This course is designed to consolidate the foundation built in Elementary Chinese and continue developing students skills in aural comprehension, reading, and writing.

Upon completion of the course, students should be able to speak Chinese with some fluency on basic conversational topics, achieve a basic level of reading competence within simplified and traditional characters learned plus common compounds, and be able to write short compositions.

技术需求
Technical Requirements

使用Microsoft Windows的Microsoft Internet Explorer（5.0以上版本）：
由工具列的“检视”选择“编码”->“自动选取”或
“中文自动选取”

使用Microsoft Windows的Netscape（7.0以上版本）：
由工具列的“检视”选择“字码”->
“自动选取”->“中文”

使用Macintosh OS 9或X的Microsoft Internet Explorer（5.0以上版本）：
由工具列的“检视”选择“文字设定”->
“中文”（自动选取）

使用Macintosh OS 9或X的Netscape（7.0以上版本）：
由工具列的“检视”选择“字码”->
“自动选取”->“中文”

使用Macintosh OS X的Safari：
由工具列的“检视”选择“文件编码”->“中文”
(ISO-2022-JP)

Microsoft Internet Explorer (version 5.0+) on Microsoft Windows:
From VIEW menu select Encoding... Auto Select... or
Chinese AutoSelect.

Netscape (version 7.0+) on Microsoft Windows:
From VIEW menu, select Character Coding...
AutoDetect… Chinese.

Microsoft Internet Explorer (version 5.0+) on Macintosh OS 9 or X:
From VIEW menu select Character
Set… Chinese(auto-detect)

Netscape (version 7.0+) on Macintosh OS 9 or X:
From VIEW menu select Character Coding...
AutoDetect… Chinese.

Safari on Macintosh OS X:
From VIEW menu select Text Encoding... Chinese
(ISO-2022-JP)