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MAND 3
Elementary Mandarin (Third Quarter)

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Course Description

Further development of material presented in MAND 1 and MAND 2. Completion of introduction to the language and cultures of Mandarin-speaking countries and communities. Basic speaking, listening, reading, and writing of Mandarin will be further introduced and practiced within a cultural framework. Mandarin will be the primary language of instruction. Emphasis will be on language as an expression of culture and a medium of communication.

Student Learning Outcomes

• Demonstrate a somewhat consistent working command of essential vocabulary recognize and reproduce at least 450 Chinese characters and language structures necessary to request and provide, orally and in writing, a more complex/abstract range of information relating to high-frequency situations in familiar contexts such as talking about weather, dining, asking directions, birthday party and seeing a doctor.
• Derive meaning from longer, simple texts on familiar topics, relying on contextual clues to extract main ideas and supporting details.
• Compose comprehensible, more complex sentences about familiar topics to reflect a somewhat consistent working command of core vocabulary and language structures.
• Demonstrate an increasingly accurate grasp of social protocols and contributions of Mandarin-speaking cultures, by analyzing and comparing them to one's own cultures.

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Course Details

Units

5 Units

Hours

• Weekly Lecture Hours: 5
• Weekly Lab Hours: 0

Gen Ed

General Education Class

Program Status

Program Applicable

Credit

Credit - Degree Applicable

Transferability

Transferable to both UC and CSU

Grading Method

Letter Grading

Requisite and Advisory

Prerequisite(s)

MAND 2 equivalent to two years of high school Mandarin or equivalent

Advisory(ies)

ESL 272 and ESL 273, or ESL 472 and ESL 473, or eligibility for EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or ESL 5

Corequisite(s)

Limitations on Enrollment and Entrance Skills

Limitation(s) on Enrollment

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