Courses

The purpose of this course is to deepen students’ command of active vocabulary, expressions and grammatical structures and their ability to use them to write cohesive and coherent short prose such as summaries and essays. Active vocabulary acquired by...

This course will introduce the development of Chinese literature to the students: Chinese literature in English translation or literary works in English produced by Chinese writers from 11th Century BC to 20th Century AC. It will introduce the historical and...

Basic knowledge about Chinese history and civilization should be introduced to the students. This course will take students through the geographical frontiers of the language, the cultural diversity and unity of China as well as the salient historical events...

This course will comprise intermediate listening comprehension and conversation. In this course students will be made to listen to appropriate audio tapes and CDs of average difficulty. The levels of their comprehension will be measured in question-and-answer...

This course is intended to teach the linkage between oral and written Chinese. Emphasis will be placed on oral-written comprehension. Students will be required to transpose into writing what they can say in Chinese up to the paragraph level. Some basic...

This course involves the translation of simple passages taken from varied sources including business, literary and newspaper texts, and their vocabulary will be expanded. The students will learn how to analyze complex sentences. Through this translation...

The purpose of this course is to encourage students’ acquisition of active vocabulary, expressions and grammatical structures through the practice of translation as a pedadgogical tool. Through this course students will learn more phrases of Chinese...

This course will help students to expand the basic grammatical notions acquired in the first semester. Many of the grammatical constructions studied in CHIN 103 will be repeated with higher level of complexity in style and usage. All students will learn how...

This course will introduce at least 300 Chinese characters and related compounds. Students will be introduced to the basic syntax of Mandarin Chinese. Emphasis will equally be placed on the acquisition of the most useful expressions and sentences about family...

This course is composed of elementary reading comprehension and conversation. Students will learn basic conversational skills such as introducing themselves, greeting other people, talking about one’s family, talking about one’s school, asking for...