CHIN 302

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Third-Year Mandarin

Course Description

Advanced-level Mandarin skills, especially media discourse and reading.

When Taught

Fall and Winter

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Reading Journalistic Texts

Learning Outcome

Read journalistic texts at the ACTFL advanced-mid level, demonstrating the ability to both skim and scan texts as well as read for details. (See Chinese major learning outcome 2)

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Summarizing, Writing, and Translating

Learning Outcome

Summarize news stories, express personal insights, and write and translate descriptive reports in formal written Chinese at the ACTFL intermediate-high level and in spoken Chinese at the advanced-low level. (See Chinese major learning outcome 2)

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Understanding Discourse

Learning Outcome

Understand the structure of Chinese media discourse, including grammar and stylistics, within the Chinese cultural context. (See Chinese major learning outcome 3)

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Listening Comprehension and Speaking Proficiency

Learning Outcome

Understand the main points of spoken Chinese on television and radio news broadcasts at the ACTFL advanced-mid level. (See Chinese major learning outcome 1). Speak Mandarin Chinese at the ACTFL advanced-mid level, demonstrating the ability to defend a point of view, narrate events, and give a basic presentation. (See Chinese major learning outcome 1)