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2016　Chinese Seminar: Culture and Society 1

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Academic unit or major
Second foreign language courses
Instructor(s)
Liu Anwei 
Class Format
Exercise     
Media-enhanced courses
Day/Period(Room No.)
Wed5-6(W641)  
Group
-
Course number
LAL.C431
Credits
1
Academic year
2016
Offered quarter
1Q
Syllabus updated
2016/4/27
Lecture notes updated
-
Language used
Japanese
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Course description and aims

This course is designed for the graduate students who have learnt the Chinese phonological system, basic conversational topics, vocabulary and grammar. The main course objective for Chinese culture and society is to refine and further develop students’ abilities with spoken and written communication in Chinese, at same time, this course also expands what students know about Chinese culture and provides them with an introduction to modern Chinese society, and help them to have a better understanding of the relationship between China and Japan.

Student learning outcomes

At the end of this course, students will have increased their knowledge about Chinese culture and society, develop students’ abilities with spoken and written communication in Chinese. This course also encourages learners to develop lifelong skills, including:• the ability to use a foreign language as a means of practical communication, a positive attitude towards language learning, towards the speakers of other languages, and towards other cultures and civilizations

Keywords

practical Chinese abilities　Chinese Culture and Society relationship between China and Japan

Competencies that will be developed

Specialist skills ✔ Intercultural skills ✔ Communication skills Critical thinking skills Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

At the beginning of each class, the instructor will explain the essential points of the class, students are required to read the articles of Chinese and translate it into Japanese,. Towards the end of class, students are given exercise problems related to what is taught on that day., The instructor shows solutions to the exercise problems, and give students homework to write compositions, will check it every other week.

Course schedule/Required learning

  Course schedule Required learning
Class 1 The house of Professor Yang 1 Review of adverbs
Class 2 The house of Professor Yang 2 Review of complex sentences 1
Class 3 The custom about gift 1 Review of conjunctions
Class 4 The custom about gift 2 The subjunctive mood
Class 5 The traffic of Beijing 1 Expression of prohibition
Class 6 The traffic of Beijing 2 Review of interrogative words
Class 7 The interesting numbers 1 Review of complex sentences 2
Class 8 The interesting numbers 2 Final exam

Textbook(s)

Text book specified by the instructor

Reference books, course materials, etc.

None required

Assessment criteria and methods

Final exam

Related courses

  • LAL.C341 ： Chinese: Advanced Course 1
  • LAL.C342 ： Chinese: Advanced Course 2
  • LAL.C343 ： Chinese: Advanced Course 3
  • LAL.C344 ： Chinese: Advanced Course 4

Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)

Students must have completed basic Chinese courses.

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