CHIN 1
Elementary Modern Chinese
Description: Lecture, two hours; discussion, three hours. Not open to students who have learned, from whatever source, enough Chinese to qualify for more advanced courses. Introduction to fundamentals of standard Chinese, including pronunciation, grammar, and Chinese characters, with emphasis on all four basic language skills--speaking, listening comprehension, reading, and writing. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 5.0
Units: 5.0
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Fall 2025 - This class starts out pretty easy, but then it picks up the pace a lot to the point where there are three quizzes a week. Sometimes we had a quiz before even covering that material in the lecture, which was a little annoying. Also, the pace was a bit much because there were times that I couldn't learn all the characters because we had to learn twenty of them in one week. Other than pacing, it was alright and I will say that I did learn a lot. I would definitely take Chinese 1 again, but maybe with a different professor.
Fall 2025 - This class starts out pretty easy, but then it picks up the pace a lot to the point where there are three quizzes a week. Sometimes we had a quiz before even covering that material in the lecture, which was a little annoying. Also, the pace was a bit much because there were times that I couldn't learn all the characters because we had to learn twenty of them in one week. Other than pacing, it was alright and I will say that I did learn a lot. I would definitely take Chinese 1 again, but maybe with a different professor.
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very helpful teacher with many office hours before tests, but not very helpful to those who speak the language. don't go to office hours or ask her questions if you know how to speak even a bit of chinese i thought her reading comprehension of her tests were a bit unfair b/c you can argue the T/F both ways, but you will always lose, so no point arguing.
very helpful teacher with many office hours before tests, but not very helpful to those who speak the language. don't go to office hours or ask her questions if you know how to speak even a bit of chinese i thought her reading comprehension of her tests were a bit unfair b/c you can argue the T/F both ways, but you will always lose, so no point arguing.
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