Chinese 3: Intermediate Chinese Course Description: Intermediate Chinese I is designed to allow students to pursue different topics in more depth. It places considerable emphasis on building up of vocabulary, sentence patterns, and expanding reading and writing abilities. A variety of authentic language resources as well as the standard textbook will be adopted. Writing activities will include weekly journals, letters, memos, skits, and reading reports. Students will also enhance their critical listening, speaking, and note-taking skills. They are expected to fully participate in the discussion sessions in Mandarin Chinese. Objectives: After the completion of this course, the student will: 1. learn additional 300 characters and 600 vocabulary items. 2. demonstrate the understanding of the grammatical structures and patterns discussed in this course verbally and in written. 3. comprehend and respond to the factual topics of public interest, i.e. describing or narrating main points and most supporting details of familiar topics. 4. take notes in some detail on familiar topics, and respond in writing to personal questions; write simple letters, and paragraph-length information.