Learn Mandarin Course

After studying this course, you should be able to:

• Understand how to enable the Chinese keyboard and type characters on a western keyboard.
• Demonstrate an awareness of the varieties of the Chinese language.
• Understand how the sound system of Mandarin Chinese (pinyin and tones) works.
• Understand that there are simplified and traditional forms of Chinese characters and have an awareness of how they are combined together to form new meanings.
• Demonstrate basic vocabulary and pronunciation related to greetings, numbers, names and nationalities.
• Demonstrate a cultural understanding of how professional titles are used to address people.