2024 Faculty Courses Liberal arts and basic science courses Second foreign language courses
Chinese: Advanced Course 1
- Academic unit or major
- Second foreign language courses
- Instructor(s)
- Guanqiong Yang
- Class Format
- Exercise (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 5-6 Wed
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- LAL.C341
- Number of credits
- 010
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 1Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 14, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This advanced course is designed for learners who have acquired basic ability of Mandarin Chinese as a foreign language. The aim is to develop an ability to use the language effectively for purposes of practical communication. The course is based on the linked language skills of listening, reading, speaking and writing. We will use the materials that introduce various sides of Chinese society, we hope it will help students to improve their abilities of communication in Chinese, at the same time, to have a good understanding of Chinese culture and society.
Course description and aims
At the end of this course, students will be able to grasp the main ideas and arguments of popular books or newspapers in Chinese, to have practical Chinese abilities including skills of listening and speaking for studying abroad in the future.
Keywords
communication skills in Chinese
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
In each class, students are required to read articles or watch videos of Chinese and translate it into Japanese with the instructor. Towards the end of class, students are required to write a few sentence related to the texts, and have a conversation .
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | The new students 1 | Review of adverbs |
| Class 2 | The new students 2 | Review of complex sentences 1 |
| Class 3 | An allowance for holiday 1 | Review of conjunctions |
| Class 4 | An allowance for holiday 2 | The subjunctive mood |
| Class 5 | The family ties 1 | Expression of prohibition |
| Class 6 | The family ties 2 | Review of interrogative words |
| Class 7 | Read articles:current topics of China 2 | Review of complex sentences |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 30 minutes preparing for class and another 30 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
Documents specified by the instructor
Reference books, course materials, etc.
None required
Evaluation methods and criteria
Final exam
Related courses
- LAL.C331 ： Chinese: Intermediate Course 1
- LAL.C332 ： Chinese: Intermediate Course 2
- LAL.C333 ： Chinese: Intermediate Course 3
- LAL.C334 ： Chinese: Intermediate Course 4
Prerequisites
Students must have completed the basic Chinese courses.
Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from ”[at]” to ”@”(half-width character).
2gojim[at]ila.titech.ac.jp (Foreign Language Office )