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21G.109

Chinese III (Streamlined)

3-0-9 units. HASS-H · Undergraduate

Intermediate level subject in streamlined sequence. Designed for students who have conversational skills (typically gained from growing up in a Chinese speaking environment) without a corresponding level of literacy. Consolidates conversation skills, improves reading confidence and broadens composition style. Placement interview on or before Reg. Day required of students who have had prior exposure to Chinese elsewhere. Limited to 16 per section. No listeners.

Fall 2005

This course is the intermediate level of the streamlined curriculum, which is intended for students who, when they began streamlined I, had some background in the language, whether it be comprehension with limited speaking ability or quite fluent speaking ability. The focus of the course is on standard pronunciation and usage, on reading in both complex and simplified characters, and on writing. It is presupposed that students in Chinese III have already learned the pinyin system of representing pronunciation sufficiently well to be able to read texts in pinyin accurately. (If not, there are pinyin tutorials to assist you to learn the system.)

Readings

  • Shih, Chung-wen. Learn Chinese from Modern Writers: An Interactive Multimedia Language Program (Workbook) . Columbia University Press, 2002. ISBN: 0231502362. The published version of this workbook is in simplified characters. It is available on-line. You will need to hand in the workbook twice through out the fall term, the first time after we have studied the first two units, and the second the other three units. Therefore, you should purchase a copy no matter which form of characters you write .
    Required
  • ———. A Reader in Modern Chinese Literature . Interactive Chinese, Inc., 2002. Both simplified and traditional character versions are available only at the MIT Coop. You may purchase whichever one you prefer.
    Required

Prerequisites & course information

Subject meets with 21G.159 Prereq: 21G.108 or permission of instructor U (Fall) 3-0-9 units. HASS-H

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