"Mandarin Chinese 1: Chinese for Intermediate Learners" is the first course of the MOOC specialization "Learn Intermediate Mandarin Chinese" created by Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
This course is part of the Learn Mandarin Chinese: Intermediate Specialization
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About this Course
Having a proficiency level of or equal to HSK 2, or a vocabulary size of 300 words, or having about 50 hours total previous class time.
Skills you will gain
- Mandarin Chinese
- foreign language
- HSK3
Having a proficiency level of or equal to HSK 2, or a vocabulary size of 300 words, or having about 50 hours total previous class time.
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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
LESSON 1 你也喜欢跑步吗? Do you also like running? PART 1
Learning how to express hobbies; Learning expressions related to sports
LESSON 1 你也喜欢跑步吗?Do you also like running? PART 2
Learning how to express hobbies; Learning expressions related to sports
LESSON 2 你学得怎么样?How well do you learn? PART 1
Learning the expressions related to education; Learning how talk about home furnishings
LESSON 2 你学得怎么样?How well do you learn? PART 2
Learning the expressions related to education; Learning how talk about home furnishings
LESSON 3 肉夹馍比汉堡包好吃 Roujiamo tastes better than hamburgers PART 1
Learning how to talk about different life styles; Learning how to compare things
LESSON 3 肉夹馍比汉堡包好吃 Roujiamo Tastes Better Than Hamburgers PART 2
Learning how to talk about different life styles; Learning how to compare things
LESSON 4 你是跟谁一起去的?Who did you go with?
Learning expressions used in cases of emergency; Learning how to emphasize location, time or manner of an event
LESSON 4 你是跟谁一起去的?Who did you go with? PART 2
Learning expressions used in cases of emergency; Learning how to emphasize location, time or manner of an event
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TOP REVIEWS FROM MANDARIN CHINESE FOR INTERMEDIATE LEARNERS: PART 1
The dialogues provided along with the written material is helpful. I'm learning new vocabulary as well as sentence patterns. The explanations are very clear and presented in a way that makes sense.
Submission portion has technical issue. It's hard to do peer reviews. It keeps on flashing no submission when I think there are. Have it checked please.
i really like it, i learn a lot with SJTU ! thank you coursera !
Good course to refresh grammar and learn new vocabulary. Hope more students will join this course:)
About the Learn Mandarin Chinese: Intermediate Specialization
If you have fundamental proficiency in Mandarin Chinese, join us now to practice and improve your skill of the language spoken by more than 1 billion people. 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 3 test.

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