Chinese

This course is open to first-year students of the International Baccalaureate Program in the Department of Chinese, hoping to guide foreign students in the class to understand Chinese systematically. The class discusses Chinese phonetics, phonology, characters, vocabulary, grammar, pragmatics, speech, rhetoric and other aspects. In addition to the teacher's description of various language phenomena, students also practice analyzing language phenomena. 

This intermediate Putonghua course is designed to familiarize students with newly acquired vocabulary and grammar points through language tasks and activities and contextualized exercises in real life settings. Text: KUNG FU II: INTERMEDIATE CHINESE. Assessment: participation (20%), quizzes (10%), listening comprehension 1 & 2 (20%), oral midterm exam (25%), oral final exam (25%).

This course enhances students’ communicative competence across five essential skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and intercultural communication. The course equips students with a deeper understanding of the Chinese language and culture. Topics include changing money at the bank, and commenting on one’s actions or behaviors. The course requires a prerequisite of Chinese 4.

This course is an introduction to Taiwan's Hakka (KeJia) language and phonetic system by use of Pinyin. Students will use Hakka to introduce themselves and engage in simple conversations. Assessment: Oral participation (50%), final speech presentation (40%), attendance (10%).

This course focuses on emprise in Chinese literature. Specifically, this course studies a genre of fiction that is uniquely Chinese as the genre usually involves elements including: Kung Fu, Chinese traditional medicine, and other exclusively Chinese cultural elements. The course examines common themes of this popular literature genre by studying key works of important authors such as Jin Yong, Gu Long, and others. Assessment: written reports and class participation (40%), a creative fictional piece (30,000 to 100,000 Chinese characters) OR a final written report (60%).

This advanced Chinese language course combines language and culture, and covers various Chinese and Taiwanese holidays to introduce historical backgrounds of celebrations and customs that are practiced. This course strengthens language skills and vocabulary through discussion, deepening students' understanding of Chinese culture and national holidays. This course is taught fully in Chinese.

The curriculum of the course is designed for Chinese learners who are studying a beginning course in Chinese. The teaching language of this course is mainly in Chinese, supplemented by English. The goal of the course is to help learners acquire basic language ability for common use in daily conversations. The course covers various topics such as introducing self and others; exchanging information with others; buying food or drinks; bargaining; buying tickets; describing and assessing food and their tastes in a simple way; explaining one’s own location and position, and planning travel..