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Welcome to CHNS1101 notes and summaries

This is a beginner course for learning Chinese at the University of Sydney. It is described as

Foundation work on pronunciation, pinyin romanisation, elementary grammar and the Chinese writing system will be followed by conversational drills, comprehension, reading and writing practice in Classwork and homework.

Course details: https://www.sydney.edu.au/units/CHNS1101

Everthing here will be my own note taking from the course.

Learning outcomes (as per usyd website)

LO1. master the pronunciation of modern standard Chinese, including the tones (Pinyin romanisation system)

LO2. understand the basic structure of the Chinese writing system

LO3. understand the basic structure of the grammar of modern standard Chinese

LO4. communicate in Chinese in a variety of everyday situations (listening and speaking)

LO5. read and write approximately 100 simplified Chinese characters and related vocabulary

LO6. use basic Chinese vocabulary and grammar structures to write short paragraphs

LO7. demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of Chinese culture and customs

LO8. demonstrate an insight into, and display interest in, Chinese studies.

Rules for myself when attending zoom sessions

  • When on the zoom class. Only one terminal for note taking and another web browser for the zoom session. No other tabs and no distractions. (1)

  • zoom view: Standard speaker - I only need see the instructor talking. Not other students. Viewing other students can be a distraction.

  • Keep web camera and mic off until I need to use it. It helps to save on bandwidth.

  1. I refuse to get the zoom application. I would prefer to attend zoom session via web browser. YouTube link 1 and YouTube link 2 for informative videos on why not to use zoom.

Using YouTube as a resouce

I view YouTube as a free online video storage. Therefore I will post my video recordings of the course to YouTube (But will unlist the videos). The whole playlist can be seen here

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