Advanced Chinese: Chinese Digital Youth Media.

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This course develops students' language proficiency through the study of Chinese digital youth media, including comics, animation, games, and online discourse. Students engage with multimodal texts such as manhua excerpts, animation clips, game interface language, danmu comments, and social media discussions. These materials reflect contemporary language use among younger generations in China and provide authentic contexts for expanding vocabulary, improving reading comprehension, strengthening speaking and writing skills, and developing awareness of contemporary Chinese digital culture.