3.00 Credits
The course focuses on developing Intermediate to Advanced level of language and cultural proficiency in the Chinese language enabling students to communicate in various target language contexts. The course aims at further developing students' language skills through an advanced acquisition of vocabulary, grammar, and cultural knowledge that will reinforce their understanding of diverse life experiences and facilitate fluent, appropriate, and culturally nuanced language interpretation and use. Intensive study of writing system, grammar, and various writing styles. Students begin learning to comprehend simple written and spoken Shumianyu Chinese through authentic newspaper articles and video materials. First course for students who learned to speak but not write the language through residence in a Chinese-speaking environment or who spent a year and a half or more in a Chinese-speaking country or area (heritage speakers, military service, LDS missions, etc.).