Hawaii Pacific University
CHIN 2200 Intermediate Mandarin II Section ____
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Course description: This is a continuation of the Intermediate Mandarin Chinese course (CHIN 2100).
In intermediate Mandarin Chinese II (Putonghua in China, or Guoyu in Taiwan), we will focus on
teaching more vocabulary, sentence structure, and pronunciation of standard Mandarin Chinese. A lot
of time will be spent on speaking, listening, reading in class, in order to practice all of the skills in this
language. The students will definitely have a lot of chances to work on accuracy and fluency in Mandarin
Chinese, and will continually use Chinese dictionaries. By the end of course students could know about
425 new characters in the form of recognition and writing. The students have options for learning either
traditional (Complex-form) characters [繁體字 fán tĭ zì] and simplified characters [简体字 jiăn tĭ zì]
in writing although the students are supposed to recognize the two forms of Chinese characters.
We will use a Collaborative Approach to learning: students will often work in pairs and small
groups. Student-teacher and student-student consultation play a significant role at this stage of
development as a learner. Pair, group, and whole class activities are used throughout the course. The
teacher will try to point out the areas that the student needs to improve or clarify in order to make
communication clear.
Course prerequisites: CHIN 2100 Intermediate Mandarin I
General Education Requirement: This course is classified under the Communication Skills Theme and
meets the requirement for a course in Communication Skills B: Communication Contexts.
General Education Student Learning Outcomes and the Five Themes: HPU’s general education
curriculum is focused around five themes. This course emphasizes the Communication Skills Theme and
provides students with opportunities to achieve the following related general education student
learning outcomes:
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Students will demonstrate critical reasoning in organizing their thoughts, feelings, concepts and
information in Chinese for effective, clear, and accurate oral and written communication. [CS
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Students will compare, contrast, and interact with various communications contexts in Chinese,
such as intrapersonal, interpersonal, small group, public, and mass communication. (Students
will learn to use Chinese to reflect on their own thoughts and experiences, to communicate in
one-to-one conversations, small group discussions, and class presentations. Students will also
read authentic materials in print and on the world wide web, and listen to a variety of accents
in conversations, group discussions, and formal presentations using both audio and video
media). [CS 3]
Students will analyze the way people communicate within and across cultures, genders,
generations, and organizations and develop skills in communicating in Chinese across these
domains. (Students will develop skills in communicating in Chinese with people from a variety
of cultures, with men and women, with older and younger interlocutors, using both formal and
informal registers). [CS 1]
The course also addresses the World Cultures theme and provides students with opportunities to
achieve the following related general education student learning outcome:
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Students will engage with and develop skills to interpret various manifestations of cultures
of the Chinese-speaking world including verbal and visual texts, institutions, behavior, and
performance. [WC 5]
Course Specific-Student Learning Outcomes for CHIN 2200 Intermediate Mandarin II
After successful completion of the course, students should be able to:
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Have a good mastery of the new characters, and have more accurate sounds/tones;
Use the new characters/words to translate sentences and writing short essays;
Conduct dialogue and deliver speeches in standard Mandarin Chinese;
Have a good knowledge of more complex grammatical structures.
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rephrased or modified by the instructor.
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Texts List textbooks with ISBN’s and include this language as well
All textbook information (pricing, ISBN #, and e-books) for this course can be found on the HPU
Bookstore website: hpu.edu/bookstore.
If you have any questions regarding textbooks, please contact the HPU Bookstore at:
Phone:
808-544-9347
Or e-mail:
jyokota@hpu.edu
mmiyahira@hpu.edu
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