Note

This course is offered in the Spring.

Description

This course is the continuation of first-year Chinese I. It is designed to enhance the Chinese proficiency in all the four skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing) of those who have finished one semester of CHIN class at the University of Pittsburgh or its equivalent. Students continue to develop the ability to communicate in Chinese through the consideration of essential cultural themes, language functions, and authentic situations as they acquire the structures and lexicon to work with written language, conversation, and composition. By the end of the semester, students should be able to conduct simple, practical conversations, and to read and write short passages on a variety of everyday topics such as transportation, dining, asking directions, lodging, travel, etc.

Students with no prior language background can achieve Novice-Mid proficiency by the end of CHIN0001.

Meeting times: M-Th in-person; Friday asynchronous online

Class size: 24-30 for lecture; 12 for recitation

Number of credits: 5

Prerequisite: C- or above in CHIN0001, or request a placement test to demonstrate equivalent proficiency

Recitation

Five hours per week of practice classes and two hours of introduction-and-initial-practice class.

Class Size

48 (class will be smaller in the summer)

Number of Credits

5

Course prerequisites

C- in CHIN 0001 or equivalent.