CHINESE PRAGMATICS AND INTERACTIONAL COMMUNICATION

Credit Hours: 3 · Undergraduate Upper-Level

This course develops students’ pragmatic competence and interactional communication skills in Chinese within culturally situated contexts. Students analyze and practice authentic spoken and written discourse to understand how meaning is co-constructed, shaped by conventions, audience design, and context. Emphasis is placed on interactional practices such as turn-taking, repair, politeness, stance-taking, and relationship management. A fieldwork component in Taipei involves observation and interviews, enabling students to collect and analyze real language data to identify sociocultural norms and communicative conventions. This course is part of a Rice in Country program and is not eligible for audit. Instructor Permission Required.