Chinese

This course is directed towards those who have taken Pre-Advanced Chinese II of the NTU Chinese Language Course for International Students or those who have learned Chinese for 450-500 hours (6hrs/week). This course uses the textbook Practical Audio-Visual Chinese IV (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 vocabularies 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 through the course.

ADVANCED JOURNAL 2

Chinese literature has a long history, from literature created by literati to folk literature created and passed down orally by common people. After folk literature is collected, recorded, and then disseminated, it may also be re-created. This course utilizes myths, legends, stories, songs and other texts in folk literature as well as related folk customs to foster appreciation for folk literature; understand its origins and changes and explore its emotions and thoughts as well as its relationship with social culture.  

This course selects different aspects to objectively and truly show contemporary China to achieve two purposes. First, help international students understand and understand contemporary China, understand the cultural traditions and daily life of the Chinese people, understand China's political laws and governance methods, and cultivate international youth who are familiar with China and friendly to China. Second, understand the diversity and differences of Chinese society, understand the challenges faced by China in the process of modernization, and enhance a deep understanding of China.
This course has about 30 topics, including population and ethnicity, food and cuisine, language and dialects, festivals and traditions, marriage and family, leisure and entertainment, art and sports, transportation and transportation, tourism and world heritage, natural resources and environmental protection, media and publishing, education and research, politics and government, religion With faith, information technology and the Internet, cities and villages, etc.

When teaching, the teaching content is determined according to the topics that students are interested in and one topic per week. The choice of teaching content strives to be objective and comprehensive, and the selection of data comes from different aspects. Teachers do not make too many value judgments to help students form a correct understanding of China. The basic principle of teaching is to look at the world from the perspective of China and China from the perspective of the world. Through comparative analysis, we can find commonalities and personalities, questions of universal significance and answers with Chinese characteristics.
Each topic will be divided into several questions, leading the teaching content with questions, and looking for the answers to the questions and the enlightenment of these questions to Chinese society through introduction and sorting out. Taking the topic of "Population and Ethnicity" as an example, the topic will be divided into ten issues: population size, population density, aging population and aging society, child mortality rate, birth rate, life expectancy, surname, number of ethnic groups, ethnic population and regional autonomy. One is to examine the current situation, and the other is to show the past from a historical perspective. The profound changes in China in the past century include the increase in population and life expectancy, the decline in child mortality, the policy of regional ethnic autonomy in New China, etc., and examine the challenges posed by the aging society to Chinese society.
This course adopts self-edited textbooks, especially highlighting the characteristics of modern education technology. It pays attention to the fragmentation, materialization, visualization and narrativeization of knowledge points. It uses pictures, short videos, stories and other forms to present contemporary China in three dimensions, guides students to think deeply about different aspects of contemporary Chinese society, and deepens contemporary China. The understanding and recognition of the Chinese people, the Communist Party of China and China's governance model.

This badminton course is designed for beginners. The course teaches the basic skills, which include footwork, forehand grip, backhand grip, forehand long serve, backhand short serve, overhead clear, underhand clear, drop shots net shot, drive and smash. 

INTERMEDIATE SPOKEN CHINESE

This course is intended to provide an introduction to psychological researches on human love. It will focus on love and attachment. The course is the study of the underpinnings of love and the ways from infant attachment to adult attachment. How to earn your credit Grades will be based on attending course (30%), an essay on your own attachment experience (20%), a final paper (30%), and participating my experiments (20%).

Starting from the basic knowledge of nutrition and food, this course explores the application of nutrition in each life stage, as well as the principles of nutritional adjustment during disease; the content of therapeutic diet; and the supply of hospital food, thereby establishing the concept of disease prevention and health care. 

The course covers: 

1) An explanation of the importance of calories and precise nutrition in human health through a discussion of the three major nutrients: carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins; 

2) An exploration of the relationship between nutrition and other sciences such as biochemistry, physiology, food science, and clinical medicine; 

3) An exploration of the physiological characteristics, related diseases and nutritional needs of different life stages, providing dietary guidelines for all ages; 

4) An exploration of the nutritional needs and dietary formulas of common diseases; and, 

5) An introduction to the content and practice of hospital nutrition work. 

This course focuses on the "Contracts of the Civil Code", the course teaches the principles, norms and precedents of the General Principles of Contracts, some statutory obligations and other systems, and cultivates legal thinking skills.