Chinese

This course is an intermediate reading and writing course in Putonghua. Students will be trained to use Putonghua in more daily situations and semi-formal situations.

The Internet and mobile devices have changed the production, transmission, presentation and storage of communication content, and provided a wider range of marketing communication vehicles and categories. This course explains the characteristics, strategies, development trends, available tools and main types of digital marketing, and is supplemented by case illustrations. This course enables students to master the principles of digital marketing; understand how companies can use different digital marketing tools and methods to produce effective marketing strategy planning and benefits and discuss the characteristics and limitations of each digital marketing type. The course provides opportunities for students to work in groups, using agricultural products as examples, and apply the digital marketing strategies taught in the classroom to write digital marketing plans suitable for the exhibition and sale of agricultural products. 

The aim of Intensive Chinese Reading is to improve the students' reading and writing skills by learning vocabulary and grammar.

Intermediate Class: For those who have vocabulary skill of more than 1200 Chinese words. The course aims to allow students to use Chinese in daily lives, studies and work.
 

Students learn pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar of modern Chinese systematically. It focuses on the training of students’ reading and writing skills in Chinese and consequently improves students’ communication ability. There are three levels for according to the textbooks and teaching pace. In level one, the students learn about 10000 new words and over 500 grammar items. After this course, the students’ language level should be equivalent to the HSK level 11. 

The aim of Spoken Chinese is to enhance the proficiency of oral communication by learning common vocabularies and sentences.

Intermediate Class: For those who have vocabulary skill of more than 1200 Chinese words. The course aims to allow students to use Chinese in daily lives, studies and work.
 

1. Introduction of the course

i. The Chinese character Tai Chi is based on Taiji, according to the rise, fall, opening and closing of human body hardware, the fluctuation of software breath and the retraction of consciousness, with Yin and Yang transformation as the general principles. To achieve the dynamic balance of body, heart, spirit and wisdom, and achieve the eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, consciousness six normalization harmonious state. Chinese character Tai Chi combines culture, self-cultivation, music and innovation. It is a traditional sport with cultural, philosophical and artistic characteristics. This course consists of teaching by word and example. Teaching by words: read classics 25 minutes before each class. Textbooks: classics, such as The Great Learning, Tao Te Ching, Diamond Sutra, and Heart Sutra. After reading, students discuss 5 minutes for each chapter. Students should combine their study and life in the process of discussion. Teachers ask questions for 5 minutes, and the whole students discuss them together. Teaching by examples: The teacher teaches the structure of the body, and the teacher kneads skeleton for each student. Teaching the basic movements of Chinese character Tai Chi (hand, eye, body, method, step, basic stroke, simple Chinese character, basic strokes of Chinese characters and coordination of hand, eye, body, method and step). Through the study of Chinese character Tai Chi and the course of health care, the students can understand the relationship between the words and examples, understand the traditional sports, and combine the students' morality, intelligence, body and beauty, so as to achieve the purpose of cultivation. Through the study of Chinese character Tai Chi and the course of health care, the students can set up a correct outlook on life and values and grasp the state of their own life, enable students to realize that "without desire to observe things to small to micro, with desire to observe their laws and purposes" and its application in life. Through the study of Chinese character Tai Chi and the course of health care, it can improve the flexibility, coordination and suppleness of the students' body, and achieve the purpose of improving health, stimulating vitality and pleasing the body and mind. Through the study of Chinese character Tai Chi and the course of health care, students can write different Chinese characters and practice different routines every day according to their own emotional changes. So that everyone can combine their own physiological conditions and characteristics to find their own form of movement. 

ii. Safety Precautions 

a) Wear loose clothing (e.g., traditional health clothes or sportswear) 

b) Students are required to pay attention to their physical safety, such as chest tightness, panic, headache and other physiological conditions. The teacher arranges it according to the situation 

2. Curriculum Task 

i. Cultivate students' sense of lifelong physical education, grasp the concept of traditional national sports and culture system of Chinese characters 

ii. Practice and grasp accurately and effectively. 

iii. Improve self-cultivation and improve personal personality

This advanced Chinese language course is for students who have taken Intermediate Chinese II of the Chinese Language Course for International Students or those who have taken at least 600 hours (6 hours per week) of Chinese language instruction.  The course develops proficient language skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing, for students to communicate effectively in their daily lives. The course instructs on vocabulary and grammar that are not often used in daily conversations. Students learn to use appropriate Chinese language in discussions leading to a greater understanding of Taiwanese culture and language. The course utilizes the textbook, Far East Daily Chinese III. 

This advanced Chinese language course is for students who have taken Intermediate Chinese I of the Chinese Language Course for International Students or those who have taken at least 450 hours (6 hours per week) of Chinese language instruction. The course develops proficient language skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing, for students to communicate effectively in their daily lives. The course instructs on vocabulary and grammar that are not often used in daily conversations. Students learn to use appropriate Chinese language leading in discussions leading to a greater understanding of Taiwanese culture and language. The course utilizes the textbook, A Course in Contemporary Chinese IV.  

This advanced Chinese language course is for students who have taken Advanced I of the Chinese Language Course for International Students or those who have taken at least 600 hours (6 hours per week) of Chinese language instruction. The course does not utilize a specific textbook but discusses topics that aid proficiency in listening, speaking and writing. Students learn to use appropriate Chinese language in discussions and practice reading newspapers and magazines, leading to a greater understanding of Taiwanese culture and language.