This class is intended to be a course as part of IES Abroad Shanghai Program for non-Chinese speaking students who have studied Chinese between three and four years (six to seven semesters or nine to eleven quarters). The semester will begin with a series of intensive “foundation building” designed to give students basic tools that are immediately useful as well as stabilize their existing foundation. It is designed to further challenge and enrich the language skill sets of students whose proficiency is approximately at the advanced Chinese level. The following lessons then encompass several hundreds sentence patterns, over 1800 new words, as well as many Chinese newspaper articles, sections from original novel or plays, video and movie clips, and commentaries. All the materials are related to contemporary issues, Chinese history, Chinese literature, as well as Chinese cultural elements carried throughout those issues. The class is designed to emphasize the fours skills of reading, writing, speaking and listening comprehension at a higher-level. Such practices will be organized during classroom teaching: (a) interviewing local people; (b) discussions of social, cultural, economic and political issues; (c) writing essays and papers on given topics; and (d) making presentations, and doing translations and interpretations. At the end of the semester, students should be able to express their opinions smoothly and hold discussions with native Chinese people on a wide range of topics. Students should also develop a sense of appreciation for Chinese literature and be able to tell the difference of formal and informal part of speech and can distinguish different styles of writing.
Method of presentation:
Written and oral assignments.
Required work and form of assessment:
Mid-term exam (10%), Final exam (10%), quizzes (15%); homework (10%), participation (10%), Attendance (15%), Dictation (10%), Composition or Individual Language Project (10%) and Presentation (10%)
content:
Week 1
Communication: Chinese marriage in transition, the right of going to school, the harm of cell phones
Tasks: Establish and maintain essential foundation of Chinese language skills.
Culture: Modern Chinese attitudes and ways of thinking.
Week 2
Communication: Chinese families
Tasks: Interview Chinese people and discuss their views on marriage, family and love.
Culture: The history of Chinese cultural exchange.
Week 3
Communication: movie
Tasks: Discuss personal views on homosexuality.
Culture: Chinese movie language.
Week 4
Communication: Talk about the social ramifications of limited access to higher education in China
Tasks: Discuss the changes on ordinary people’s lives
Culture: The importance of education in unemployment.
Week 5
Communication: Talk about Chinese literature.
Tasks: Discuss the literature’s influence to people
Culture: The Chinese culture revolution
Week 6
Communication: attitude towards life and work
Tasks: Discuss the old assignment system under planning economy
Midterm Exam
Week 7
Communication: Talk about filial piety, law and morals
Tasks: Write a composition—interview two Chinese people—one is old and one is young—to ask their views about filial, law and social morals.
Culture: Changes of people’s values.
Week 8
Communication: politics
Tasks: Learn the perspectives of Chinese politics, and make a presentation—China’s role in the international marketplace; discussion—globalization.
Culture: Formal part of speech
Week 9
Communication: movie
Tasks: Composition- comments after watching the movie.
Culture: Chinese history and culture though 1920s to 1970s
Week 10
Communication: Talk about economic development in China and its influence on the population.
Advanced Chinese
This class is intended to be a course as part of IES Abroad Shanghai Program for non-Chinese speaking students who have studied Chinese between three and four years (six to seven semesters or nine to eleven quarters). The semester will begin with a series of intensive “foundation building” designed to give students basic tools that are immediately useful as well as stabilize their existing foundation. It is designed to further challenge and enrich the language skill sets of students whose proficiency is approximately at the advanced Chinese level. The following lessons then encompass several hundreds sentence patterns, over 1800 new words, as well as many Chinese newspaper articles, sections from original novel or plays, video and movie clips, and commentaries. All the materials are related to contemporary issues, Chinese history, Chinese literature, as well as Chinese cultural elements carried throughout those issues. The class is designed to emphasize the fours skills of reading, writing, speaking and listening comprehension at a higher-level. Such practices will be organized during classroom teaching: (a) interviewing local people; (b) discussions of social, cultural, economic and political issues; (c) writing essays and papers on given topics; and (d) making presentations, and doing translations and interpretations. At the end of the semester, students should be able to express their opinions smoothly and hold discussions with native Chinese people on a wide range of topics. Students should also develop a sense of appreciation for Chinese literature and be able to tell the difference of formal and informal part of speech and can distinguish different styles of writing.
Written and oral assignments.
Mid-term exam (10%), Final exam (10%), quizzes (15%); homework (10%), participation (10%), Attendance (15%), Dictation (10%), Composition or Individual Language Project (10%) and Presentation (10%)
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Midterm Exam
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Final review and Exam
IES 四年级教材
IES Level 4 Text Book