Third Year Conversation Chinese I

(1 Credit Hour) · Undergraduate

These serial courses are designed for those who wish to develop their Chinese oral proficiency into intermediate-high and advanced-low levels. The courses aim to further develop the learners' interpersonal and intercultural communication skills in Chinese. Meanwhile, they will help the learners develop a deeper understanding of Chinese culture and society through discussing a variety of topics. The topics include: air pollution, the Chinese Dream, soft power, anti-corruption, jingles, high-speed trains, knock-off goods, differences between city and countryside, left-behind children, migrant workers, Taiwan and Mainland China, and more. The students are expected to achieve the following goals upon completion of the course: Listening competency: Understand simple paragraph-length speech segments on topics related to cultural and/or social issues in China. Speaking competency: Engage in conversations and discussions of the issues mentioned above. Produce simple arguments and opinions in paragraph-length discourse. Develop more elaborate skills in description, comparison and narration.