Elementary Chinese II

Elementary Chinese II is an Interdisciplinary Arts class taught by Chen Zhu.

This course satisfies Division I requirements. This course requires prerequisites.

Course Description
This course covers the second semester of beginning Chinese (LS/IA 111). It will be taught by Chen Zhu, a visiting professor of Chinese from the Hampshire College China Exchange program and supervised by K. Johnson. The course will continue to use the Integrated Chinese textbook series and will cover speaking, reading, and writing Chinese characters. Required books are: Integrated Chinese Textbook Level 1, Part 2; Integrated Chinese Workbook Level 1, Part 2; Integrated Chinese Character Workbook, Level 1, Part 2. The class will meet three times a week (Monday, Wednesday 5:00-5:50, Friday 3:30-4:20) for one hour each session; there are also two one-hour drill sessions per week (Tuesday and Thursday 5:00-5:50) for a total of five class periods per week. Students who complete this class will be able to continue studying Chinese at the intermediate level at any of the other Five Colleges. Prerequisite for this class is one semester of college level Chinese or the equivalent.

Learning Goals

 * Project-based
 * Multi-Cultural
 * Presenting

Previous Semesters Offered

 * Spring 2009