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May 07, 2024
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2022-2023 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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CHIN 102 - Mandarin Chinese Level II
PREREQUISITES: CHIN 101 - Mandarin Chinese Level I or demonstrated competency in Mandarin Chinese through appropriate assessment; demonstrated competency in reading and writing through appropriate assessment or earning a grade of “C” or better in ENGL 093 - Introduction to College Writing and ENGL 083 - Reading Strategies for College .
PROGRAM: Foreign Languages
CREDIT HOURS MIN: 4
LECTURE HOURS MIN: 4
DATE OF LAST REVISION: Fall, 2019
Continues the study of Mandarin Chinese for students who have had the equivalent of one semester of college-level Mandarin Chinese. Introduces additional grammatical structures and vocabulary to further develop speaking, reading, writing and listening skills as well as an appreciation of the cultures of the Mandarin Chinese-speaking world.
MAJOR COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Upon successful completion of this course the student will be expected to:
- Reach the high-elementary level in all four skills - listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
- Continue to practice high-occurrence sentence patterns and begin to develop more complex sentence patterns.
- Recombine learned material to conduct a wider range of daily conversations with more complex sentences.
- Discuss topics including money and shopping, daily schedules, weather, seasons, families and relatives, school, work, professions and hobbies with accurate vocabulary and pronunciation.
- Identify detailed ideas and information in authentic written/printed materials such as newspaper, inline news pieces, brochures, or short notes.
- Continue to pursue accurate Mandarin Chinese pronunciation using the Pinyin system.
- Write at least 250 Mandarin Chinese characters (using Hanzi and/or typing with Mandarin Chinese word processor) and use them to write/type short notes/paragraphs.
- Demonstrate knowledge, understanding and appreciation of various aspects of Mandarin Chinese-speaking cultures, including ethnic majority and minority groups and their customs, and cultural expressions, including calligraphy, painting, music and folk songs, opera and films.
COURSE CONTENT: Topical areas of study include -
- Spoken Mandarin Chinese
- Written Mandarin Chinese
- Mandarin Chinese grammar/vocabulary
- Culture, literature and geography of the Mandarin Chinese-speaking world
Course Addendum - Syllabus (Click to expand)
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