In Chinese III, the students will continue to expand their abilities in various aspects of Chinese Mandarin learning. They will continue to build up their knowledge in vocabulary, sentence patterns, and grammar points in communicative contexts. They will also enhance their Chinese Mandarin listening and speaking skills such as pronunciations and intonations. The students will learn more in-depth Chinese reading and writing strategies and skills. Their Chinese reading abilities and efficiency will be greatly improved and they will be able to write in Chinese in various formats such as journal, letter, invitation, and essay. The students’ knowledge and skills in writing simplified Chinese characters will also be enriched and fortified.
In this course, the students will learn more about the essential Chinese culture knowledge including the origins, history, anecdotes, and etiquette for various cultural settings, events, or occasions. They will also gain the ability to compare and contrast the Chinese culture with their own cultures in many different aspects.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of the family descriptive system and idiomatic expressions of love and dating by comprehending and communicating in written and spoken Chinese on topics such as extended family and comparisons of the United States and Chinese dating customs.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of traditional Chinese health and medicine and passive voice by comprehending and communicating in written and spoken Chinese on topics such as acupuncture, the concepts of Yin and Yang, illness, and injury.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of Chinese poetry and folk songs by comprehending and communicating in written and spoken Chinese on topics such as poetry and poetic forms and the comparison of Chinese poetry and folk songs.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of describing talents and goals using adverbs of degree by comprehending and communicating in written and spoken Chinese on topics such as plans for after high school, United States and Chinese university admissions and student life, and parental influence on decision making.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of persuasive writing and speaking in Chinese by comprehending and communicating in written and spoken Chinese on topics such as protection of pandas in China and comparisons of environmental protection and conservation efforts in the US and China.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of Chinese formal and informal language by comprehending and communicating in written and spoken Chinese on topics such as pop culture, entertainment, and the United States and Chinese economies.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of employment and job searches by comprehending and communicating in written and spoken Chinese on topics such as finding employment in China and Chinese resume writing.
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