Chinese: Beginner Level 1 *Online*
Mandarin Chinese has more native speakers than any other language. As Mandarin's popularity increases among language learners, give yourself an advantage with an experienced and enthusiastic instructor. Chinese Level 1 is for students with no prior background in Chinese Mandarin. Students will learn basic words and phrases for daily greetings, naming people and companies, identifying family members, and talking about what they do and where they live. We use the textbook for beginner's Chinese by anthropologist and linguist Yong Ho, for the very reason that it is written on the premise that "less is more." This Level 1 course will cover the first 4 lessons in this textbook, with the goal of writing a paragraph of self-introduction in Pinyin Chinese at the end of the term. The focus at this level is on very basic conversations, pronunciation, and tones. Instructor: Jin Chen Cooper
Sections
CMB1-WI25.01
9 Thursdays, 7:45-9:15pm. Begins Jan. 16
This class will meet online using Zoom. The Zoom link and information on how to join will be emailed to you. Please also check your spam folder.
If you register 12 hours or less before the class begins or after the start date, please contact zoom@ccae.org for the link.
Please note that this course requires the purchase of a textbook: Yong Ho: Beginner's Chinese with 2 Audio CDs (ISBN: 978-0781812573) or Yong Ho: Beginner's Chinese with Online Audio (ISB: 978-0781813983).
Instructors: Jin Chen Cooper
Instructor
Jin Chen Cooper
Jin Chen Cooper is an Associate in Research of Harvard Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, and a Rapporteur for the Harvard Asia Center reporting on the talk series "Critical Issues Confronting China," and other Center events. From 2005 to 2013, she was a specially invited columnist of Caixin Media (formerly Caijing Magazine), for which she published a weekly column, “Notes from Harvard.” Jin holds an MA in Regional Studies - East Asia (RSEA) from Harvard University, an MBA with concentration in finance from the Carroll School of Management of Boston College, and a BA in mathematics and economics from Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR. She lives in Cambridge, MA with her husband and two children.