An introductory course for students who have little or no prior background in writing, speaking, or understanding any dialect of the Chinese language to develop basic listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Practical oral and written exercises provide a firm grammatical foundation for further study.
Antirequisites
Complete all of the following
Not completed nor concurrently enrolled in any of the following:
With the completion of the study of the rudiments of phonetics (as provided in CHINA 101R), the emphasis in this course shifts to grammar and character writing. Vocabulary will be expanded to between 500 and 700 words.
Equivalent to CHINA 101R and CHINA 102R but covered in one term. This introductory Chinese course is designed for two major groups of students who have different initial advantages in learning Chinese: 1) students who have substantial aural-oral proficiency but limited ability in reading and writing Chinese characters and 2) those who know characters but cannot speak Mandarin (Putonghua).
Antirequisites
Complete all of the following
Not completed nor concurrently enrolled in any of the following:
This course helps strengthen students' speaking and listening competence. Classes are structured around themes, integrating discussions, student presentations, and question/answer exchanges. This structure provides opportunities for pronunciation practice, vocabulary building, and sentence pattern formation, helping students develop oral/aural proficiency in elaborating opinions on socio-cultural topics relevant in a Chinese community.
Development of speaking, writing, reading, and listening skills. This course and its follow-up (CHINA 202R) include a survey of grammar, complex sentences, and logical stress.
The study of Chinese characters receives more emphasis. Grammar instruction includes comparisons and different kinds of complements. The course includes topics of interest to students illustrating cultural differences between China and the West. Upon completion of CHINA 201R and 202R, the student should have a reading vocabulary of 1,600 Chinese characters and have learned about 300 key sentence patterns.
A course to consolidate, expand, and deepen the understanding of lexical items and sentence patterns. Besides introducing more vocabulary and grammar, this course concentrates on complex sentences and paragraphs not emphasized in earlier textbooks.
A continuation of CHINA 301R to further students' ability to comprehend and communicate at a higher level in Chinese. In addition, the course introduces aspects of Chinese society, highlighting traditional and contemporary cultural life.
A course to develop comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing of Mandarin specifically related to the Chinese business environment. This course is designed for students who are already familiar with Chinese characters and Mandarin tonality.
A course to develop Chinese language skills in conversation, reading, writing, and critical thinking in both practical and cultural situations through contemporary films, television programs, newspapers, magazines, and literary works. Selected important issues and themes in Chinese culture and history are considered.
CHINA 390RIntroduction to Professional Translation (Chinese to English)0.50 units
This course is for students with a strong command of Chinese and English who seek to learn the basics of professional translation between the two languages. Focus is on translation involving government and business documents, as well as news stories.
This course deals with advanced topics in Chinese language and literature. Students are expected to have at least an intermediate level of language proficiency.
CHINA 401RIntroduction to Classical Chinese 10.50 units
This course examines selected philosophical and historical writings from pre-modern China with an emphasis on introducing the basic vocabulary and grammar of classical Chinese.
CHINA 402RIntroduction to Classical Chinese 20.50 units
Building on skills introduced in CHINA 401R, this course examines selected writings from pre-modern China to develop a deeper understanding of and facility with classical literary Chinese.
Prerequisites
Must have completed the following:
CHINA401R - Introduction to Classical Chinese 1 (0.50)