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Chinese 3032, Spring 2008

prereq 3031 or equiv or instructor consent, 4 credits

Instructor: Li , Chiping

This course is open to students who have successfully completed the Chinese 3031 course. The focus will shift slightly away from just reading skills, and will include more student-guided/led discussions in Chinese, as well as writing on a variety of assigned and student-chosen themes. We will also attempt to incorporate a contemporary Chinese newspaper and Chinese film into the classroom, so that students will be exposed to a broader cross-cultural knowledge of the target language cultural context. At the end of the course, students should be able to read Chinese articles with sophistication and appreciate them from appropriate cultural understanding. They should also be able to write good Chinese compositions that express their views on various topics.

Class URL: http://www.all.umn.edu/chinese_language
Class time: 20% lecture, 80% discussion
Work load: 10-20 pages of reading per week
Grade: Grade: 15% mid-semester exam(s), 15% final exam(s), 20% written report(s)/paper(s), 20% quizzes & tests, 10% in-class presentation(s)(speech, preside), 20% class participation (attendance, discussion, preview)
Exam format: multiple choice, fill in blanks, complete sentences, etc.

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