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Curriculum

Courses Offered
2016 冬季班諮詢時間Winter term Service Hour
Academic Schedule
Cultural Courses

Courses Offered

Our program offers nine levels of Mandarin (1-9). We place great emphasis on the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing in all of our required classes. To further cater your individual needs, we offer numerous electives, ranging from Taiwanese, Simplified Characters, Business Chinese and Word Processing, to Chinese Literature, Chinese Philosophy, and Chinese History and Culture, which will enable you to have a total educational experience that is tailor-made for you.

Here is a complete list of our course titles. The courses opened each quarter are determined upon the feedback provided by our students in our questionnaire.

You can also download our course titles for 2016 Winter Term.

Required Courses

Required courses focus on all four skills, introducing new characters, vocabulary items and grammatical patterns, while giving you a chance to practice all of these in a variety of ways. These courses use Practical Audio/Video Chinese (2nd edition) as the main text for study.

Whether it is for required or for elective courses, the Language Center systematically tries to use up to date text materials and, when available, audio-visual components. A copy of all of these materials is available at the resource library in the office for your review.

Elective Courses

For electives, you can choose freely in any combination from the same level as the required course or one level higher or lower, as long as the total of weekly hours doesn't exceed 15. For example, if you are in Level 4, you can select electives in levels 3, 4, and 5. That's more than 6 electives to choose from!

Be prepared to spend a significant amount of time outside the classroom in order to be able to learn effectively. Elective courses cover a very wide range; you can choose courses focusing on pronunciation, radicals, newspapers, Chinese literature, history, philosophy, customs and traditions, computing skills, Taiwanese, simplified characters and others.

Our first week, the course selection period, is a little different from other programs. This is a time for you to roam around and sit in different electives to see what best fits your needs. Talk to teachers and your fellow classmates to get a better feel of each course. We don't want you to sign up for a course merely on the title of it, sit in and get a feel of it.

Cultural Trips

Our program is divided into two time sections: mornings and afternoons. Depending on your level, your courses will be either in the mornings or the afternoons. Each class is 2- hours long.

Mornings (8am – 10am): Levels 1–9 Required Courses (10am – 12am): Levels 1 –9 Electives Courses

Required Class on Friday morning will finish at 11 :00

Afternoons(1pm – 3pm): Levels 1– 5 Required Courses Required Class on Friday afternoon will finish at 16 :00

Download the 2016 Winter Term course schedule.

2016 冬季班諮詢時間Winter term Service Hour

諮詢時間將從12月12日開始，地點在辦公室櫃台後方的諮詢區。如果你有課業、個人或其他問題，歡迎你在諮詢時間去請教老師!

Our teachers offer Tutorial Hour to assist students with any or many problems, including personal, tutorial, educational, or otherwise. It’s 4 hours per week. We hope you will all find this very helpful.

Academic Schedule

Spring 2016

Mar. 3-4: Registration
Mar. 5: Orientation
Mar. 6-14: Classes Begin – Course Selection Period
Mar. 25: Cultural Trip
Apr. 2-5: National Holiday
Apr. 12-15: Mid-term Exam
Apr. 29: Term Activity
May 24-26: Final Exam
May 27: End of Term (No Class)

Summer 2016

June 2-3: Registration
June 6: Orientation
June 8: Classes Begin
June 9-12: Dragon Boat Festival( No Class)
June 8-17: Course Selection Period
June 24: Cultural Trip
July 12-15: Mid-term Exam
July 29: Term Activity
August 19-25: Final Exam
August 26: End of Term (No Class)

Fall 2016

Sep. 1-2: Registration
Sep. 5: Orientation
Sep. 7: Classes Begin
Sep. 7-13: Course Selection Period
Sep. 15-18: Moon Festival (No Class)
Sep. 30: Cultural Trip
Oct. 8-10: Double-Tenth Day(No Class)
Oct. 11-14: Mid-term Exam
Oct. 28: Term Activity
Nov. 23-28: Final Exam
Nov. 29: End of Term (No Class)

Winter 2016

Dec. 1-2: Registration
Dec. 5: Orientation
Dec. 7: Classes Begin
Dec. 7-13: Course Selection Period
Dec. 23: Cultural Trip
Dec. 31-2: New Year (No Class)
Jan. 9-13: Mid-term Exam
Jan. 20: Term Activity
Jan. 27-31: Chinese New Year Vacation( No Class)
Feb. 17-23: Final Exam
Feb. 24: End of Term

2015 Spring Term: March 5 – May 28
2015 Summer Term: June 5 – August 27
2015 Fall Term: September 5 – November 26
2015 Winter Term: December 5–February 29, 2016

2016 Spring Term: March 5 – May 27
2016 Summer Term: June 5 – August 26
2016 Fall Term: September 5 – November 30
2016 Winter Term: December 5–February 27, 2017

The academic schedules are similar each term, with changes to the cultural trip destinations and contests. The term always begins on the 5th of the month of March, June, September, and December. If it falls on the weekend, it will be postponed to the next Monday.

Cultural Courses

It is the Chinese Language Center's philosophy that you cannot isolate a language from the culture that lies behind it. Therefore, our aim with cultural courses is to bring students into contact with a variety of aspects of Chinese culture in a lively and active way.

We ultimately hope that some students may develop a lasting interest in one of the many facets of this culture.

Calligraphy

No living room is complete without it, each local museum has at least a few rooms filled with them. One of the unique features of Chinese is the pride its users take in the written form of their language. The four treasures of study (brush, paper, ink stick and ink slab) are still today an important subject from elementary school through high school and far beyond them. This course teaches you the basics of calligraphy, the highly-valued art of writing.

Chinese Painting

Though very different from its western counterpart, Chinese traditional painting plays an equally important role in the world of Chinese art. This course will introduce some of the basic themes: flowers, bamboo, landscapes, animals and their symbolism, while students get a chance to try their hands at their own work of art.

Chop Engraving

An essential tool in the daily life of every Chinese person, standard name chops can be machine made, though the real thing is always carved by hand. Both the material and the calligraphic carving are important to produce a fine chop. In this course you will get the tools and the professional advice to produce your very personal signature in stone or wood.