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Learn Mandarin Chinese SpecializationShanghai Jiao Tong University

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Mandarin Chinese 1: Chinese for beginners is a beginner's course of Mandarin Chinese. It uses lectures, short plays, interactive exercises and cultural tips to help learners build a fundamental capability of oral Chinese in real-life situations. At the end of the 5-week course, the learners will reach the following proficiency: 
♦ 150 words
♦ 20 language points
♦ handling 5 real-life situations
This is a beginners' course, therefore no prerequisite is required.

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Learn Mandarin Chinese Specialization

Beginner Level

Approx. 20 hours to complete

English

Subtitles: Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Chinese (Simplified), Italian, Catalan, Vietnamese, German, Russian, Thai, English, Spanish

Flexible deadlines

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Course 1 of 4 in the

Learn Mandarin Chinese Specialization

Beginner Level

Approx. 20 hours to complete

English

Subtitles: Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Chinese (Simplified), Italian, Catalan, Vietnamese, German, Russian, Thai, English, Spanish

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Wang Jun

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Ph.D., Lecturer

School of Humanities, SJTU

81,147 Learners

8 Courses

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Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Shanghai Jiao Tong University, a leading research university located in Shanghai, China, has been regarded as the fastest developing university in the country for the last decade. With special strengths in engineering, science, medicine and business, it now offers a comprehensive range of disciplines in 27 schools with more than 41,000 enrolled students from more than one hundred countries.

Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

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Week

Week 1

2 hours to complete

Lesson 1 Nǐ hǎo 你好 Hello! Part 1

Learning how to greet people; Learning how to introduce one's name and nationality

2 hours to complete

3 videos (Total 11 min), 4 readings, 2 quizzes

3 videos

Welcome Video2m

Nǐ hǎo 你好 Hello!6m

Introduction to phonetics 1 语音入门11m

4 readings

Notice:Upgrading on Chinese Character learning10m

New words 生词10m

Written text of conversation (Optional, Don't read it before watching the video)10m

Complete introduction to Phonetics (optional, read only when you are anxious to know everything about pinyin)10m

2 practice exercises

Practice 练习30m

quiz 测验30m

2 hours to complete

Lesson 1 Nǐ hǎo 你好 Hello! Part 2

Learning how to greet people; Learning how to introduce one's name and nationality

2 hours to complete

2 videos (Total 10 min), 3 readings, 2 quizzes

Week

Week 2

2 hours to complete

Lesson 2 Xiànzài jǐ diǎn ？现在几点？ What's the time? Part 1

Learning how to express numbers; Learning how to express time: the time, years, month and dates

2 hours to complete

2 videos (Total 15 min), 3 readings, 2 quizzes

2 hours to complete

Lesson 2 Xiànzài jǐ diǎn ？现在几点？ What's the time? Part 2

Learning how to express numbers; Learning how to express time: the time, years, month and dates

2 hours to complete

2 videos (Total 9 min), 3 readings, 2 quizzes

Week

Week 3

2 hours to complete

Lesson 3：Nǐ mǎi shénme? 你买什么？ What do you want to buy? Part 1

Learning how to talk about money; Learning the expressions used in shopping

2 hours to complete

2 videos (Total 12 min), 2 readings, 2 quizzes

2 hours to complete

Lesson 3：Nǐ mǎi shénme? 你买什么？ What do you want to buy? Part 2

Learning how to talk about money; Learning the expressions used in shopping

2 hours to complete

2 videos (Total 10 min), 4 readings, 2 quizzes

Week

Week 4

2 hours to complete

Lesson 4 Nǐ jiā yǒu jǐ kǒu rén ？你家有几口人? How many people are there in your family? Part 1

Learning how to talk about family, occupations and age.

2 hours to complete

2 videos (Total 12 min), 2 readings, 2 quizzes

2 hours to complete

Lesson 4 Nǐ jiā yǒu jǐ kǒu rén ？你家有几口人? How many people are there in your family? Part 2

Learning how to talk about family, occupations and age.

2 hours to complete

2 videos (Total 8 min), 3 readings, 2 quizzes

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TOP REVIEWS FROM MANDARIN CHINESE 1: CHINESE FOR BEGINNERS

by ABMay 11, 2021

I already have a little knowledge of Mandarin as I took a short basic class in my school, and this course just helped me solidified what I've learned there.

by BSOct 31, 2021

An interesting course for curious people, an opportunity for language learners. This course has customizable levels of difficulty that can be openly explored by the learners.

by BSMay 23, 2018

Excellent! If anyone can teach a 68-year-old "geyser" Mandarin, they deserve 5 stars. Will be going on to next course!

by NAApr 30, 2020

It is a good course but the peer graded assignments need a lot of patience for people to review yours and vice versa

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About the Learn Mandarin Chinese Specialization

Come and learn the language which is spoken by more than 1 billion people and is getting more and more learners. This may enable you to know and do business with people from one of the world's biggest economies. This specialization may also help you to pass HSK (the only official proficiency test of Chinese language) level 1 or 2.

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