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Learning Chinese : Start From Scratch (零到一學中文)

National Taiwan University

About this Course

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This is a six-week introductory course in Mandarin Chinese conversation. The course will be taught completely in Mandarin, however students are not expected to have any experience learning Chinese. 
This course’s main objective is to study practical conversation. By watching videos showing various kinds of situations, learners will recognize and understand vocabulary, pair everyday words together with grammar to form short phrases, and learn the correct way to express words used in day-to-day life.

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Beginner Level

Approx. 5 hours to complete

Chinese (Traditional)

Subtitles: Chinese (Traditional)

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竺靜華

助理教授 (Assistant Professor)

華語教學碩士學位學程 (Graduate Program of Teaching Chinese as a second Language)

28,284 Learners

2 Courses

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Beginner Level

Approx. 5 hours to complete

Chinese (Traditional)

Subtitles: Chinese (Traditional)

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National Taiwan University

We firmly believe that open access to learning is a powerful socioeconomic equalizer. NTU is especially delighted to join other world-class universities on Coursera and to offer quality university courses to the Chinese-speaking population. We hope to transform the rich rewards of learning from a limited commodity to an experience available to all.

Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

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Week

Week 1

1 hour to complete

Greetings

Starting from the first step of cultural communication, the course introduces how Chinese people greet others and respond to greetings. Students will learn 25 simple words and form short phrases, beginning to communicate with others.

1 hour to complete

9 videos (Total 36 min)

9 videos

A few words and learning tips from the instructor1m

Chinese and its Tones5m

1.0 Opening28s

1.1 I , You , He3m

1.2 My last name is wáng8m

1.3 Have a drink(tea), please.7m

1.4 Do you have any thing to do?3m

1.5 I am busy.4m

1.6 Ending1m

1 practice exercise

Week120m

Week

Week 2

1 hour to complete

Introduce yourself

This week’s lesson uses ‘Studying Chinese’ as its main theme. Students will learn how to make a self-introduction, meet classmates from different countries, learn vocabulary commonly used in the classroom, use 31 new words, talk about themselves and their classmates, and understand how Chinese words are formed from individual characters as well as their meaning and the ways they can change.

1 hour to complete

7 videos (Total 21 min)

7 videos

2.0 Opening30s

2.1 Chinese5m

2.2 Teach & Study3m

2.3 Listen & Write3m

2.4 I understand.3m

2.5 It is not difficult.3m

2.6 Ending1m

1 practice exercise

Week215m

Week

Week 3

1 hour to complete

Shopping

Learn everyday simple statements, such as being able to talk about: time, temperature, making choices when shopping, and personal likes and dislikes. Using 33 new words, make statements about one’s everyday life, talk about the things one wants to buy.

1 hour to complete

7 videos (Total 30 min)

7 videos

3.0 Opening36s

3.1 Today4m

3.2 I like...6m

3.3 A book6m

3.4 The tea is great.5m

3.5 Who is he ?5m

3.6 Ending1m

1 practice exercise

Week317m

Week

Week 4

1 hour to complete

Ｍaking an order

Learn numbers and measure words while eating food, understand how eating food is an expression of Chinese culture, and use 41 new words to make statements about eating food as well as express desires, preferences, and opinions.

1 hour to complete

7 videos (Total 29 min)

7 videos

4.0 Opening38s

4.1 I have my meal with chopsticks.5m

4.2 one ,two ,three ,four ,five5m

4.3 six ,seven ,eight ,nine ,ten2m

4.4 Delicious Breakfast ,Lunch and Dinner5m

4.5 Making an order7m

4.6 Ending1m

1 practice exercise

Week417m

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Learning Chinese : Start From Scratch (零到一學中文)

Learning Chinese : Start From Scratch (零到一學中文)