Chinese

This ab initio course is designed for students with no previous experience in – or very little exposure to – Chinese language. In addition to teaching Pinyin/phonetics systematically, the first few lessons provide many exercises on initials, finals and tones, as well as some daily conversations, while the basic knowledge of Chinese characters is introduced concurrently. The course later develops some linguistic structures with the format of dialogues to strengthen listening and speaking. Meanwhile, characters or morphemes are analysed to help students grasp the rule of word formation. And grammar or language points are explained to have a brief idea of the syntactic characteristics of the Chinese language.

This course is for students who have taken Intermediate III of the Chinese Language Course for International Students or those who have taken Chinese for at least 700 hrs. By the end of the course students are capable of using written language to communicate effectively in formal writing and of understanding public announcements, news, and other broadcasts. In addition to the text lessons, this course also brings up topics each class that help students develop proficiency in listening, speaking, reading and writing. Through the course, students are able to use appropriate Chinese to carry on discussions, and read newspapers and magazines to further understand Taiwanese culture and language. Text: PRACTICAL AUDIO-VIDUAL CHINESE 1N, lessions 1-10. Assessment: midterm and final presentations, homework, quizzes, attendance and performance.

This course examines Chinese-language film to illustrate the cultural values of Chinese society. The course uses Chinese films from Taiwan and mainland China and teaches vocabulary and usage. After watching the film, students discuss related topics and compare with the differences in their own country. Group discussion is a large part of the course. Assessment: Attendance, participation, discussion, reports and final.

This course focuses on following areas: (1) Improving comprehension of Chinese (2) Expanding one’s knowledge in grammatical usage (3) Expanding one’s knowledge in vocabulary.

Assessment: Midterm (30%), Final (30%), Attendance & participation (15%), Assignments (25%)

Prerequisite: Chinese (1), Chinese (2), Fundamental Mandarin Chinese (1)

The aim of this course is to improve the students' reading and writing skills by learning vocabulary and grammar. It is for those who have vocabulary skill of more than 2500 Chinese words. The course aims to enable students to discuss and communicate their ideas on general social topics.

This course cultivates beginner-level Chinese communication skills for those who are new to the language. Through the study and mastery of basic Chinese vocabulary, sentence patterns, and grammar, students develop basic conversation, pronunciation, listening, writing, and reading comprehension skills.

Through discussion in class, students learn Chinese vocabulary about a variety of aspects relating to sports. From sport events to sport management, students will obtain a deeper knowledge of sport phenomenons in Taiwan. By the end of the course, students will have the Chinese language ability to watch TV or listen to radio sport broadcasts. This course is conducted completely in Chinese to learn the relevant Chinese vocabularies about sports.

This course is an upper elementary reading and writing course in Putonghua.