Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 21F.103 (Fall 2005) 
• Course Title:
• Chinese III (Regular) 
• Course Level:
• Undergraduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Foreign Languages and Literatures 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Julian K. Wheatley 
• Course Introduction:
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  21F.103 Chinese III (Regular)
  
  
  
  

  Fall 2005

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  This course features the third part of a downloadable textbook, available in readings and also includes audio files of its main conversational and narrative material and a downloadable tutorial program (flashCube) for review, all available in study materials. It can be used as the basis for a taught course, for self-instruction, or for elementary-to-intermediate review.

  
  
  

  Course Description

  
  
  

  This is the third of the four courses (Chinese I through IV) in MIT's regular (non-streamlined) Chinese curriculum. The four make use of the textbook, Learning Chinese: A Foundation Course in Mandarin (unpublished, but available online), to which are added various supporting materials as needs arise. The foundation level covers core grammar, linguistic culture, basic conversation, the principles of the writing system, and elementary reading. Reading is primarily in the simplified character set that is the standard on the Mainland, but also in the traditional set that is still standard in Taiwan and many overseas communities.

  All four subjects in the foundation level are (Chinese I and II) or soon will be (Chinese IV) available on OpenCourseWare. Students who have advanced through Chinese I and II to reach this level, as well as those entering at Chinese III, should review at least the late material in Chinese II before proceeding. To facilitate review, as well as to orient students who are new to these materials, highlights from all the units in Chinese I and II and a list of the characters formally introduced in Character lessons 1-6 are included in the readings section of this course.

  
  
  

  Chinese Sequence on OCW

  
  
  

  OpenCourseWare now offers a complete sequence of four Chinese language courses, covering beginning to intermediate levels of instruction at MIT. They can be used not just as the basis for taught courses, but also for self-instruction and elementary-to-intermediate review.

  The four Chinese subjects provide the following materials: an online textbook in four parts, J. K. Wheatley's Learning Chinese: A Foundation Course in Mandarin; audio files of the main conversational and narrative material in this book; and syllabi and day-by-day schedules for each term. The four course sites also have links to a downloadable tutorial program, called flashCube, which offers a handy package of functions for learning textbook material outside of class.

  
  

  Course sequnce on OCW.

  CHINESE COURSES	COURSE SITES
  Chinese I (Spring 2006)	21F.101/151
  Chinese II (Spring 2006)	21F.102/152
  Chinese III (Fall 2005)	21F.103
  Chinese IV (Spring 2006)	21F.104

  
  
  

  Special Features

  
  
  

  • Video demonstration

  
  
  

  Technical Requirements

  
  
  

  Special software is required to use some of the files in this course: .mp3.