![]() ![]() It is designed to consolidate and develop overall aural-oral proficiency. ![]() This accelerated course is the first part of a one-semester intermediate-level Chinese course designed for students who have completed NYU-SH’s Elementary Chinese II or equivalent. Objectives are: (1) to be able to obtain information from more extended conversation (2) to express and expound on, in relative length, feelings and opinions on common topics (3) to develop vocabulary needed to discuss common topics and begin learning to decipher meaning of compound words (4) to develop reading comprehension of more extended narrative and expository passages (5) to write, in relative length (200-250 characters long), personal narratives, informational narratives, comparison and discussion of viewpoints with level-appropriate vocabulary and grammatical accuracy, as well as basic syntactical cohesion (6) to continue being acquainted with aspects of Chinese culture and society related to the course materials. This course is the first part of a one-year intermediate-level Chinese course designed for students who have completed NYU-SH’s Elementary Chinese II or equivalent. This course is followed by Intermediate for Advanced Beginners. The objectives of the course are: 1) to master the Chinese phonetic system (pinyin and tones) with satisfactory pronunciation 2) to understand the construction of commonly used Chinese Characters (both simplified and traditional) and write them correctly 3) to build up essential vocabulary needed to read and write about topics covered in the textbook 4) to understand and use correctly basic Chinese grammar and sentence structures 5) to comprehend level appropriate passages and to be able to perform simple sentence analysis 6) to write level appropriate essays (250-300 characters long) with grammatical, accuracy as well as cohesion and coherence 7) to become acquainted with and be able to discuss in speech and writing aspects of Chinese culture and society related to the course materials. Though speaking and listening will be an integral part of the course, the major focus will be on developing students’ competence in reading and writing. This includes students who were raised in a non-Chinese speaking country but in a home where the Mandarin Chinese dialect was spoken, and/or students who have acquired a certain level of Mandarin Chinese language proficiency (primarily speaking and listening) by living or working in a Chinese speaking country/region for an extended time. This course is intended for students who can converse in Mandarin Chinese about matters related to everyday life situations but cannot read and write at the same level. This online study will be held twice a week, with one recorded class and one live session online (students can choose one from the two live sessions offered per week to take part it).īy successfully completing this level of Chinese Bridge Online immediately before the semester you intend to enroll in Advanced Chinese I in Shanghai, students will receive a recommendation from the instructor to be exempted from the placement test to pursue advanced level courses. In addition, this online study will cover part of HSK level 4 vocabulary and others that are needed for preparation of Advanced level Chinese. This ten-week non-credit internet-based online study will provide language materials based on Intermediate level topics, vocabulary and grammars to help students to review and maintain the language proficiency while being absent from the target language environment. Students who have finished Intermediate Chinese II or Advanced Chinese I are all welcomed to enroll. ![]() This Chinese Bridge Online-Intermediate level is designed for NYU Shanghai students who are currently studying away.
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