Mandarin Chinese for Oral Communication II

Catalog description

This course focuses on advanced speaking skills. Class activities include daily reports, presentations, discussions, debates, interviews, description, translation, oral interpretation and oral art performances. These courses also utilize several of websites and online modules. The goal of this courses is to prepare students to feel comfortable and confident speaking Chinese in various settings and to perform various discourse functions (narration, expressing opinions, arguing, etc.) in Mandarin Chinese. In so doing, students will be able to use vocabulary and syntactic patterns that make their Chinese counterpart feel comfortable. Their Chinese counterpart will recognize the students as excellent speakers of Chinese who are knowledgeable about Chinese society and current global issues. Students are expected to be able to deliver good professional presentations in Chinese, perform in culturally-appropriate ways in many different social speaking situations, reach the advanced-mid level of proficiency of the ACTFL national standards, and be able to write a cohesive essay of 800-1000 characters. Prerequisites: 82-235 or 82-232