Nanjing University for Credit Chinese Language Classes 2013
The following classes may be taken for credit or not and are taught by teachers from Nanjing University's Institute for International Students.
A. Chinese Language Beginning
Instruction hours: 16 hrs/week Credits: 4
Comprehensive Chinese + Communicating Chinese
The course will provide instruction in all four language skills of aurally understanding, speaking, reading, and writing for students with no or little previous Chinese experience. Students learn about 200 characters to help them meet the basic understanding of Chinese expressions and character structure.
B. Chinese Language Intermediate
Instruction hours: 16hrs/week Credits: 4
Comprehensive Chinese +Communicating Chinese
This course is designed for students who have successfully completed beginning level or have their Chinese vocabulary over 500. The course will continue to develop the four skills of aurally understanding, speaking, reading and writing in Chinese. In this course students are required to comprehend and produce paragraph-level Chinese with high accuracy and fluency. By the end of this course, students are expected to deal with daily-life related Chinese in a target language environment with no difficulty.
C. Chinese History and Culture
Instruction hours: 4 hrs./week Credits: 2
Chinese civilization, a one part of the global civilization, has its specific features. This course, as an access to understand China in its historical context, is a general introduction on the Chinese civilization, including the forming of the nation, dynastic history, cultural features, and other events and elements that have significantly helped to foster the Chinese civilization. Students will be encouraged to investigate some recent research focuses as case studies, such as the institution evolution, the culture and social transition, the women history, etc.
Instruction hours: 16 hrs/week Credits: 4
Comprehensive Chinese + Communicating Chinese
The course will provide instruction in all four language skills of aurally understanding, speaking, reading, and writing for students with no or little previous Chinese experience. Students learn about 200 characters to help them meet the basic understanding of Chinese expressions and character structure.
B. Chinese Language Intermediate
Instruction hours: 16hrs/week Credits: 4
Comprehensive Chinese +Communicating Chinese
This course is designed for students who have successfully completed beginning level or have their Chinese vocabulary over 500. The course will continue to develop the four skills of aurally understanding, speaking, reading and writing in Chinese. In this course students are required to comprehend and produce paragraph-level Chinese with high accuracy and fluency. By the end of this course, students are expected to deal with daily-life related Chinese in a target language environment with no difficulty.
C. Chinese History and Culture
Instruction hours: 4 hrs./week Credits: 2
Chinese civilization, a one part of the global civilization, has its specific features. This course, as an access to understand China in its historical context, is a general introduction on the Chinese civilization, including the forming of the nation, dynastic history, cultural features, and other events and elements that have significantly helped to foster the Chinese civilization. Students will be encouraged to investigate some recent research focuses as case studies, such as the institution evolution, the culture and social transition, the women history, etc.