Chinese Language Program: Courses

• EALC 102, Language, Art and Culture: Calligraphy (2, FaSp)

• This course introduces students to the origin of the basic Chinese scripts and the basic principles and styles of calligraphy.

• EALC 104, Chinese I (4, FaSpSm)

• The sound system of modern Chinese; aural comprehension, oral expression, basic patterns practice, writing system.

• EALC 106, Chinese II (4, FaSpSm)

• Dialogue practice and conversation; reading of simple stories and essays; comparison of Chinese and English grammar; writing of paragraphs. Prerequisite: EALC 104.

• EALC 108, Reading and Writing Chinese (4, FaSp)

• The basics of reading and writing modern Chinese; intensive reading and writing of paragraphs, essays, and stories; extensive reading of beginner-level authentic materials.

• EALC 134, Conversational Cantonese I (4, Fa)

• The sound and tone system of Cantonese; aural comprehension and oral expression. Basic grammar. Not applicable to foreign language requirement of the College.

• EALC 136, Conversational Cantonese II (4, Sp)

• Continuation of EALC 134, to improve facility in comprehension and expression. Not applicable to foreign language requirement of the College. Prerequisite: EALC 134.

• EALC 204, Chinese III (4, FaSm)

• Conversational practice: reading of stories and essays; writing of short essays. Prerequisite: EALC 106.

• EALC 206, Chinese IV (4, SpSm)

• Continuation of 204, with emphasis on reading and writing, frequent interaction with native speakers. Prerequisite: EALC 204.

• EALC 304, Advanced Modern Chinese I (4, Fa)

• Reading selections from different styles of modern Chinese writings, analysis of stylistic techniques and syntactic structure, composition, and translation. Prerequisite: EALC 206.

• EALC 306, Advanced Modern Chinese II (4, Sp)

• Continuation of EALC 304; composition exercises in different styles of writing. Prerequisite: EALC 304.

• EALC 400, Classical Chinese I (4)

• Introduction to the classical styles, selections from classical style writings, contrastive analysis of modern and classical Chinese, translation and writing practice. Prerequisite: EALC 206.

• EALC 402, Classical Chinese II (4)

• Continuation of EALC 400.

• EALC 404, Advanced Modern Chinese III (4, Fa)

• Readings in modern Chinese literary, documentary, and epistolary styles; stylistic and syntactic analysis; composition; translation. Prerequisite: EALC 306.

• EALC 406, Advanced Modern Chinese IV (4, Sp)

• Continuation of EALC 404.

• EALC 407, Newspaper and Documentary Chinese (4)

• Reading selections from newspaper articles and modern documents, analysis of structural patterns, and writing practice. Prerequisite: EALC 306.

• EALC 412ab, Business Chinese (4-4)

• a: Practice in the basic vocabulary and idioms of foreign trade and other commercial transactions in Mandarin. Prerequisite: EALC 206. b: Continuation of EALC 412a.

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