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This course is a continuation of Advanced Chinese I. It continues to improve and strengthen students’ Chinese skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing of compound and comprehensive contexts. Students will continue to accumulate vast vocabulary and widely cross-cultural knowledge to read original literary and non-literary texts on a wide range of topics. Long and complicated conversations, statements, essays and reports are involved. After completion of this course, students will master about 5000 Chinese characters, be able to effectively elaborate opinions, conduct discussions, presentations or narrations, be able to comprehend complicated contexts and write formal essays and reports. The course is also designed for those who are preparing HSK for Test Level 6 and want to pass the test with high scores.
Prerequisites: have completed Advanced Chinese I, or have passed HSK Test Level 5, or have the Chinese language proficiency equivalent to HSK Text Level 5.
The Confucius Institute at the University of Texas at Dallas
Inaugurated in November 2007, the Confucius Institute at the University of Texas at Dallas is a non-profit public educational institution. Its mission is to teach Chinese language and culture, support Chinese language instruction in local schools, train Chinese language teachers, and promote academic research on China. Affiliated with the School of Arts & Humanities, the Institute serves students on campus and people off campus in their needs for Chinese language, china knowledge, and resources for China study. Dedicated to cultural, intellectual, business and economic exchanges between China and north Texas, it aims to become a regional center for China studies in the Dallas-Fort Worth areas.
Confucius Institutes tries to achieve its goals by providing the following services:
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Teaching Chinese language and culture by offering credit and non-credit courses for UTD students and people in the community
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Training Chinese language teachers
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Supporting local schools to develop and strengthen their Chinese programs by establishing Confucius Classrooms
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Organizing Chinese Proficiency Tests: HSK, HSKK, YCT and BCT
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Conducting academic research on Chinese literature, history, society and philosophy; and holding international conferences and symposiums ...
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