Chinese

This course integrates three key components—Linguistic Knowledge, Language Communication Skills, and Culture and Literature—to strengthen students’ Taiwanese listening, speaking, reading, and writing abilities at the intermediate to advanced level. Using literature and authentic texts, students will learn to write with natural Taiwanese grammar, while audiovisual materials such as music, radio programs, magazines, and documentaries build confidence in applying the language across everyday and academic contexts. Through lectures and hands-on activities, the course encourages creative and practical learning, preparing students to use Taiwanese effectively in diverse fields.

This course integrates basic business knowledge, Chinese language knowledge, spoken Chinese skills, and pragmatic cultural knowledge. On the one hand, it covers six topics: enterprise registration and introduction, market segmentation and business opportunities, bank interest rates and investment, recruitment, application and interviews, work summary and report, and Created in China. On the other hand, it focuses on the training of Chinese pragmatic, grammatical and spoken skills, so as to cultivate and improve students' appropriate and decent expression ability.

This course builds upon the knowledge of Mandarin Chinese acquired in the Introduction to Chinese Language and Culture course. It also supports learners at more advanced levels (A2–B2) by expanding their vocabulary and allowing them to progress based on their individual language proficiency. Students are divided into two groups based on their current language level. Each group meets once per week for two hours in the classroom. Students may attend the other group’s sessions if they wish. Conversation practice is emphasized throughout the course. Listening skills are developed using audiovisual materials, while reading and writing skills are practiced through weekly assignments, such as writing short articles and reading texts. After completion of this course students are able to demonstrate an intermediate level of Mandarin Chinese through the acquisition of at least 200 new vocabulary words on top of their starting proficiency level, hold everyday conversations in Chinese, and tell or retell a simple story both verbally and in written form (using a computer). The following course module must be completed: [UCHUMCHI11] Introduction to Chinese Language and Culture

This course focuses on developing students’ abilities for speaking, listening, reading, and writing. This is a follow up course to Intermediate Chinese 1. Students enhance their language capabilities required for communication with native speakers and interpretation of intermediate level texts written in Chinese.  

This course examines modern Chinese novels, contemporary Taiwanese fiction, and Chinese-language films to illuminate their cultural contexts, thematic concerns, rural narratives, and artistic expressions, including modernism and postmodernism. Through close reading and analysis, the course investigates portrayals of individualism, intellectual figures, Republican-era culture, and feminist consciousness in modern Chinese literature, as well as the idealism of Taiwanese urban intellectuals and the evolving aesthetics of postmodern urban narratives. Film analysis further enriches this exploration, offering insight into urban–rural contrasts in contemporary mainland Chinese culture and the distinctive formal aesthetics found in the works of Jia Zhangke.

This course provides a broad introduction to traditional Chinese learning. It examines the overall structure, development, and classification of Chinese intellectual traditions. Major classical texts and documents are read and discussed to enhance proficiency in Classical Chinese. Key themes include an introduction to academic classifications and overview of pre-Qin thought.

This course integrates Chinese language and culture, by using materials from Chinese culture, history, and actuality to support language teaching. It was designed especially for those UCU students following a track in Chinese language and culture and preparing for their study abroad program in China. It is, however, also suitable for all students interested in Chinese language and culture.

This course introduces students to modern Chinese literature from the early 20th century to the 1980s. Readings cover a range of genres, including poetry, prose, and fiction, supplemented by selected units on comics and film. The course begins with the May Fourth era and the rise of the “New Literature” movement, concluding with the literary transformations following China’s Reform and Opening in the 1980s. Each unit integrates key literary movements and foundational theories, guiding students to explore how writers’ life experiences and creative expressions reflect the broader historical evolution of modern China.

This is an introductory course in Chinese (Mandarin) for students with no prior knowledge of the language. The course, which enables students to reach the A1.1 level in the Common European Framework of Reference for languages, introduces the tonal system and the four fundamental skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing) with a focus on communication. Students also develop awareness of Chinese culture.

This course emphasizes both Taiwanese Hokkien and orthography. Through language analysis, it helps master the phonological system of Taiwanese Hokkien and its basic rules of word and sentence formation, such as the phonological system, rules of phonological changes, vocabulary characteristics, and sentence-making exercises. It also introduces and discusses regional differences in Taiwanese accents. This course incorporates everyday Taiwanese materials, including proverbs, folk songs, and dramas. It strengthens learners' native language sense and improves their basic abilities in listening, speaking, reading, and writing Taiwanese while acquiring vocabulary, syntax, and conversational skills.