CHIN 30053 Intermediate Chinese III
Prerequisites: CHIN 20063 with a grade of C- or better, or permission. CHIN 30053 will develop students' speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills at the intermediate-high level. Upon the completion of this course, students should have acquired the following abilities: 1) Listening: can understand interpersonal conversations on practical and social topics; follow presentation on social topics or topics of personal interest and individual relevance; 2) Speaking: can engage in conversations on topics of personal interest and individual relevance and present ideas and opinions with a level of clarity and precision that native speakers can understand; 3) Reading: can comprehend text materials on non-specialized topics with the help of dictionaries; 4) Writing: can produce most kinds of informal correspondence; can present ideas and opinions at paragraph level with a level of clarity and precision that native speakers can understand.