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Course Description
Designed for study-abroad returnees and more advanced students of third-year Chinese, this employs a multiple-skill approach to expand your knowledge of the language and cultures of the Chinese-speaking world (including China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong). You will develop tactical reading skills that enable you to read various materials with the greatest possible efficiency and comprehension. Students will also be introduced to various genres of practical writing in modern Chinese, such as personal and business correspondence, short notes, resumes, and presentations and writing in the academic context. Authentic materials, including literary works, sophisticated writing by Chinese intellectuals on social and cultural issues, newspaper articles, films, and literary works will be incorporated to facilitate our discussion of cultural topics.
Chinese 497A counts toward the Chinese minor requirements. While this course is designed to accommodate study abroad returnees, advanced students without study abroad experience are also welcome.
Taught at the 400-level, 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.
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.
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.
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