Welcome to the instruction of Mandarin Pinyin. Pinyin is a sound-annotating system for Chinese characters using Roman letters. Learning Pinyin has been an important educational practice in Mainland China for native Chinese children, and it is also typically taught to beginning learners of Chinese as a foreign/second language in tertiary-level classrooms. Research has shown that Pinyin facilitates subsequent Chinese word reading. This course will provide students with the foundational knowledge of Pinyin and how to pronounce initials and finals in the Pinyin. Through the course, learners will master the skills or tips of Chinese pronunciation and achieve the pronunciation level close to native speakers by the interaction with peers and teacher.
