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Mandarin Chinese 1: Chinese for Beginners

Name: Mandarin Chinese 1: Chinese for Beginners
Rating: 8.8 (1217 reviews)

Mandarin Chinese 1: Chinese for beginners is a beginner's course of Mandarin Chinese. It uses lectures, short plays, interactive exercises and cultural tips ...

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(1,217 reviews)

62,934 students

Created by

Wang Jun

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Video Score: 7.8 / 10

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About the course

Mandarin Chinese 1: Chinese for beginners is a beginner’s course of Mandarin Chinese. It uses lectures, short plays, interactive exercises and cultural tips to help learners build a fundamental capability of oral Chinese in real-life situations. At the end of the 5-week course, the learners will reach the following proficiency:

♦ 150 words
♦ 20 language points
♦ handling 5 real-life situations
This is a beginners’ course, therefore no prerequisite is required.

What can you learn from this course?

What you need to start the course?

There is no prerequisite, anyone can begin this course.. This course is also great for beginners without any Other Languages knowledge.

Who is this course is made for?

This course is suitable for beginners.

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Access to most course materials is FREE in audit mode on Coursera. If you wish to earn a certificate and access graded assignments, you must purchase the certificate experience during or after your audit.

If the course does not offer the audit option, you can still take a free 7-day trial.

The average price is $3.8 of 49 Other Languages courses. So this course is 100% cheaper than the average Other Languages course on Coursera.

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Coursera offers a 7-day free trial for subscribers.

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Who will teach this course? Can I trust Wang Jun?

Wang Jun has created 8 courses that got 213 reviews which are generally positive. Wang Jun has taught 74,118 students and received a 4.85 average review out of 213 reviews. Depending on the information available, we think that Wang Jun is an instructor that you can trust.

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Wang Jun

School of Humanities

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Wang Jun is currently the vice director of Institute of Chinese Language at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. In addition, he is an associate professor of linguistics at the School of Humanities, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and a member of China Association for Comparative Studies of English and Chinese (CACSEC). He has also taught at Confucius Academy co-founded by Global Education Group (Malaysia) and SJTU at Kuala Lumpur. He received a Bachelor of Arts and a doctorate from East China Normal University. His research interests mainly concern second language acquisition and the teaching of Chinese as a second language. He has published more than 10 academic papers in leading academic journals in China and directed and completed a National Social Sciences Fund Project.

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