Busy street scene in front of Hata-men gate, Beijing, China, between ca. 1890 and 1923. (Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division [reproduction number, LC-USZ62-124363 (b&w glass neg.)].)
Instructor(s)
Tong Chen
MIT Course Number
21G.110
As Taught In
Spring 2004
Level
Undergraduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
This is the second semester of the intermediate level sequence intended for students whose conversational ability exceeds their reading and writing skills. Focus is on reading and writing, as well as broadening conversational skills and control of standard pronunciation, for students with background in conversational Chinese. Lab work is required. On completing this course, students should be able to speak the language with standard pronunciation, to converse with some fluency on everyday topics, as well as on some specialized topics, to read edited, as well as authentic texts, in simplified or traditional characters with suitable fluency, and to be able to write composition on certain topics. The class consists of a combination of practice, reading, discussion, dictation, composition and feedback, net exploration via the web, and presentation. This course is conducted in Mandarin.