Prerequisites
CHIN 0600 or the instructor’s permission
Textbook:
Lee, Kunshan, Hsin-hsin Liang, Liwei Jiao, Julian Wheatley. The Routledge Advanced Chinese Multimedia Course文化纵横观, 2nd edition, Routledge, 2014.
eBook is available: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781315818375
Lesson 1 is available for view here: https://www.book2look.com/embed/9781317816676
Coordinator
Dr. Jiajia Wang (jiajia@sas.upenn.edu)
Course Description:
This is an advanced-level Chinese language course aiming to enhance students’ Chinese language skills and cultural knowledge in order to communicate with their contemporary Chinese peers. This course will help students expand vocabulary and lexical structures and improve reading skills at the advanced level. Students will learn how to summarize and respond to main arguments using supporting evidence from the text and how to express their opinions in an organized way. Topics introduced in this course include online dating, popular media culture, consumer culture, economy, and urbanization. By completing this course, students are expected to be able to narrate, describe, and comment on societal topics with good linguistic devices at the advanced level.
Sample Text (Entry): L1 网上交友
网络的新鲜感给人们带来刺激和无限的想象空间，网上交友的方式因此受到年轻人的欢迎，迅速地在他们中间发展起来。网络是一个虚拟的世界，在网上大家可以扮演各种假想的角色，与人进行或真或假的交流，像是一种游戏，也是一种娱乐。年轻人认为，网上交友是个人的自由，也是一种权利，谁也干涉不了。
Sample Text (Exit): L5 流动人口
据中国国家统计局统计，截至2004年底，中国人口总数约为13亿，其中农村人口占总人口的72.5%。人多地少造成了农村出现了大量的剩余劳动力。另外，随着农业逐渐机械化，人力被机器取代了，农村对劳动力的需求迅速减少。农民被迫离开家乡，去大城市打工。