Reading Chinese Newspapers

Catalog description

This 4-credited course is a post-advanced Chinese language course, which meets twice a week, 75 minutes for each meeting and is designed for students who have completed Advanced Chinese II ( CHIN-SHU 302 , or EAST-UA 206 ) or the equivalent. This course, through intensive and extensive readings of authentic materials selected from major Chinese newspapers and periodicals in China and abroad and robust in and out-of-class exercises and assignments, intends to help students further enhance their language skills with special focus on reading and writing competence, further enrich their knowledge about China society and Chinese culture, and further improve their abilities in conducting in-depth analysis, discussion, debate, comparison, contrast and conclusion orally and in written mode in Chinese language. The articles will be selected from the latest issues in newspapers and periodicals with topics ranging from culture inheritance, social entertainment to economics, technology, new lifestyle, etc., which provide different perspectives for students to observe and study phenomena (including their origins and evolutions) in modern Chinese society and Chinese culture. The course also focuses on language learning, aiming at helping students accumulate more formal written-style vocabulary and getting acquaintance with the modes, structures and characteristics of Chinese formal news reports. Pre-requisites: Advanced Chinese II or the equivalent Fulfillment: Core Curriculum Language; GCS Major Requirement Language Courses For Advanced GCS Track Non-Native Chinese Speakers; Chinese Minor and the Chinese Language and Literature Minor.