Chinese

This course teaches students the basic knowledge and methods of simultaneous interpreting through lectures, exercises and guidance, enables them to acquire basic skills, and equips them with necessary training methods.

This course helps students to master the basic principles and methods of Chinese second language grammar teaching and understand the basic framework of Chinese second language teaching grammar system and main content, and have Chinese grammar teaching skills.

1. Introduction: Modern Chinese, Modern Literature and Translation 

2. Lin Shu and Literary Translation in the Late Qing Dynasty
3. Translation and the Introduction of New Types of Modern Fiction 

4. Yan Fu's Translation Theory and Translation Practice

5. Lu Xun as a Translator

6. Zhou Zuoren's Translation Activities and Achievements

This course is designed for the beginning learners who intend to acquire basic survival Chinese, especially in listening, speaking and reading. The primary emphasis is placed on listening comprehension and speaking fluency as well as reading comprehension. The goal is to improve students’ listening, speaking and reading skills, and to increase their knowledge of Chinese culture and customs.

This course is suitable for learners who placed in the NTU Advanced level 1-1 course or above, meaning they have at least completed Lesson 13 of "Practical Audio-Visual Chinese Book 2," have a vocabulary of over 1,000 Chinese words, or have studied Chinese for a total of 300 hours in Taiwan (or 900 hours in other countries). It is also suitable for students who have passed the B1 level of the TOCFL Chinese Proficiency Test in Taiwan or the HSK Level 4 Chinese Proficiency Test. 
 

The primary language of instruction for this course is Chinese, with English used as a supplementary language.   

This course will guide international students to broaden their cultural horizons of the Chinese language, understand the cultural functions of the Chinese language, and the Chinese cultural spirit contained in Chinese characters, Chinese words and even Chinese grammar, and observe and understand the cultural characteristics and cultural environment of Chinese society from the perspective of Chinese language phenomena.

Through watching Chinese films, the students would learn Chinese culture, understand Chinese society and enhance their Chinese language (advanced Chinese level).

This course uses a thematic approach to select relevant original texts from the Confucian classics (including the Four Books, the Five Classics, the Analects of Confucius, and Mencius, and when necessary, the broader classics - the Thirteen Classics). The course aims to gain an appreciation for the beauty of Chinese characters and a deeper understanding of Confucianism and Chinese culture through reading these works.  

This course is for international students who already have a certain level of Chinese proficiency but whose grasp of grammar knowledge is relatively vague and confusing. It will systematically sort out the main grammatical key points and difficulties in Chinese, so that students can better master Chinese grammar and use Chinese more accurately; at the same time, it will also serve as a guide for future students. This is a professional courses to lay a certain theoretical foundation of grammar.

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