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Textbooks

[LC] = Wheatley, Julian. Learning Chinese: A Foundation Course in Mandarin Yale University Press, 2014. ISBN: 9780300141184. (The Character Text / 漢語基礎教材 / 汉语基础教材).

[PC] = The simiplified character version: Li, Duanduan. A Primer for Advanced Beginners of Chinese - Simplified Character Version Vol. 1. (Daxue Yuwen). Columbia University Press, 2004. ISBN: 9780231135672; or the traditional character version: Li, Duanduan. A Primer for Advanced Beginners of Chinese Vol. 1. (Daxue Yuwen). Columbia University Press, 2002. ISBN: 9780231125550.

WEEK # MONDAYS WEDNESDAYS FRIDAYS
1 No Class

Session 1: Course Introduction; Pinyin

Session 2: Pinyin

2

Session 3: [LC] Basics of Characters

Session 4: [LC] Characters

Session 5: [LC] Characters; Test 1 (Pinyin and Hanzi)

3

Session 6: [LC] Characters

Session 7: [LC] Characters

No Class
4

Session 8: [LC] Characters

Session 9: [LC] Characters

Session 10: Fán-Jiǎn Conversion; Test 2 (Pinyin and Hanzi)

5

Session 11: [PC] Chapter 1: Names

Session 12: [PC] Chapter 1: Names

Session 13: [PC] Chapter 2: Chinese Families

6

Session 14: [PC] Chapter 2: Chinese Families

Session 15: Review

Session 16: Test 3 ([PC] Chapter 1 & [PC] Chapter 2)

7 No Class

Session 17: [PC] Chapter 3: The North and the South

Session 18: Class Activity

8

Session 19: [PC] Chapter 3: The North and the South

Session 20: [PC] Chapter 4: The Suns

Session 21: [PC] Chapter 4: The Suns

9 Session 22: Review

Session 23: Test 4 ([PC] Chapter 3 & [PC] Chapter 4)

Session 24: [PC] Chapter 5: Heaven and Earth

10

Session 25: [PC] Chapter 5: Heaven and Earth

Session 26: [PC] Chapter 6: Chinese Idioms

Session 27: [PC] Chapter 6: Chinese Idioms

11 No Class

Session 28: Review—Beijing Film Academy Animation Project

Session 29: Test 5 ([PC] Chapter 5 & [PC] Chapter 6)

12

Session 30: [PC] Chapter 7: The Great Wall

Session 31: [PC] Chapter 7: The Great Wall

No Class
13

Session 32: [PC] Chapter 8: Li Bai

Session 33: [PC] Chapter 8: Li Bai

No Class
14

Session 34: Review

Session 35: Test 6 ([PC] Chapter 7 & [PC] Chapter 8)

Session 36: [PC] Chapter 9: Chinese Medicine

15

Session 37: [PC] Chapter 10: Chinese Medicine

Session 38: End-of-Term Essay Due

No Class