Third Year Chinese I

Third Year Chinese I is an Interdisciplinary Arts class taught by Kay Johnson.

Course Description
This course will be taught by a visiting professor of Chinese from the Hampshire College China Exchange program, and supervised by K. Johnson. Students entering this class will be expected to have completed Intermediate Chinese or the equivalent of an intensive college-level second year Chinese course. The class will cover the final half of Integrated Chinese Level 2 and then proceed to more advanced materials from Chinese magazines and other primary Chinese sources. Emphasis will be placed equally on speaking, reading, and writing. By the end of the Fall semester, students will be expected to have mastered all of the grammar patterns and characters (both recognition and writing from memory) introduced in the Integrated Chinese series, Levels 1 and 2. The second semester of Third Year Chinese will be offered during the spring semester. Required books are: Integrated Chinese Textbook Level 2; Integrated Chinese Workbook Level 2; Integrated Chinese Character Workbook, Level 2. The class will meet three times a week (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday from 4:00-4:50) for one hour each session; there will also be a one-hour discussion session per week to be scheduled the first week of class to suit students' schedules. Class is limited to 8 students. Pre-requisite: completion of an intensive second year Chinese college course or equivalent is required to enter this class.