Intermediate Chinese II

PREREQUSITES: TEST SCORE 3302.04, OR EAST-UA 203 , OR EAST-UA 9203 OR CHIN-SHU 201, OR CHIN-SHU 201S1 , OR CHIN-SHU 201S2 .

PREREQUISITE: EAST-UA 203, 9203, OR EQUIVALENT. To better assist with your placement, please review this information: 1. For students who have started their language learning outside of NYU, please take the placement test before registering. (https://www.nyu.edu/cas/flpexam/login.html). 2. If you can speak in Mandarin Chinese about matters related to everyday life situations but can not read and write at the same level, you should consult the Chinese Language Coordinator. 3. If you need a permission code to register, please contact the course instructor. If an instructor is not listed, please contact Xiaoxiao Jiao, Chinese Language Coordinator, at xxj1@nyu.edu.

Designed to consolidate the student's overall aural-oral proficiency. Focuses gradually on the written aspect of Chinese. The objectives are: to be able to obtain information from extended conversation; to both express and expound on, in relative length, feelings and opinions on common topics; to expand vocabulary and learn to decipher meaning of compound words; to develop reading comprehension of extended narrative, expository and simple argumentative passages; to solve non-complex textual problems with the aid of dictionaries; to write in relative length personal narratives, informational narratives, comparison and discussion of viewpoints with level-appropriate vocabulary and grammatical accuracy, as well as basic syntactical cohesion; to continue being acquainted with aspects of Chinese culture and society related to the course materials.