First-Year Chinese I

Description from DukeHub

First semester of a two-semester sequence. Designed for students with little or no knowledge of the Chinese language. Aim at developing basic communicative proficiency in Mandarin Chinese with equal attention to aural comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Learn some Chinese cultural facts and social-cultural etiquette when developing basic communicative competence in Chinese. Recognize and write approximately 250-300 characters by the end of the semester.

Skills

• writingdescription: "writing" and 1 more
• languageslanguage department: CHINESE

AI-resilient: 1 of 5 1/5

• No: Physical, lab or field work
• ✓Yes: Live work with people · "service-learning"
• No: Judgment someone is accountable for
• No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
• No: Small, in-person format

The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works

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