Chinese language and culture 3600-7-SI2-JKCH2
In addition to dialogues based on daily life, the second year starts to read well-structured and context-rich short passages to enhance students’ reading comprehension and significantly improve their ability to produce extended discourse.
Volume Two contains 15 lessons covering the following topics:
How to ask and give directions
How to talk about transportation
How to express opinions and talk about experiences of learning languages
How to express daily routines and holiday arrangement
How to talk about work experience and describe ideal job
Understand interpersonal relationships in Chinese culture and how to introduce others
How to talk about living environment and moving house
How to talk about leisure activities, express your preferences and accept/refuse invitations
How to talk about national environment, compare the differences of two places during the trip and express unforgettable experiences
How to express cooking steps and ingredients, introduce specialties of your country
How to talk about travel plans, introduce attractions, express satisfaction and disappointment
How to talk about dietary habit and food culture in different areas
How to discuss internet and life, understand complaints and orders
How to talk about plans for future of study, life and work
Understand the meaning of activities and expressions of holidays (especially the Chinese New Year)
Schedule:
Winter semester: Lessons 1–7
Summer semester: Lessons 8–15
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The course uses the HSK Standard Course textbook series:
Level 3 is taught in the winter semester, and Level 3+ in the summer semester.
After completing the first year of study, students should reach the A2–B1proficiency level.
This textbook is an integrated, theme-based course that emphasizes listening, speaking, and listening comprehension skills. During the classes, the instructor supplements the material with reading and writing components to ensure students’ comprehensive development in Chinese.
By the end of the first volume, students learn approximately 400 characters, and after completing the second volume, about 600 characters. By the end of the academic year, students’ vocabulary should reach around 700 lexical items.
In addition to the main textbook, there is an accompanying workbook that tests students’ listening comprehension. Additional exercises require students to form sentences in order to apply what they have learned in practice.
The course also includes content related to Chinese culture and society, which enriches the overall process of language learning.
Winter semesteHSK3r: Lessons 1–12
Summer semesterHSK3: Lessons 13–20, HSK4:1-2
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Term 2025L:
In addition to dialogues based on daily life, the second year starts to read well-structured and context-rich short passages to enhance students’ reading comprehension and significantly improve their ability to produce extended discourse. This course adopts a communicative approach combined with task-based learning to enhance learners’ competence in using Mandarin Chinese. The instructional content is closely aligned with authentic, everyday situations, enabling students to acquire the language within meaningful and context-rich environments. Classroom activities and tasks are predominantly oral in nature, designed to consolidate language acquisition through engaging and purposeful practice. Furthermore, relevant aspects of Taiwanese culture are incorporated through multimodal materials, including images, texts, and audiovisual resources, thereby facilitating a deeper understanding of the local sociocultural context. Schedule: |
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Learning outcomes
After completing the first-semester courses, students should be able to reach a level between A2(intermediate low) and B1(intermediate high).
Assessment criteria
Students are expected to prepare for each class in advance, actively ask questions during lessons, and participate in speaking and listening activities. After class, they should review the material and complete all assigned homework. Each lesson will also include a dictation exercise based on the lesson content.
To be eligible for the final exam and to receive course credit, students must attend classes regularly, participate actively, submit homework on time, and complete all assignments and assessments.Late homework will not be graded or receive feedback.
Final grades will be based on the following:
Participation (attendance and discussion): 20%
Homework and quizzes (character writing, workbook tasks): 40%
Final exam (listening, reading, writing): 40%
Exam Eligibility: Students who are absent for more than 6 hours in total during the semester (with or without a medical certificate) must pass an oral exam before being allowed to take the written final exam.
Passing the Course: Students who fail to submit regular assignments and receive a final grade below 60 – even if their final exam score is 60 or above – must submit all missing assignments before the make-up exam period in order to pass the course.
Bibliography
A Course in Contemporary Chinese (Textbook+Workbook) 2
Linking Publishing Company Press, Chief editor: Shou-hsin Teng, 2015 Edition.
HSK BIAOZHUN JIAOCHENG1 (Textbook+Workbook) 2
Jiang Lihua 2014
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Term 2025L:
A Course in Contemporary Chinese (Textbook+Workbook) 2 |
Additional information
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