High Intermediate Chinese II

Catalog description

This course is the Penn Global Seminar version of 0600 and further develops students’ advanced Chinese language proficiency in real-world contexts. In addition to classroom learning, the course includes a two-week study trip to Beijing and Shanghai, which provides a pivotal opportunity to connect language study with lived experience. Adopting a Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) approach, the course integrates language instruction with socially, economically, and politically relevant topics—including obesity, the Five-Year Plans, population aging, infrastructure development, ethnic minorities, 5G technology, study-abroad policies, the Hong Kong issue, e-commerce, and the history of Sino-foreign cultural exchanges. Learning is supported through authentic materials and the responsible use of AI-based tools, such as machine translation, speech recognition, optical character recognition, and large language models.