CHNS201 Intermediate Chinese I
Department of Language & Literature: Chinese
- I. Course Number and Title
- CHNS201 Intermediate Chinese I
- II. Number of Credits
- 3 credits
- III. Number of Instructional Minutes
- 2250
- IV. Prerequisites
- CHNS111 (C or better) or equivalent or permission of the Department of Language & Literature
- Corequisites
- None
- V. Other Pertinent Information
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Students are expected to spend between six and nine hours per week outside of class in activities, such as learning vocabulary, reading, completing written exercises, working on pronunciation, preparing oral presentations, and working with the multimedia files that accompany the text.
This course meets the General Education requirement in Arts/Humanities.
This course meets the General Education requirement in Diversity.
- VI. Catalog Course Description
- In this continuation of study from CHNS111, students further develop comprehensive listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. A deeper understanding of historical and cultural background is included.
- VII. Required Course Content and Direction
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Course Learning Goals
Students will:
- acquire and demonstrate increasing competence in the four language skills: speaking, listening, reading, and writing [Arts/Humanities];
- recognize and respond appropriately and with increasing detail to the most common spoken situations;
- demonstrate ability to write increasingly complex sentences in Chinese; and
- explain an increasing number of aspects of life in the Chinese-speaking countries [Diversity].
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Planned Sequence of Topics and/or Learning Activities
Grammatical Topics:
- Making comparisons
- Result complements
- Direction complements
- Action in progress
- Aspect particles
- Time duration and frequency
- Sequencing events in time
- Subordinate clauses
- Classifiers
- Prepositions
Vocabulary and Social Contexts:
- Talking about the weather
- Dining out
- Asking and giving directions
- Social gathering
- Visiting a doctor
Cultural Contexts:
- Climate and weather
- Food scene
- Travel and leisure
- Healthcare
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Assessment Methods for Course Learning Goals
- quizzes and tests;
- written assignments, such as short compositions and grammatical exercises;
- listening comprehension exercises; and
- speaking tasks, which may include oral interviews, conversations, and/or presentations that assess proficiency levels.
Quizzes and tests taken in class include the cultural topics presented in the course. Students articulate similarities and differences in the various cultures of the world and demonstrate familiarity with the skills necessary to make informed judgments.
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Reference, Resource, or Learning Materials to be used by Student:
Instructors employ textbook, workbook, multimedia resources, and Internet resources of the first-year and second-year proficiency-based Chinese program. See course syllabus.
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