Course Description
A continuation of Intermediate Chinese I. Not open to native speakers.
Athena Title
Intermediate Chinese II
Prerequisite
CHNS 2001 or permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
Students will continue to develop listening comprehension, speaking, reading and writing skills in Modern Chinese, and prepare for more advanced studies at the university and in China. Students will also hone oral skills, expand vocabulary, thoroughly understand grammar, and master a creative use of language in specific contexts.
Topical Outline
Week 1: Boyfriends and Girlfriends directional complements indicating result Week 2: Meeting the Family comparison of time phrases Week 3: Going to the Movies simultaneous actions, conditional forms Week 4: Discussing the News rhetorical phrases, expressions of inevitability Week 5: Debating the Social Effects of Movies and Television Grammar: contrastive forms Week 6: Planning a Trip to China verb aspects indicating experience and completion Week 7: Passports and Plane Tickets review of word order Week 8: At the Post Office proposed object structure, continuation of an actions Week 9: Mailing a Package verb aspect, describing the repetition of an action Week 10: Writing a Letter complex sentence connectives Week 11: Visiting Scenic and Historic Sites describing the difficulty or ease of an action Week 12: Chinese Dragon Boat Festival prepositions Week 13: Qu Yuan Banished to Chu potential complements, optatives Week 14: Chinese Holidays indefinite uses of interrogative pronouns, cohesion Week 15: Review
General Education Core
CORE IV: World Languages and Global CultureSyllabus