Course Description

       This proficiency-oriented course employs a multiple-skill approach and the immersion method. The course counts toward the Chinese minor requirements.

       We will read short stories by such Chinese literary masters as Pai Hsien-yung, Lu Xun, Lao She, Liang Shi-chiu, A Cheng, Lin Hai-yin, Ba Jin, Shen Congwen, and Ding Ling (texts may vary from year to year). We will have class discussions about the works and their social contexts, and students will write response papers in Chinese.

       Compared to CHNS 401, this course focuses slightly more on reading and writing. You will learn to use Chinese dictionaries and become a more sophisticated speaker and writer of Chinese. However, you will not be able to develop reading and writing skills indepedant of other crucial language skills. Therefore, we will continue to work on the listening and speaking skills.

Course Goals

      Building on the skills you acquired in Chinese 001, 002, 003, 110, and 401, this course expands your knowledge of the language and cultures of the Chinese-speaking peoples in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and around the world. About 80% of our time will be spent in language learning and about 20% in cultural issues. Research indicates that the more knowledge you have about the context in which the target language is used, the higher your overall linguistic proficiency level will be.

        As an advanced course in the Chinese language series, this course is directed toward bringing you substantially closer to meeting the proficiency rating of Advanced-Low on a scale formulated by a professional language teaching organization. It also intends to introduce you to advanced grammatical constructions in the Chinese language.

Gallery of Students' Works

        Some works completed by students in CHNS 402 are featured on the Students' Works page of the Chinese Program website.

Academic Integrity

        Dishonesty of any kind will not be tolerated in this course. Dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, some common types of plagiarism such as cheating, plagiarizing, fabricating information, facilitating acts of academic dishonesty by others, or submitting work of another person or work previously used without informing the instructor.

        Students who are found to be dishonest will receive academic sanctions and will be reported to the University’s Judicial Affairs office for possible further disciplinary sanctions (Faculty Senate Policy 49-20). Some useful websites are: Common Excuses for Plagiarism, College of Liberal Arts Academic Integrity Resources for Students, Understanding and Avoiding Plagiarism, and Statement by the Council of Academic Deans. For more information, see College of Liberal Arts academic integrity resource page.

Required Texts

Note: Combination of Texts May Vary from Year to Year

	Official course website on ANGEL. Password required to access audio & video clips, assignments, and reference works online.
	Resources for the Course on the Penn State Chinese Program website

	Jia You! Chinese for the Global Community Volume 1 ISBN: 9789814195904
	Concise English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary (3rd Edition). The Commercial Press & Oxford University Press, 2004. ISBN: 7100039339
	Readings in Classic Chinese Short Stories Chih-p'ing Chou et al. ISBN: 962-996-285-3 The Chinese University Press of Hong Kong Bilingual Series on Modern Chinese Literature
	The Yellow Earth: A Film by Chen Kaige with a Complete Translation of the Filmscript By Bonnie S. McDougall ISBN: 962-201-499-2 The Chinese University Press of Hong Kong Bilingual Series on Modern Chinese Literature
	Camel Xiangzi Written by Lao She, Translated by Shi Xiaojing ISBN: 962-996-197-0 The Chinese University Press of Hong Kong Bilingual Series on Modern Chinese Literature
	Taipei People (Chinese-English Bilingual Edition) Chinese Text by Pai Hsien-Yung; Translated by the Author and Patia Yasin; Edited by George Kao ISBN: 962-201-859-9 The Chinese University Press of Hong Kong Bilingual Series on Modern Chinese Literature
	Memories of Peking: South Side Stories (Chinese-English Bilingual Edition) by Lin Hai-yin; Translated by Nancy C. Ing and Chi Pang-yuan ISBN: 962-996-012-5 The Chinese University Press of Hong Kong Bilingual Series on Modern Chinese Literature
	From A Cottager's Sketchbook, vol. 1 by Liang Shih-chiu; Translated by Ta-tsun Chen ISBN: 962-996-218-7 The Chinese University Press of Hong Kong Bilingual Series on Modern Chinese Literature
	Selected Short Stories of Shen Congwen (Chinese-English Bilingual Edition); Written by Shen Congwen; Translated by Jeffrey C. Kinkley ISBN: 962-996-110-5 The Chinese University Press of Hong Kong Bilingual Series on Modern Chinese Literature
	The True Story of Ah Q (Chinese-English Bilingual Edition) Written by Lu Xun, Translated by Yang Xianyi and Gladys Yang ISBN: 962-996-044-3 The Chinese University Press of Hong Kong Bilingual Series on Modern Chinese Literature