Intermediate Chinese (CHNSE 231)

Willamette University

(Fall 2007)


Instructor: Keying Wu, Ph.D.
Department of Japanese and Chinese

Intermediate Chinese continues to build and strengthen your foundation in all aspects of modern standard Chinese, including speaking, listening, reading, writing, and translating.  Oral and written proficiency is build upon accuracy and is enhanced through the functions such as narration, description, comparison, explanation, and direction.  Character writing, translations, and composition exercises are routine.  Dramatization and visualization of the texts through situational conversations are the primary approaches in classroom, in addition to (strongly suggested) two-hour-per-day homework.  Your active participation is key to making the learning process effective and pleasant.


This course is offered in the Spring semesters. For details, please contact the instructor of logon our Blackboard .

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