology, content sequencing, and assessment metrics for student work. Please see individual course syllabi for additional information, including specific course requirements.

MCCCD Official Course Outline
I. Vocabulary and Dialogue A. Getting acquainted B. Discussing schoolwork C. Studying and traveling D. Visiting friends E. Happy birthday F. A diary entry G. The speech contest H. Mailing a letter at post office II. Grammar A. The usage of le B. Classes expressing relative time C. The usage of coverbs yong, gei, dui, lian D. Subordination of transitive and intransitive verbs to nouns E. Completed action with guo F. Resultative verbs G. Duration of an action in the future, past and present H. Number of occurrences I. Question words as indefinites J. Passives with shi---de pattern

MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date: 4/22/1997

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