Lantern festival in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. (Image courtesy of sswweett59 (黃裕峰) on Flickr. License: CC BY-NC-SA.)
Instructor(s)
Dr. Haohsiang Liao
MIT Course Number
21G.104
As Taught In
Spring 2018
Level
Undergraduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
Together with 21G.103 Chinese III, 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 750 characters (approximately 1200 common words written in both traditional and simplified characters), read materials written 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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