Chinese

This course is directed towards those who have taken Intermediate High Chinese of the Chinese Language Course for International Students or those who have learned Chinese for at least 350-400 hours (6 hours/week). 

This course uses the textbook Practical Audio-Visual Chinese III (chapter 1~ chapter 7) to help students develop proficient language skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing that would enable them to communicate effectively in their daily lives. Students will learn commonly used new vocabulary and grammar that are not often used in daily conversations. Students will be able to use appropriate Chinese language to carry on discussions to further understand Taiwanese culture and language as they progress through the course.

This course is intended to give a panoramic view of contemporary China. The topics are restricted to different aspects of the status-quo of China, including people and nationalities, food and cuisines, languages and dialects, festivals and traditions, marriage and family, leisure and entertainment, arts and sports, traffic and transport, travel and world heritage, natural resources and environment protection, mass media and publication, education and research, politics and government, religions and beliefs, information technology and internet, cities and countryside. Each topic is framed into 10 to 15 questions and presented in an easily accessible way with statistic figures, stories, pictures and video clips from different sources in order to ensure objectivity. The aim of the course is to offer a panoramic view of contemporary China in the selected aspects and help understand the variety and diversity of contemporary Chinese society.

This course is directed towards those who have taken Elementary High Chinese of the NTU Chinese Language Course for International Students or those who have learned Chinese for 200-250 hours (6hrs/week). This course uses the textbook Practical Audio-Visual Chinese II (chapter 1~chapter 7) to help students develop proficient language skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing that would enable them to communicate effectively in their daily lives. Students will further understand Taiwanese language and culture and language through the course. 

ADVANCED INTENSIVE CHINESE I

This course is directed towards those who have taken Advanced Low Chinese II of the NTU Chinese Language Course for International Students or those who have learned Chinese for 600-700 hours (6hrs/week). This course uses the textbook Far East Daily Chinese III (chapter 3~ chapter 10) to help students develop proficient language skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing that would enable them to communicate effectively in their daily lives. Students will learn new vocabulary and grammar not often used in daily conversations. Students will be able to use appropriate Chinese language to carry on discussions and further understand Taiwanese language and culture as they progress through the course.

INTERMEDIATE INTENSIVE CHINESE I

In our daily life, people often tell friends, peers, family of their distress before they tell professional counselors. Peer counseling is such a special kind of psychological counseling, conducted by trained or supervised unprofessional people, providing helps having some counseling effects. In this process, through the use of active listening and problem solving skills combining knowledge about human development and mental health, peer counselors instruct their companions and provide them with psychological and emotional support In this course, the basic concept, skills and ethic of peer counseling will be introduced, as well as some practical problems such as culture, race, sexual orientation and romantic relationship. As a general course, these goals are to reach: Students can have basic knowledge of peer counseling; Some basic peer counseling skills can be mastered and used in practical situations; This course also helps student in viewing their own mental health and improving it with related knowledge.

This course is directed towards those who have taken Advanced Low Chinese I of the NTU Chinese Language Course for International Students or those who have learned Chinese for 500-600 hours (6hrs/week).  This course uses the textbook Practical Audio-Visual Chinese IV (chapter 8~ chapter 14) to help students develop proficient language skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing that would enable them to communicate effectively in their daily lives. Students will learn new vocabulary and grammar that are not often used in daily conversations. Students will be able to use appropriate Chinese language to carry on discussions and further understand Taiwanese language and culture as they progress though the course. 

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