Equivalent to the second half of CHINESE 126 in content. Further development of communicative skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing. Introduction to the next 200 traditional characters. Prerequisite: CHINESE 110.
Equivalent to the second half of CHINESE 126 in content. Further development of communicative skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing. Introduction to the next 200 traditional characters. Prerequisite: CHINESE 110.
Introduction to theory and research related to Chinese and other foreign language teaching methods with the emphasis on their application to Chinese teaching. Other topics include language pedagogy, lesson planning, teaching techniques, material development, testing, and teacher development.
The general nature of Chinese syntax: Mandarin in particular. Analysis of major syntactic constructions of Mandarin. Issues in Chinese linguistics. Topics of controversy on Mainland China before the Cultural Revolution. Prerequisites: two years of Mandarin or Cantonese and CHINESE 375.
Explores aspects of Chinese language as studied in traditional Chinese linguistics, historical linguistics, sociolinguistics, and Chinese dialectology. Topics include historical sources, traditional divisions, formation of the standard dialect (Mandarin), social variations and geographical distributions. Prerequisites: CHINESE 375 and 427. Conducted in Chinese.