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MIT 21F.101 / 21F.151 Chinese I (Regular)

Mskritter   March 25th, 2011 4:12a.m.

http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/foreign-languages-and-literatures/21f-101-chinese-i-regular-spring-2006/

Not sure how good it is, but will start it soon. Linked it here in case anyone finds it helpful.

Mskritter   March 25th, 2011 4:24a.m.

http://ocw.usu.edu/Languages__Philosophy_and_Speech_Communication/first-year-chinese-i/index.html

Seems good.

Both have higher levels if required.

USU has video lectures, while MIT doesn't.

mcfarljw   March 25th, 2011 4:44a.m.

I looked at the level 4 Chinese course and was rather turned off by the fact it had entire passages written solely in pinyin. Though still a free resource, so I can't really complain haha.

Mskritter   March 25th, 2011 5:08a.m.

Hm in http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/foreign-languages-and-literatures/21f-104-chinese-iv-regular-spring-2006/syllabus/ it seems as they slowly start covering characters at least?

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