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Chinese (CHIN) 1 CHIN 003 Second Year Spoken Chinese I CHINESE (CHIN) This course is designed for students who have completed one year of college level Chinese classes or equivalent. The main objective of the CHIN 001 First Year Spoken Chinese I course is to improve students' conversational ability in Chinese in order to This course is designed for students who have little or no previous accomplish day-to-day tasks. These tasks include relating one's personal exposure to Chinese. The main objective of the course is to help students life and experiences, expressing preference, feeling and opinion, ordering develop their listening and speaking skills. The emphasis is on correct a meal, purchasing goods, asking for directions, making travel plans, pronunciation, accurate tones and mastery of basic grammatical visiting a doctor, attending a social functions etc. Short Chinese movies structures. By the end of the second semester, students will be able to or television shows will be integrated into the course curriculum. Chinese manage many situations that have immediate concern to them, such as characters will not be taught. relating one's personal life and experiences, expressing preferences and For BA Students: Language Course feelings, ordering meals, purchasing goods, asking for directions. Chinese Taught by: Dietrich characters will not be taught. See LPS Course Guide. **This course fulfills Course usually offered in fall term LPS language requirement only. It does not fulfill the laguage requirement Prerequisite: CHIN 002 for other colleged only. Activity: Lecture For BA Students: Language Course 1.0 Course Unit Taught by: Dietrich Notes: See LPS Course Guide. ** This course fulfills LPS language Course usually offered in fall term requirement only. It does not only fulfill the language requirement for Activity: Lecture other colleges. 1.0 Course Unit CHIN 004 2nd Year Spoken Chinese II Notes: See LPS Course Guide. ** This course fulfills LPS language This course is the continuation of Spoken Chinese III. The primary goal requirement only. It does not fulfill the language requirement for other of the course is to improve students' conversational ability in Chinese. colleges only By the end of the semester, students will reach the survival level, namely, CHIN 002 First Year Spoken Chinese II they can accomplish basic day to day tasks. These tasks include relating A continuation of CHIN001, This course is to help students develop their one's personal life and experiences, expressing preference, feeling and listening and speaking skills. The emphasis is on correct pronunciation, opinion, ordering a meal, purchasing goods, asking directions, making accurate tones and mastery of basic grammatical structures. By the end travel plans, visiting a doctor, attending a social function, etc. Short of the semester, students will be able to manage many situations that Chinese movies or television shows will be integrated into the course have immediate concern to them, such as relating one's personal life curriculum. Chinese characters will not be taught. and experiences, expressing preferences and feelings, ordering meals, Taught by: Dietrich purchasing goods, asking for directions. To achieve this goal, the class is Course usually offered in spring term to be conducted in Chinese as much as possible. Chinese characters will Prerequisite: CHIN 003 also be introduced, but will not be the focus of the class. SEE LPS Course Activity: Lecture Guide. **This course fulfills LPS language requirement only. It does not 1.0 Course Unit fulfill the language requirement for other colleges only. Notes: See LPS Course Guide. ** This course fulfills LPS language For BA Students: Language Course requirement only. It does not only fulfill the language requirement for Taught by: Dietrich other colleges. Course usually offered in spring term CHIN 011 Beginning Modern Chinese I Prerequisite: CHIN 001 Along with Beginning Modern Chinese II, Beginning Chinese III (Non- Activity: Lecture Intensive) and Beginning Chinese IV, this is the first course of a four- 1.0 Course Unit semester sequence. By completing all four semesters, students Notes: See LPS Course Guide. ** This course fulfills LPS language fulfill the College language requirement. The sequence starts each requirement only. It does not only fulfill the language requirement for fall. Students cannot begin their study in the spring. This course is other colleges. designed primarily for students who have little or no prior exposure to Chinese. The objective of the course is to help students build a solid foundation of the four basic skills--listening, speaking, reading, and writing in an interactive and communicative learning environment. The emphasis is on correct pronunciation, accurate tones, and mastery of basic grammatical structures, laying the foundation needed to be able to manage social situations such as relating one's personal life and experiences, expressing preferences and feelings, ordering meals, purchasing goods, and asking for directions. In order to achieve these goals, students are expected to thoroughly preview and review the materials according to the weekly lesson plan (on course website) prior to attending class. Regular attendance is mandatory and strictly monitored. For BA Students: Language Course Taught by: Dietrich Course usually offered in fall term Activity: Lecture 1.0 Course Unit 2021-22 Catalog | Generated 08/18/21 2 Chinese (CHIN) CHIN 012 Beginning Modern Chinese II CHIN 031 Beginning Reading and Writing in Chinese I (for Fluent This course is the continuation of CHIN 011 The objective of the course is Speakers) to help students build a solid foundation of the four basic skills--listening, The course is designed for students who can speak Chinese but cannot speaking, reading, and writing in an interactive and communicative read and write in Chinese characters. The major purpose of this course learning environment. The emphasis is on correct pronunciation, accurate is to help students develop the ability to use written Mandarin Chinese in tones and mastery of basic grammatical structures. By the end of the linguistically and socially appropriate ways. The literacy goal is to master second semester, students will be able to manage many situations that 350 to 1000 Chinese characters and to reach an intermediate-low level have immediate concern to them, such as relating one's personal life of ACTFL literacy proficiency. The key teaching approach is to holistically and experiences, expressing preferences and feelings, ordering meals, read a prodigious amount of materials. Students' reading abilities will purchasing goods and asking for directions. Prerequisite: Along with be developed through reading short stories under instructions, and CHIN 011 and CHIN 112, this is the second course in a four-semester eventually through reading long stories and news independently. sequence. By completing all four semester. students fulfill the College For BA Students: Language Course language requirement. Taught by: Wu For BA Students: Language Course Course usually offered in fall term Taught by: Dietrich Activity: Lecture Course usually offered in spring term 1.0 Course Unit Prerequisite: CHIN 011 AND CHIN 111 AND CHIN 112 CHIN 032 Beginning Reading and Writing in Chinese II (for Fluent Activity: Lecture Speakers) 1.0 Course Unit CHIN 032 is designed for students who can speak Chinese and have Notes: Along with CHIN011, CHIN111 and CHIN112, this is the second reading ability of about 1000 Chinese characters. This Chinese reading course in a four-semester sequence. By completing all four semesters, and writing course is specifically designed for students at the ACTFL sstudents fulfill the College language requirement. intermediate-low reading and writing level. The literacy goal is to master CHIN 021 Intensive Beginning Modern Chinese I & II 1000 to 2000 Chinese words and reach the intermediate-mid proficiency This is a two-semester course covering the same material as CHIN011, level. Reading material covers topics that are meaningful to students not CHIN012, CHIN111 and CHIN112. The main objective of the course is to only to increase engagement and confidence in their Chinese reading help students build a solid foundation of the four basic skills--listening, skills, but also foster students' apprehension and understanding of the speaking, reading, and writing Chinese. By the end of this course and Chinese deep culture. CHIN022, students should achieve the following goals: 1)pronounce For BA Students: Last Language Course all the sounds in Mandarin Chinese accurately and comfortably with Taught by: Wu a good command of the 4 tones; 2)carry out basic conversations in Course usually offered in spring term daily activities; 3) recognize and reproduce approximately 600-650 Prerequisite: CHIN 031 characters; and 4) read edited simple stories and write short notes or Activity: Lecture letters. Grammatical and cultural related issues are discussed during 1.0 Course Unit lecture hours. Oral communication tasks are given every week. Designed CHIN 041 Beginning Cantonese I for students who have had limited prior exposure to some form of Beginning Cantonese is a preliminary course for spoken Cantonese. The Chinese (Mandarin or other dialects), but inadequate to advance to the course provides fundamental aspects of the dialect as experienced in intermediate level. daily life situations and lays the foundation which will enable students For BA Students: Language Course to communicate in Cantonese for daily life