Textbooks
[LC] = Wheatley, Julian. Learning Chinese: A Foundation Course in Mandarin Yale University Press, 2014. ISBN: 9780300141184. (The Character Text / 漢語基礎教材 / 汉语基础教材).
[PC] = The simiplified character version: Li, Duanduan. A Primer for Advanced Beginners of Chinese - Simplified Character Version Vol. 1. (Daxue Yuwen). Columbia University Press, 2004. ISBN: 9780231135672; or the traditional character version: Li, Duanduan. A Primer for Advanced Beginners of Chinese Vol. 1. (Daxue Yuwen). Columbia University Press, 2002. ISBN: 9780231125550.
| WEEK # | MONDAYS | WEDNESDAYS | FRIDAYS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No Class | Session 1: Course Introduction; Pinyin | Session 2: Pinyin |
| 2 | Session 3: [LC] Basics of Characters | Session 4: [LC] Characters | Session 5: [LC] Characters; Test 1 (Pinyin and Hanzi) |
| 3 | Session 6: [LC] Characters | Session 7: [LC] Characters | No Class |
| 4 | Session 8: [LC] Characters | Session 9: [LC] Characters | Session 10: Fán-Jiǎn Conversion; Test 2 (Pinyin and Hanzi) |
| 5 | Session 11: [PC] Chapter 1: Names | Session 12: [PC] Chapter 1: Names | Session 13: [PC] Chapter 2: Chinese Families |
| 6 | Session 14: [PC] Chapter 2: Chinese Families | Session 15: Review | Session 16: Test 3 ([PC] Chapter 1 & [PC] Chapter 2) |
| 7 | No Class | Session 17: [PC] Chapter 3: The North and the South | Session 18: Class Activity |
| 8 | Session 19: [PC] Chapter 3: The North and the South | Session 20: [PC] Chapter 4: The Suns | Session 21: [PC] Chapter 4: The Suns |
| 9 | Session 22: Review | Session 23: Test 4 ([PC] Chapter 3 & [PC] Chapter 4) | Session 24: [PC] Chapter 5: Heaven and Earth |
| 10 | Session 25: [PC] Chapter 5: Heaven and Earth | Session 26: [PC] Chapter 6: Chinese Idioms | Session 27: [PC] Chapter 6: Chinese Idioms |
| 11 | No Class | Session 28: Review—Beijing Film Academy Animation Project | Session 29: Test 5 ([PC] Chapter 5 & [PC] Chapter 6) |
| 12 | Session 30: [PC] Chapter 7: The Great Wall | Session 31: [PC] Chapter 7: The Great Wall | No Class |
| 13 | Session 32: [PC] Chapter 8: Li Bai | Session 33: [PC] Chapter 8: Li Bai | No Class |
| 14 | Session 34: Review | Session 35: Test 6 ([PC] Chapter 7 & [PC] Chapter 8) | Session 36: [PC] Chapter 9: Chinese Medicine |
| 15 | Session 37: [PC] Chapter 10: Chinese Medicine | Session 38: End-of-Term Essay Due | No Class |