____1. Mathew majors in media and hopes to understand Chinese broadcasting and TV News and
communicate with the Chinese people.
____2. Sarah is a learner of Chinese with a fairly good knowledge of basic Chinese grammar and a
vocabulary of 2500, hoping to improve her Chinese ability in speaking, reading and writing.
____3. Lois majors in Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language and hopes to improve her ability in
translation.
____4. Dennis once has taught himself Chinese and can speak a little Chinese but with poor
pronunciation and grammar, hoping to meet the needs of everyday life and study, and understand each
other in basic communication through training.
____ 5. Georgia specializes in the Chinese language and culture at the average. He plans to have a
tour in China.
A. Comprehensive language skill training
100 lessons in total focusing on pronunciation, grammar and discourse (语段). To enable the learner
to master the basic knowledge of the Chinese language, to have the basic ability of listening, speaking,
reading and writing, so that they are able to communicate with others and to meet the needs of everyday
life, study and sociality. This will lay a foundation for further study of Chinese.
B. Intermediate (中等) Chinese Comprehensive Course
40 lessons in all, focusing on the training of the comprehensive skills of listening, speaking, reading
and writing of intermediate Chinese. To enable the students to recognize, understand and use the active
and less active words, to improve their ability of expressing themselves in paragraphs and discourse, to
master the new words, patterns, grammatical structures, paragraphs and discourse and means of
connections so as to express the meaning of the texts correctly and fluently in paragraphs and discourse.
C. News Listening
Based on frequently used words, typical sentences and information and concentrating on improving
the ability of listening comprehension. To improve the ability of collecting information, to grasp the
knowledge and skills they have learned and to understand the broadcasting and TV news of similar
themes and relevant level of difficulty with the correctness of 80%. To build up the foundation for further
study.
D. Elementary English-Chinese Translation
25 classes in total, including various styles such as poems, popular science, political comments and
news, about every aspect of everyday life. The texts vary from easy to difficult and combine theory with
practice as well as translation and interpretation. About 185 hours are needed. To familiarize the learner
with the equivalent (对应的) Chinese expressions of English. To enable them to know usage of Chinese
and English words and sentences, cultural differences and the background knowledge.
E. Elementary Spoken Chinese in Business
24 units in all. Chinese words and expressions in business and trade are introduced in the form of
vivid situational dialogues, notes and exercises. To enable the learner to master the words and
expressions of elementary spoken business Chinese and to communicate with others in trade and
business.
F. Chinese Human Geography
Introduction to geographic environment and cultural phenomena in various parts of China, such as
natural features, historical backgrounds, religious sites, ancient battle fields, dramas and arts, traditional
products, and special food, etc. Through the introduction to historical and cultural sites and scenery, the
learner will have a general view about Chinese geography, history, culture and regional features.
