Chinese III (Regular)
Continuing instruction in spoken and written Chinese, with particular emphasis on consolidating basic conversational skills and improving reading confidence and depth. Lab work required. Placement interview with instructors before or on Reg. Day required of students who have had prior exposure to Chinese elsewhere. Limited to 16 per section. No listeners.
Fall 2018
This course forms the intermediate level of what constitutes a four-term foundation in Mandarin. Upon completion of Chinese III and IV, students should be able to speak Chinese with fluency on everyday topics, reach a literacy level of 700 characters (approximately 2000 common words written in both traditional and simplified characters), read materials in simple standard written Chinese, and produce both orally and in writing short compositions on everyday topics. Throughout the course we will address issues of how cultural differences inform and are informed by different linguistic contexts and practices.
Readings
- Cornelius C. Kubler, Intermediate Spoken Chinese . Tuttle Publishing, 2018. ISBN: 9780804850490
- Cornelius C. Kubler and Yang Wang, Intermediate Mandarin Chinese Speaking and Listening Practice Book . Tuttle Publishing, 2018. ISBN: 9780804850506
- Cornelius C. Kubler, Intermediate Written Chinese . Tuttle Publishing, 2016. ISBN: 9780804840200
- Cornelius C. Kubler and Jerling Guo Kubler, Intermediate Written Chinese Practice Essentials . Tuttle Publishing, 2018. ISBN: 9780804850520
Prerequisites & course information
Subject meets with 21G.153 Prereq: 21G.102 or permission of instructor U (Fall) 4-0-8 units. HASS-H
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- MIT OpenCourseWare ↗Fall 2018
- MIT OCW calendar ↗
- MIT OCW syllabus ↗
- Historical MIT OpenCourseWare offering. Named reading entries and schedule topics are automatically extracted from the linked source pages.