A sampan (舢舨), flat bottomed Chinese wooden boat in Feng Huang, an old town in Hunan, China. Image courtesy of Trey Ratcliff on Flickr. License: CC BY-NC-SA.
Instructor(s)
Dr. Haohsiang Liao
MIT Course Number
21G.103
As Taught In
Fall 2018
Level
Undergraduate
Course Description
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Course Description
This course forms the intermediate level of what constitutes a four-term foundation in Mandarin. Upon completion of Chinese III and IV, students should be able to speak Chinese with fluency on everyday topics, reach a literacy level of 700 characters (approximately 2000 common words written in both traditional and simplified characters), read materials in simple standard written Chinese, and produce both orally and in writing short compositions on everyday topics. Throughout the course we will address issues of how cultural differences inform and are informed by different linguistic contexts and practices.
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