LAN 204 - Chinese 4 and Culture

Chinese 4 and Culture continues the Chinese language and cultural learning accomplished in LAN 203, Chinese 3 and Culture. Students will develop oral communication skills for real-life contexts. They will read and write Chinese texts with minimal help and will learn to read without the aid of pinyin as well as continue to become familiar with the history of China and modern Chinese society. In this 4th semester of Chinese language and culture study, students will reach towards the goal of literacy, defined by the knowledge of pictographic and/or ideographic characters.
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Apply concepts of grammar, vocabulary words and idioms. Some of the idioms they will learn involve language for daily life.
- Write and talk about their own experiences as demonstration of mastery of sentence structure for comparisons.
- Use an additional 150 to 200 Chinese characters.
- Converse with ease on topics of everyday life.
- Demonstrate growth in cultural sensitivity and knowledge of Chinese customs, culture, and traditions in Chinese-speaking countries.

Prerequisite(s): Completion of LAN 203 with a grade of C- or better or placement by exam.
General Education Elective(s): Humanities

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