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The class is limited to maximum of 15 students.
Nine two-hours teacher-led in-person class meetings.
Nine one-hour online meetings are totally real time (not asynchronous online video class) and highly interacts with our teachers.
Two to three hours each week self-paced online learning through Google Classroom, YouTube, Quizlet, and Kahoot!
SPRING 2025 COURSE: FEBRUARY 7, 2025 TO MAY 16, 2025
TOTAL 27 HOURS, 2 DAYS A WEEK STUDENT-PROFESSIONAL FACULTY INTERACTION - ZERO TIME DIFFERENCE
Free culture class meeting (family members welcome)
Free TEXTBOOK: Let's Learn Mandarin Book 1 Lesson 01 ~ 03
MANDARIN, BEGINNer i
MANDARIN, BEGINNer i
Spring 2025 quarter is offering this entry level class to maximum of 15 students with little or no Mandarin language experience. This nine weeks' beginners hybrid course is designed to help students to learn Mandarin phonetic symbols and pronunciation using Pinyin system, and to become familiar with Chinese characters, radical, stroke order, and cultural meanings.
To understand and learn the basic Chinese grammar and vocabulary. Ability to recognize basic units of language
Can recognize everyday, high-frequency words which are immediately relevant to oneself and delivered clearly and slowly, repeated, and supported by context.
Be able to introduce yourself and others.
Students will not only develop their ability to listen, speak, read, write within the Mandarin language, but they will have an opportunity to learn beyond the text, enriching their understanding of Chinese culture and customs.
CLASS MEETS: FRIDAYS 7:00~9:00 PM @ LYNBROOK HIGH SCHOOL, SAN JOSE, CA.
ONLINE CLASSES WILL BE CONDUCTED THROUGH THE ZOOM PLATFORM
ONLINE TUTORING WITH TA (ONE HOUR PER WEEK)
In-classroom teacher:
In-classroom teacher:
Professor HSI-CHI LEE
Ph. D., Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Chinese as a Second Language / TCSL, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan
Master’s Degree, Applied Linguistics, Indiana University/IU, Bloomington, IN
Director, Mandarin Chinese Center, Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan
Certificate of Proficiency for Teaching Chinese as a Second/Foreign Language, Ministry of Education, Taiwan, ROC
25 years Mandarin & English teaching; 10 years Mandarin teacher training
On-line teacher:
On-line teacher:
YU-NING (EMILY) WANG
MA in Art Therapy, New York University, New York, USA
Higher Learning Commission (HLC) accredited course: Abnormal Psychology, University of North Dakota, North Dakota, USA
BA in Graphic Arts and Communications with Minor: Department of Chinese as a Second Language Program of Applied Chinese Language and Culture , National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan
Certificate of Proficiency for Teaching Chinese as a Second/Foreign Language, Ministry of Education, Taiwan, ROC
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