PAAS 212

Elementary Mandarin for Speakers of Other Chinese Languages

Units: 1.5, Hours: 3-0

Trains speakers of non-Mandarin forms of Chinese (e.g., Cantonese) in the sounds of Mandarin Chinese. Students will learn the pinyin romanization system; concentration will be on listening and speaking. Characters will be introduced in both full and simplified variants.

Note: Credit will be granted for only one of 212, CHIN 220, 410. Not open to non-native speakers. Limited to 35 students per section.

Formerly: CHIN 220

Prerequisites: Knowledge of a non-Mandarin form of Chinese and permission of the department.

Undergraduate course offered by the Department of Pacific and Asian Studies in the Faculty of Humanities.