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CHINA 180RConversational Chinese

Units
0.50
Faculty
Arts
Subject
Chinese

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 1 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

This course focuses on strengthening students' speaking and listening competence. Classes are structured around specific themes, integrating discussions, student presentations, and question/answer exchanges. This structure provides opportunities for pronunciation practice, vocabulary expansion, and the formation of sentence patterns. This will help students enhance oral/aural proficiency in elaborating opinions on socio-cultural topics relevant to Chinese communities.

Prerequisites

  • Must have completed at least 1 of the following:
    • CHINA102R - Elementary Chinese 2 (0.50)
    • CHINA120R - Chinese for Heritage Language Learners (0.50)

Antirequisites

None listed.

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  • 很好! Chill class that doesn't require much workload, especially if you've dabbled in some Chinese before. Tang Lao Shi IS THE GOAT.

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  • Took this course in Fall '24. I highly recommend to buy the course text as its used every class, don't work its not expensive at all (~$30).
    I used this course to improve my sentence making/speech-skills, but I took the first and second year mandarin courses prior to this. Don't skip attendance!! I always felt super bad for Prof because she was genuinely so sweet and does her best to help her students. In-class content was a lot of group reading (course text) and partner work (making dialogue on class content), assessments consist of written homework and recording audio clips. Final exam is an oral test, you draw a piece of paper from a box with a number on it (number is associated with…

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