CORE CHINESE 1: Build Up Chinese Foundations by Practice (Udemy.com)
A grammar oriented Chinese language course for speaking Chinese expressions through organized practices
Created by: Daniel Lin
Last updated June 2018
What you will learn
- Speak Chinese at a basic level
- Make your own variations of the Chinese expressions
- Understand the significant differences from English contained in the Chinese language
- Get used to Chinese structure, verb and sentence automatically
How it compares
Against the other 535 rated Udemy courses in Language Learning on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.7 out of 5higher than 64% of them
- Reviews1,239#160 of 536 by number of reviews
- Length8.8 hourslonger than 70% of them
- Last updatedJune 2018earlier than 91% of them
Course Description
That you have foundations in some foreign languages actually means that you should be able to make expressions with basic words and speak them on your own This course has been designed to help you have sufficient practice through an organized and systematic approach so that you can make and speak the most of basic Chinese expressions covered in an English grammar.
Build up Chinese Foundations through the Organized Practices
- 52 Lectures, 86 Practices plus Phonics
- Practice Audio files Provided
- 90% of Talking Head and 10% of Screen Cast Videos
- Practice with Only a Few Carefully Selected Words
- No Dialogue Based
Contents and Overview
This course has been designed to simplify your learning process as much as possible. The goal of this course is to make you practice to make and speak Chinese expressions on your own with only a few selected basic words. You'll learn how to make Chinese expressions with some selected words which include 12 verbs, 5 nouns, 6 pronouns, 6 adjectives, 37 adverbs and 6 conjunctions. After each lecture dealing with grammatical stuff, you'll practice every possible variation based on what you learn. By the end of this course, you will be able to make and speak the most of Chinese expressions covered in an English grammar.
What is different from other Chinese courses
- A grammar oriented Chinese class
- You will be able to automatically remember structure, verb and sentence through the organized practice activities
- Simple break down. Easy to find parts that you want to review.
- The combination of Chinese characters and Engish is great
- How the language hang together to express various gradations of meaning
- Optimization of learning with the utilization of a small group of terms. Teaches very simple sentences with all details.
- Helping English-language speakers understand the significant differences contained in the Chinese language
- Balance of theory and practice
Instructor Details
- 4.7 Rating
1,239 Reviews
Daniel Lin
Summary
I am a life mentor and instruction designer. I believe education should be kind to students. They shouldn't be frustrated while learning. Whether learning can be fun or frustrating depends on how it is designed.
Experience
I started my career as a software engineer in Samsung Electronics. Then I got interested in education because I felt it was the most productive among any other fields. Then I decided to be an educator for my whole life. I am very skillful at creating a good learning experience for students. Now I am running Nuts & Bolts, an organization providing e-Learning contents.
Education
- Bachelor Degree in Computer Engineering at Ajou University
- Master Degree in Education Technology at Seoul National University
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Reviews
By Circle Chen on 10/3/2021
Before, I rated this Good/Amazing. Now, I'm rating it a 5. I realized how much I learned and how much this course taught me. I'm not finished, but with the help of this course, I feel like I already completed the entire course and all the lectures. However, despite all of the positive attributes of this course, I'd recommend adding in the four tones to enhance the course's leverage. I may be incorrect though, please tell me if I'm supposed to just not care about the pinyin.
By Amos Todman on 11/8/2020
Great course! Almost 5 stars except on Apple TV the videos do not auto play but its fine on mobile.
By Lee Geok Kee on 10/19/2020
Enjoying learning from the start
By Christina Rogers on 9/9/2020
I am continuing through this course but so far I have loved every minute of it. I haven't gotten very far but already I feel like I have learned so much more of another language, Chinese no less, than I have ever grasped of another language before!
By Pooja Joshi on 8/25/2020
Yes it is good
By Govind Kumar on 7/8/2020
Course content are awesome
By Eustacia Studer on 5/23/2020
I have only gotten in three lessons so it has been mainly introductory. I cannot give an accurate review of the entirety of this course at this point and their is not enough information to feel one way or the other about what I have seen so far. I do like how the course is being described thus far and am excited to see the application of the discussed teaching methods throughout the course.
By Isabella Castillo on 5/17/2020
yesss
By Phil on 5/13/2020
Seems ok, early days,
By Mayuresh Koshe on 4/6/2020
It is very useful and easy to understand
By Robert L.van Es on 3/18/2020
I do understand clearly what has been said. And it is to me a big challenge to continue. I have been very much motivated.
By Alexey Saganov on 3/3/2020
The course is great, but I wish it had transliteration to the characters.
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Overall Score : 94 / 100






