Study Guide

Learning outcomes

Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:
• Pass the New HSK Level 4 test and prepare for level 5
• Further improve their listening, reading, speaking and writing skills;
• Understand basic language materials that they encounter in their daily life, work and other common social occasions;
• Communicate and exchange ideas with others on familiar topics and to describe briefly basic situations relevant to these topics;
• Analyze and evaluate cultural representations in historical and disciplinary context, with the understanding that standards of evaluation are themselves historically produced and contingent.
• Reach an intermediate level in Chinese proficiency, which is approximately equivalent to Level B2 in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

Implementation and methods of teaching

56 h of contact teaching sessions (45 h of lectures, 4 h of quizzes and written tests and 7 h of exercises), 25 h of independent study (preview and review, group work, assignment, final exam preparation).

Learning material and recommended literature

• New Concept Chinese Editorial Group, New Concept Chinese 3 (Textbook Lesson 1-
• 10), Beijing Language and Culture University Press, 2015.
• Yonghua Cui, New Concept Chinese 4 (Workbook Lesson 1-10), Beijing Language and
• Culture University Press, 2015.
• Jiang Liping, Standard Course HSK 4 (Workbook)?Beijing Language and Culture
• University Press, 2014.
• Jiang Liping, Standard Course HSK 4A (Workbook)?Beijing Language and Culture
• University Press, 2014.
• • Jiang Liping, Standard Course HSK 5 (Workbook)?Beijing Language and Culture
• University Press, 2014.
• Handouts: to be distributed

Learning environment

Contact lessons on the campus and independent study.

Student time use and work load

56 h of contact teaching sessions (45 h of lectures, 4 h of quizzes and written tests and 7 h of exercises), 25 h of independent study (preview and review, group work, assignment, final exam preparation).
Total workload 81 h.

Contents

Intermediate Chinese 1 is a medium level Chinese course for international students. The course is designed for students who have learned New Concept Chinese (1&2&3) or have achieved the corresponding Chinese proficiency (mastery of basic Chinese grammar and about 800 syllables and 1500 Chinese characters). The emphasis of this course will still focus on the four skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing using both pinyin phonetic and simplified Chinese characters. The course will continuously teach more than 86 new syllables frequently used in communication, over 300 new Chinese characters and more than 67 new grammar items as well as the practice for the HSK 5 and HSK6 test. This course is for intermediate level students.

Additional information for students: previous knowledge etc.

Students who have learned New Concept Chinese (1&2&3&half4) or have achieved the corresponding Chinese proficiency (mastery of basic Chinese grammar and about 800 syllables and 1500 Chinese characters)

Teacher: Ge Shi (Iris)

Assessment criteria

0 - 5. Attendance/participation (20%), Homework (30%), Speaking activities (15%), Quizzes (15%), Final Presentations (5%), Final Exam (15%)

Assessment scale

1-5