Summer 2019 Undergraduate Courses
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Summer 2019
Elementary Chinese I
This course is for students with no previous Mandarin Chinese experience. 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 enroll in EAST-UA 231 Elementary Chinese for Advanced Beginners.
Designed to develop and reinforce language skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing as it relates to everyday life situations. The objectives are: to master the Chinese phonetic system (pinyin and tones) with satisfactory pronunciation; to understand the construction of commonly used Chinese Characters (both simplified and traditional) and learn to write them correctly; to understand and use correctly basic Chinese grammar and sentence structures; to build up essential vocabulary; to read and write level appropriate passages; to become acquainted with aspects of Chinese culture and society related to the course materials.
Instructor | Schedule | Section
Chen Gao | MTWR: 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Section 001
Chen Gao | MTWR: 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Section 060 **Section seats open to high school students only (limited)
Todd Foley | MTWR: 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM | Section 002
Todd Foley | MTWR: 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM | Section 061 **Section seats open to high school students only (limited)
Advanced Business Chinese I
*PREREQUISITE: Intermediate II. This course requires permission of Instructor. For access codes, please email Xiaohong Hou at xh8@nyu.edu.
The objectives of the course are: To further improve oral and written communicative competence by incorporating semi-formal or formal usages related to Chinese business culture To acquire specialized vocabulary and patterns necessary for conducting semi-formal or formal discussions related to business topics: to increase reading speed of texts with more advanced syntax, to learn to make context-based guess about the meaning of a new word, conduct sentence analysis and solve syntactical problems, an to write and present more fully developed narrative and structured exposition and argument.
Instructor | Schedule | Section
Hanyu Xiao | TR: 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM | Section 001
Hanyu Xiao | TR: 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM | Section 060 **Section seats open to high school students only (limited)
Elementary Japanese I
If you need a permission code to enroll, please contact the course instructor. If an instructor is not listed, please contact the department.
Introductory course in modern spoken and written Japanese, designed to develop fundamental skills in the areas of speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Gives contextualized instructions to develop both communicative and cultural competency. Systematically introduces the Japanese writing system (Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji).
Instructor | Schedule | Section
Tsumugi Yamamoto | MTWRF: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Section 001
Tsumugi Yamamoto | MTWRF: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Section 060 **Section seats open to high school students only (limited)
Elementary Korean I
This course is for students with no previous language experience. If you can speak in Korean about matters related to everyday life situations but can not read and write at the same level, you should enroll in EAST-UA 281 Elementary Korean for Advanced Learners.
First-year Korean designed to introduce the Korean language and alphabet, Hangul. This course provides a solid foundation in all aspects of the language, including speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Students study the language’s orthographic and phonetic systems, grammar, syntax, and vocabulary within social and cultural contexts.
Instructor | Schedule | Section
Eunju Na | MTWR: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Section 001
Eunju Na | MTWR: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Section 060 **Section seats open to high school students only (limited)