Carnegie Mellon University's Department of Languages, Cultures & Applied Linguistics is offering online instructor-guided beginner level Chinese courses for $150 this summer. (It also offers these courses at that price during other terms throughout the year, and in other languages like Arabic, French, and Spanish.)
Beginning Chinese 1 is an introductory Mandarin Chinese course for independent learners. The course aims to help beginners develop competence in speaking, listening, reading, and writing, as well as Chinese culture. Learners start with a unit on pinyin, including how to produce the different Chinese tones in speech and how to represent them in written letters. Each of the following units is centered around an authentic video in Chinese. Students interact with the audio elements of the videos and are encouraged to explore the traditional and/or simplified character representations throughout the course.
Registration is now open and classes begin May 11.
