This course is intended to improve the students’ ability to conduct conversation in both practical and cultural situations, and to start training them to read some unannotated works written for Chinese readers. Dictionaries are introduced along with the methods of finding characters by radicals, stroke count, and Pinyin. Unannotated materials (topical pieces from newspapers, magazines) and films are also used, and discussions are based on the reading and viewing. There is practice in creating logical sequences of sentences and developing a reasoned argument. At the end of the course, students know 1500 characters and have some familiarity with varieties of Chinese computer software, which are currently used in the laboratory.
Prerequisite: AP/CH 2000 6.0 or AP/CH 2010 6.0 or permission of the Department. Placement interview required PRIOR TO ENROLMENT
Course Credit Exclusion: None. Prior to Fall 2009: AS/CH 3000 6.0
