Chinese

This course integrates professional topics with listening and speaking skills. The professional topics encompass various areas such as philosophy, literature, economics, politics, society, history, medicine, natural sciences, engineering, arts, and more. The training in listening, speaking, and viewing skills related to these professional topics includes note- taking, inference, and a series of listening micro-skills, as well as expressing opinions, explaining charts, and other presentation micro-skills. Through listening and speaking exercises in an academic context, students will enhance their academic Chinese language proficiency.

After taking this course, students will be

Mastering Academic Vocabulary and Sentence Structures in Fields Such as Humanities, Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in Chinese.

Enhancing Comprehension Skills in Listening to Academic Lectures in Chinese.

Improving Proficiency in Expressing Academic Presentations and Engaging in Academic Discussions in Chinese.

Fostering the Desire of International Students to Integrate into Their Respective Disciplines and Engage in Academic Learning and Research.

Cultivating Overall Academic Learning and Research Competencies in International Students.

This course studies the compositional characteristics of Chinese text. It develops skills in writing appropriate Chinese sentences, paragraphs, and texts, and logical compositions with correct Chinese sentences. 

This course is designed for non-Chinese language background students who have learned Chinese for up to 150 tuition hours. It prepares students for an intermediate-level understanding of spoken Chinese and equip them with a strong communicative competence in using Chinese in social and professional situations. 

This course is designed for students at the advanced Chinese language level seeking to enhance their oral communication skills in Chinese.

This course develops intermediate-level Chinese communication skills. In this course, students practice for correct pronunciation and tone, learn intermediate level vocabulary and expressions and advanced grammar, practice reading and writing skills, and develop free listening and speaking skills through repeated conversation practice.

This course is broadly equivalent to A1 Basic User, Breakthrough Level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. 

This advanced Chinese language course is for students who have taken Advanced Chinese I or 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, enabling students to communicate effectively in their daily lives. The course instructs written language to communicate effectively in formal writing. Students also gain competence in understanding public announcements, news, and other broadcasts. The course does not use a specific textbook but will rely on newspapers and magazines to further understand Taiwanese culture and language.