158-108 Chinese 3A

Note

Available as 158-208 at 2nd-year level, 158-308 at 3rd-year level.

Credit Points

Coordinator

Prerequisites

Chinese 2B or satisfactory completion of a placement test.

Semester

Contact

Subject Description

Advanced spoken and written Chinese. By the end of this subject students will have built on the knowledge of Chinese gained in their first two years and be able to read original Chinese material on current affairs as well as simple literary texts. They will be able to conduct conversations in Chinese on topics of general interest.

Assessment

One oral examination (10 minutes); one written examination (maximum 2 hours); translations, exercises, essays and/or short tests to a maximum of 3,500 words.

Prescribed Texts

• Jeannette L. Faurot, Gateway to the Chinese Classics: A Practical Introduction to Literary Chinese. San Francisco China Books and Periodicals, 1995.
• Bai Wue Lin, et al., Intermediate Chinese: Listening and Speaking. Beijing, The Beijing Language and Culture University Press, 1994.