Beginner Mandarin I  (this course will change effective Sept. 2007. View future changes ).

Students will develop basic skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing in Mandarin Chinese while exploring the Chinese culture.

Prerequisites: Oral assessment interviews are required for all students.

Transferable (refer to transfer guide)

Beginner Mandarin II  (this course will change effective Sept. 2007. View future changes ).

Students will build on the basic skills and continue to develop oral, listening, reading and writing skills while further exploring the Chinese culture in the Canadian context.

Prerequisites: MAND 1100 or oral assessment by instructor

Transferable (refer to transfer guide)

Intermediate Mandarin I  (this course will change effective Sept. 2007. View future changes ).

Students will practise and enhance the basic linguistic skills developed in Mandarin 1101 and will acquire additional grammatical structures and vocabulary for achieving intermediate proficiency in conversation, reading, writing and translation as well as further understanding of the Chinese culture and customs.

Prerequisites: MAND 1101; all other students must be interviewed by instructor

Transferable (refer to transfer guide)

Intermediate Mandarin II   (this course will change effective Sept. 2007. View future changes ).

Students will build on previously acquired linguistic skills to further the development of speaking and writing skills and the understanding of the Chinese culture. They will focus on intermediate reading, conversation, translation and composition.

Prerequisites: MAND 2200; all other students must be interviewed by instructor.

Transferable (refer to transfer guide)

Mandarin for Speakers of Other Chinese Dialects I

Students will learn Mandarin phonetics (including its Pinyin spelling system) and will study the differences between Mandarin and other Chinese dialects in terms of pronunciation, grammar, diction and character writing. They will develop communicative competence in conversational Mandarin through a set of practical situations. Students need to have basic reading and writing skills in the Chinese language to take this course.

Prerequisites: None. However, students should contact the instructor for assessment if they are not sure of their level.

Transferable (refer to transfer guide)