Spoken Chinese IA (CHIN1100)
Information valid for Semester 1, 2026
Course level
Undergraduate
Faculty
Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
School
Languages & Cultures School
Units
2
Duration
One Semester
Attendance mode
In Person
Class hours
Workshop 2 Hours/ Week
Tutorial 2 Hours/ Week
Restricted
Course offering may be cancelled unless a minimum of 20 students enrol.
Course enquiries
Doctor Melody Chang (Semester 1, Regular, St Lucia, In person)
Study Abroad
This course is pre-approved for Study Abroad and Exchange students.
Current course offerings
Course offerings | Location | Mode | Course Profile |
Semester 1, 2025 (24/02/2025 - 21/06/2025) | St Lucia | In Person | Course Profile |
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Course description
This is an introductory course to spoken Chinese for students with no prior knowledge of the Chinese language. This course covers oral/aural modern Chinese (Mandarin), outlining grammar & phonology with aid of Romanised script (Pinyin). CHIN1100 starts at A1 level on the CEFR language proficiency scale, and enabling you to reach a low A2 level.