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CHN 001 Elementary Chinese (first half, offered in fall semester only)

This course is for students with no or minimal proficiency in Chinese. The course focuses on:

1. developing oral and aural proficiency and survival communication;
2. mastery of the Chinese writing system for rudimentary reading and writing;
3. foundational grammar for simple sentence and short paragraph building.

Textbooks for CHN001/002 Elementary Chinese (regular track)

Integrated Chinese: Level 1 Textbook, Workbook, and Character Workbook by Tao-Chung Yao et al., Cheng & Tsui Company.  

Pdf: Phonetic Components in Simplified Characters Supplementary Material for Integrated Chinese Level I, Part I

CHN 002 Elementary Chinese (second half, offered during spring semester only)

This course is for students who have successfully completed Chinese 001 or its equivalent, or students who can understand Chinese minimally and produce simple sentences. The course focuses on:

1. attaining oral and aural proficiency to function in daily communication situations;
2. developing reading and writing skills for functional literacy;
3. learning foundational grammar for complex sentence and short paragraph buildup.

Textbooks for CHN001/002 Elementary Chinese (regular track)

Integrated Chinese: Level 1 Textbook, Workbook, and Character Workbook by Tao-Chung Yao et al., Cheng & Tsui Company. 

Chinese 035 Elementary Chinese for Advanced Beginners (first half, offered during fall semester only)

This course is for students whose oral proficiency of Mandarin Chinese is close to fluent, but reading and writing skills in Chinese are very minimal or non-existant. The course focuses on:

1. developing reading and writing skills for functional literacy;
2. enhancing oral and aural proficiency in a variety of topics;
3. gaining analytical understanding of the structure of the Chinese language.

Textbooks for CHN35/36 Literacy in Chinese (alternative track):

Oh, China!  Elementary Reader of Modern Chinese  for Advanced Beginners by Chih-p'ing Chou et al., Princeton University Press, 

ISBN 0-691-05878-4.

Me and China by Qian He, Yenna Wu & Ying Petersen, McGraw-Hill Companies,

ISBN: 0-07-338578-6 (Textbook)
ISBN: 0-07-333252-6 (Audio CDs)

 

Chinese 036 Elementary Chinese for Advanced Beginners (second half, offered during Spring semester only)

This course is for students who have successfully completed Chinese 035 or its equivalent, or students who can converse well on personal topics with little reading and writing skills in Chinese. The course focuses on:

1. reading narrative and descriptive texts
2. writing narrative and descriptive texts of one-to-two page lengths;
3. verbal communication on a broad range of topics;
4. expanding analytical understanding of the structure of the Chinese language.

Textbooks for CHN35/36 Literacy in Chinese (alternative track):

Oh, China!  Elementary Reader of Modern Chinese  for Advanced Beginners by Chih-p'ing Chou et al., Princeton University Press,  ISBN 0-691-05878-4.

CHN 063 Intermediate Chinese (first half, offered during Spring semester only)

This course is for students who have successfully completed Chinese 002 or its equivalent, or students who can converse on topics of daily concerns and have some reading and writing experience in Chinese. The course aims to enhance abilities for:

1. reading narrative and descriptive texts;
2. writing narrative and descriptive texts of long paragraphs with some discourse connectors;
3. conversing on personal topics in limited situations;
4. gaining analytical skills to understand the structure of Chinese language.

Textbooks for CHN63/64  Intermediate Chinese (regular track):

Integrated Chinese: Level 2 Textbook (ISBN: 9780887274800) and   
Integrated Chinese: Level 2 Workbook (ISBN 9780887274817)
 by Yuehua Liu, Tao-Chung Yao, Cheng & Tsui Company.

CHN 064 Intermediate Chinese (second half, offered during Spring semester only)

This course is for students who have successfully completed Chinese 064 or its equivalent. The emphasis of the course is on developing and enriching literacy experience in Chinese. More specifically it aims to enhance the following:

1. reading expository texts and extended narratives;
2. writing descriptive informative texts of one page length with some discourse connectors;
3. conversing fluently and appropriately on personal topics in different situations;
4. expanding analytical skills to understand the structure of Chinese language.

Textbooks for CHN63/64  Intermediate Chinese (regular track):

Integrated Chinese: Level 2 Textbook (ISBN: 9780887274800) and   
Integrated Chinese: Level 2 Workbook (ISBN 9780887274817)
by Yuehua Liu, Tao-Chung Yao, Cheng & Tsui Company.

CHN 125 Advanced Chinese (first half, offered during Fall semester only)

This course is for students who have finished second year Chinese (CHN063/064) or students who can converse well on a range of personal topics and read texts of some length and write fluent and accurate narratives with familiar topics. The course focuses on improving skills for:

1. reading authentic texts written for an adult learner;
2. writing expository or argumentative essays;
3. participating in public discourse;
4. communicate with greater accuracy and grammatical complexity.

Textbooks for CHN125/126 Advanced Chinese (regular track):

All Things Considered, Advanced Reader of Modern  Chinese by Chih-p'ing Chou et al., Princeton University Press,

ISBN 0-691-09048-3

CHN 126 Advanced Chinese (second half, offered during Spring semester only)

This course is for students who have successfully completed CHN125 or students who can read and write a long paragraph with application of discourse connectors with a range of topics. The course will focus on:

1. advancing the accuracy and fluency in writing and speaking skills;
2. learning the social and historical background necessary to understand cultural forms in which Chinese is deployed
3. communicate unfamiliar topics with accuracy and fluency.

Textbooks for CHN125/126 Advanced Chinese (regular track):

All Things Considered, Advanced Reader of Modern  Chinese by Chih-p'ing Chou et al., Princeton University Press,

ISBN 0-691-09048-3

CHN 135/136 Intensive Advanced Chinese

Chn135: First semester

Chn136: Second semester

Chn135 is for students who have finished First Year Chinese for Advanced Beginners (CHN035/036) or students who can read texts written for children and young adolescents of Chinese native speakers and write fluent and accurate narratives in Chinese. The course focuses on:

1. advancing reading skill and writing with 'shumianyu';
2. learning the social and historical background necessary to understand contemporary China and Taiwan;
3. communicating clearly and accurately on complex topics.

CHN 136 is a continuation of CHN135.

Textbooks for Chinese 135/136 Readings in Modern Chinese (alternative track): China Scene: An Advanced Chinese Multimedia Course by Hong Gang Jin, De Bao Xu, and James Hargett, Cheng & Tsui company, ISBN:  0887273300

CHN 181S/182S Readings in Modern Chinese

Chn181S: First semester

Chn182S: Second semester

Chn181S is for students who have finished CHN126 or CHN135 or students who are interested in developing knowledge of Chinese at an advanced level with broader yet more complex topics in Chinese. The course focuses on:

1. writing expository and argumentative writing with 'shumianyu';
2. reading authentic texts written for mature audiences;
3. learning more about the social and historical background necessary to understand cultural forms in which China is deployed;
4. participating in public discourse.

CHN 182S is a continuation of CHN181S in its inquiry into expressive forms in Chinese language, social phenomena and culture.

Textbooks for CHN 181S/182S Chinese Language and Society (regular track)CHN 181 S : Open for Business by Jane Kuo, Cheng & Tsui companyCHN 182 S: Business Chinese for Success by Fangyuan Yuan, Beijing University Press (7-301-08014)Crossing Cultural Boundary: a multimedia advanced Chinese course  by Carolyn K.S. Lee, Hsin-hsin Liang, Liwei Jiao, Julian Wheatley, Routledge Company (expect to be published in 2008)  

CHN 183S/184S Topics in Chinese (offered during Fall semester only)

Chn183S: First semester

Chn184S: Second semester

CHN183S is intended for students who are interested in expository as well as expressive language in China and Taiwan in the forms of literary writings, short fiction, prose and poetry.

1. practicing expository and expressive writing with 'shumianyu';
2. participating in public discourse on a range of complex topics;
3. advancing the ability to do rhetorical analysis of complex text;
4. introducing the diverse public media in which Mandarin Chinese is the principal language of communication.

CHN 184S is a continuation of CHN183 in its inquiry into expressive forms in Chinese language, literature and society.

Textbooks or CHN 183S/184S Topics in Chinese (alternative track)fAdvanced Reader of Contemporary Chinese Short Stories: Reflections on Humanity by Ying Wang and Carrie E. Reed. ISBN 0-295-98365-5. University of Washington Press.

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