 Hello, my name is Lian Yi Song. I'm the teacher and convener of the course Chinese 1A. If you want to learn Chinese and you are a total beginner, then this is the course for you. This is a 15 credit course and it is taught in Term 1 only. There are four hours a week, two hours of lecture and two hours of tutorials. The textbook is this one. It's called Colloquial Chinese by Tony Pollard. We are going to learn lessons one to five, so there are 150 characters and 20 basic structures. So if you have not done any Chinese, my advice is that you look at a few video clips from YouTube, for example, to familiarize yourself with pronunciation in particular tones. And then watch a few videos and see how characters are drawn. And once you are comfortable with both the pronunciation and the basic writing of Chinese script, you'll be fine. Thank you.