Fall 2010 Courses
CHIN 1010: Elementary Chinese
4 credits, Miao-fen Tseng, Ran Zhao, Yingling Bao, Wei Xu
MTWHF 1000-1050, 1100-1150, 1200-1250, 1300-1350
This course is not intended for native or near native speakers of Mandarin Chinese. This is a 4-credit beginning level course in Modern Standard Mandarin Chinese for students with no or little prior experience in the language. Native or near-native speakers of Chinese are not eligible for this course. The course helps students gain constant training in listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills on a daily basis. Students are expected to attend the class five days per week. Homework and quizzes are completed on a weekly basis. In addition to daily preparation, two-hour individual lab work per week by working on digital files is required outside of the class. Students are required to write Simplified characters.
CHIN 1060: Accelerated Elementary Chinese
4 credits, Yingling Bao
MTWF 1400-1450
Note: Students must have the permission of the instructor in order to register for this course. Most students will receive this permission via the placement test administered two days earlier than the first day of instruction.
This is a 4-credit Intensive First Year Chinese course designed for students with native or near-native speaking ability in Mandarin Chinese. The major goal of this course is to help students develop proficiency in reading and writing based on their self-acquired competence in listening and speaking. Specifically, students are expected to express themselves clearly in writing on a variety of topics centering upon everyday life and achieve reading competency with an approximation of 1000 characters. CHIN 1060 meets four hours per week. Students are required to write Simplified characters.
CHIN 2010: Intermediate Chinese
4 credits, Shu-chen Chen, Ran Zhao
MTWHF 1000-1050, 1100-1150, 1300-1350, 1400-1450
Note: No auditors are allowed. Everyone must register for credit or being an official auditor. This course is not intended for native or near native speakers of Mandarin Chinese.
This 4-credit course is the continuation of Chinese 1010 and 1020. Students who have not had CHIN 1020 at UVa are required to take a placement exam. The goal of this course is to help students continue to attain proficiency in four language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Students are expected to master linguistic structures through constant practice in learned grammar, sentence patterns, and phrases and expressions. With the mastery of linguistic structures, students are therefore able to achieve communicative functions on a variety of topics centering on campus life, social issues, and aspects of Chinese culture. An approximation of 700 characters will be covered. CHIN 2010 meets five times per week. Students can choose to write either Traditional or Simplified characters but are required to be able to read both.
CHIN 3010/5010: Readings in Modern Chinese
3 credits, Shu-chen Chen, Hsin-hsin Liang
MWF 1100-1150, 1200-1250
Note: No visitors allowed. Everyone must register for credit or as an official auditor. This course is not intended for native or near native speakers of Mandarin Chinese.
This 3-credit course is designed for students who have completed CHIN 2020. Students who have not had CHIN 2020 at UVa are required to take a placement exam. All four basic skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing) are equally stressed. Students are required to listen to audiotapes everyday and actively participate in class activities. Student work is evaluated on the basis of class attendance and participation, a variety of exercises, dictations, quizzes, oral performances and exams. The class is conducted mainly in Mandarin Chinese. As for the two different Chinese writing forms, students are free to write either form, yet required to recognize both Traditional and Simplified characters. The course meets twice per week, each time one and a half hour. The supplementary listening and reading materials will be provided in the class.
CHIN 3015: Language House Conversation
1 credit, Ran Zhao
For students residing in the Chinese group in Shea House. Prerequisite: instructor permission.
CHIN 3050: Accelerated Readings in Modern Chinese
3 credits, Miao-fen Tseng
MTH 1400-1450
Note: No visitors allowed. Everyone must register for credit or as an official auditor.
This 3-credit course is designed for students who have native or near-native speaking ability in Mandarin Chinese and who have completed CHIN 2060 ("Accelerated Intermediate Chinese"). Students who have not had CHIN 2060 at UVa are required to take a placement exam. The goal of CHIN 3050 is to enhance students' reading comprehension by systematically exposing them to formal written Chinese. The course meets two times a week. Student work is evaluated on the basis of dictations, quizzes/tests, oral performance, frequent essays, class participation, and attendance. Classes are conducted in Chinese. Students can choose to write either Traditional or Simplified characters but are required to be able to read both.
CHIN 4010/7010: Advanced Readings in Modern Chinese
3 credits, Hsin-hsin Liang
MTH 1300-1350, 1400-1450
Note: No visitors allowed. Everyone must register for credit or as an official auditor.
This 3-credit course is designed for students who have completed CHIN 3020 or CHIN 5020. Students who have not had CHIN 3020 or CHIN 5020 are required to take a placement exam. The goal of this course is to help students understand journalistic essays through systematic study of sentence patterns and formal writing styles. Students are required to listen to audiotapes every day and actively participate in class activities. The course meets for one hour three times per week. Student work is evaluated on the basis of dictations, quizzes/tests, oral performance, frequent essays, class participation, and attendance. The class is conducted mainly in Chinese. Students can choose to write either Traditional or Simplified characters but are required to be able to read both.
CHIN 4559/5559: Modern and Contemporary Chinese Poetry
3 credits, Charles Laughlin
W 1300-1530
Readings from major Chinese poets of the 20th and 21st centuries in the original Chinese. Designed as a literary survey, this course also takes into account the needs of Chinese language learners. Poems are selected with difficulty level in mind. The course attends to general reading comprehension as well as the features of modern Chinese poetic language and its relationship to tradition. A moderate amount of secondary reading in English is also required.
CHIN 4993/8993: Independent Study in Chinese
3 credits, Hsin-hsin Liang, Gus Heldt
CHIN 5810: Media Chinese I
3 credits, Wei Xu
MWF 1400-1450
Studies electronic and print media in Chinese, emphasizing current events as reported in the Chinese speaking world, to further develop oral and written proficiency. Prerequisite: CHIN 502 or equivalent, or instructor permission.
CHIN 5830: Introduction to Classical Chinese - Prose
3 credits, Anne Kinney
TH 1530-1645
Introduction to the grammar and structure of classical Chinese.
Chinese Literature in Translation
CHTR 3210/5210: Chinese Modernism
Exploration of modernist and avant garde Chinese film and literature. Discussion of issues
of translation and modernity in a global context in fiction, poetry, drama, and film from
the 1920s to the 2000s. Authors from China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong include Lu Xun,
Ding Ling, Yu Dafu, Shi Zhecun, Mu Shiying, Eileen Chang, Xi Xi, Yu Hua, Can Xue, Zhu
Tianwen. Films by Stan Lai, Huang Jianxin, Wong Kar-wai. Prerequisite: CHTR 3220/5220 or
permission of instructor. |