Chinese

This course teaches ancient Chinese classic texts, common vocabulary, common grammar and ancient Chinese knowledge.

This course is a beginners’ reading and writing course in Putonghua, focusing on acquiring elementary level vocabulary and grammar. Students are introduced to the romanization system of Putonghua (Pinyin) and the Chinese writing system (Chinese characters). Content covered in the course is based on daily situations. 

This is a comprehensive language skill training course that focuses on practical and functional Chinese, including speaking, writing, and listening. The oral training is arranged step by step from easy to difficult levels with well-designed exercises in vivid and interactive forms. Students who take this course are expected to achieve the following goals by the end of this semester: (1) Learn a vocabulary of 250 words. (2) Achieve 26 grammar points. (3) Be able to communicate with 33 useful expressions.

Designed to build on Chinese I, this course is intended for the students who got at least grade D in Chinese I, or who are on a same level of language skills. This course develops the four basic Chinese language skills that learned in Chinese I: Speaking, Listening, Reading, Writing.

This taster course focuses on helping students engage in basic daily social interaction using Cantonese.

This taster course is for international students who are interested in studying Putonghua. Students will be systematically introduced to Chinese characters (formation, history, stroke orders, etc.). Additionally, students will have a chance to learn some basic daily conversations in Putonghua.

This course is an upper intermediate listening and speaking course in Putonghua, focusing on students’ fluency in speaking and appropriateness in usage. In addition to daily situations and semi-formal situations, students will also be introduced to various aspects of Chinese culture and society. 

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.

This is a foundation course on Cantonese which introduces Cantonese romanization systems to students. Course contents include basic daily conversations, vowels and tone exercises and pronunciation practice.