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Plan for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language

(First Semester, Freshman)

Course Name

Nature

Total Teaching Hours

Weekly Teaching Hours

Credits

Exam

Check

1.

Chinese Comprehensive

Compulsory

216

12

12

Yes

2

Chinese Reading

Compulsory

72

4

4

Yes

3

Chinese Listening Comprehension

Compulsory

90

5

5

Yes

4

Spoken Chinese

Selective

54

3

2

Yes

Notes: For this semester there are three compulsory subjects consisting of 21 credits and one selective subject containing 2 credits. International students must complete at least 21 credits in order to pass.

Plan for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language

(Second Semester, Freshman)

Course Name

Nature

Total Teaching Hours

Weekly Teaching Hours

Credits

Exam

Check

1

Chinese Comprehensive

Compulsory

180

10

10

Yes

2

Chinese Reading

Compulsory

72

4

4

Yes

3

Chinese Listening Comprehension

Compulsory

72

4

4

Yes

4

Spoken Chinese

Selective

54

3

2

Yes

5

Chinese Audio-Visual Speaking

Selective

54

3

3

Yes

Notes: For this semester there are three compulsory subjects consisting of 18 credits and two selective subjects containing 5 credits. Students must complete at least 20 credits in order to pass.

Plan for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language

(First Semester, Sophomore)

Course Name

Nature

Total Teaching Hours

Weekly Teaching Hours

Credits

Exam

Check

1

Chinese Comprehensive

Compulsory

108

6

6

Yes

2

Chinese Reading

Compulsory

72

4

4

Yes

3

Chinese Listening Comprehension

Compulsory

72

4

4

Yes

4

Spoken Chinese

Selective

36

2

2

Yes

5

Chinese Writing

Selective

36

2

2

Yes

6

Special Topic/HSK

Selective

72

4

4

Yes

7

Elementary Chinese Translation

Selective

36

2

2

Yes

Notes: For this semester there are three compulsory subjects consisting of 14 credits and four selective subjects containing 10 credits. Students must complete 22 credits in order to pass.

Plan for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language

(Second Semester, Sophomore)

Course Name

Nature

Total Teaching Hours

Weekly Teaching Hours

Credits

Exam

Check

1

Chinese Comprehensive

Compulsory

108

6

6

Yes

2

Chinese Reading

Compulsory

72

4

4

Yes

3

Chinese Listening Comprehension

Compulsory

72

4

4

Yes

4

Spoken Chinese

Selective

36

2

2

Yes

5

Chinese Writing

Selective

36

2

2

Yes

6

Special Topic/HSK

Selective

72

4

4

Yes

7

Elementary Chinese Translation

Selective

36

2

2

Yes

Notes: For this semester there are three compulsory subjects consisting of 14 credits and four selective courses containing 10 credits. All students must complete at least 22 credits in order to pass.

Plan for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language

(First Semester, Junior)

Course Name

Nature

Total Teaching Hours

Weekly Teaching Hours

Credits

Exam

Check

1

Chinese Culture

Compulsory

72

4

4

Yes

2

Introduction to Contemporary China

Compulsory

36

2

2

Yes

3

Brief Chinese History

Compulsory

72

4

4 credits

Yes

4

Ancient Chinese Literature

Compulsory

72

4

4 credits

Yes

5

Physical Training/Sports

Compulsory

36

2

3 credits

Yes

6

Newspaper and Magazine Reading

Selective

36

2

2 credits

Yes

7

Listening in Journalism

Selective

36

2

2

Yes

8

Chinese Phonetics

Selective

36

2

2

Yes

9

Chinese Anthropology and Geography

Selective

36

2

2

Yes

10

Chinese Writing

Selective

36

2

2

Yes

Notes: For this semester there are five compulsory subjects consisting of 17 credits and five selective courses containing 10 credits. International students must complete 23 credits in order to pass.

Plan for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language

(Second Semester, Junior )

Course Name

Nature

Total Teaching Hours

Weekly Teaching Hours

Credits

Exam

Check

1

Ancient Chinese Literature

Compulsory

72

4

4

Yes

2

Modern Chinese

Compulsory

72

4

4

Yes

3

Chinese Information Processing

Compulsory

72

4

4

Yes

4

Newspaper & Magazine Reading

Selective

36

2

2

Yes

5

Listening in Journalism

Selective

36

2

2

Yes

6

Chinese Anthropology and Geography

Selective

36

2

2

Yes

7

Research on Modern Chinese Literature

Selective

36

2

2

Yes

8

Chinese Grammar and Rhetoric

Selective

36

2

2

Yes

9

Ancient Chinese

Selective

36

2

2

Yes

10

Chinese Law Basis

Selective

72

4

4

Yes

11

General Level of Competence/Performance

Selective

36

2

2

Yes

12

Language Practical Class

Selective

2

Yes

Notes: For this semester there are 3 compulsory subjects consisting of 11 credits and 9 selective courses containing 20 credits.

Plan for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language

(First Semester, Senior)

Course Name

Nature

Total Teaching Hours

Weekly Teaching Hours

Credits

Exam

Check

1

Modern Chinese Literature

Compulsory

72

4

4

Yes

2

Social and Cultural Topics

Compulsory

72

4

4

Yes

3

Selected Reading in Literature

Compulsory

72 hours

4

4

Yes

4

Ancient Chinese

Selective

36 hours

2

2

Yes

5

Research on Ancient Literature

Selective

36 hours

2

2

Yes

6

Advanced Translation

Selective

72 hours

4

4

Yes

7

Modern Chinese Economy

Selective

72 hours

4

4

Yes

8

Chinese Special Topic/HSK

Selective

36 hours

2

2

Yes

9

Business Chinese

Selective

72 hours

4

4

Yes

10

Chinese Vocabulary

Selective

36 hours

2

2

Yes

11

Comprehensive Level of Competence

Selective

36 hours

2

2

Yes

12

Any Selective Subject

Selective

36 hours

2

2

Yes

13

Annual Thesis

Practical

1

Yes

Notes: For this semester there are 3 compulsory subjects consisting of 12 credits and 9 selective course containing 24 credits. All international students must complete at least 24 credits in order to pass. Any Selective Subject can be any course available in any department on campus.

Plan for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language

(Second Semester, Senior)

Course Name

Nature

Total Teaching Hours

Weekly Teaching Hours

Credits

Exam

Check

1

Modern Chinese Literature

Compulsory

36

2

2

Yes

2

Social and Cultural Topic

Compulsory

36

2

2

Yes

3

Selected Reading in Literature

Compulsory

36

2

2

Yes

4

Subject Writing

Compulsory

36

2

2

Yes

5

Research on Ancient Literature

Selective

36

2

2

Yes

6

Special Topic/HSK

Selective

36

2

2

Yes

7

Business Chinese

Selective

36

2

2

Yes

8

Classical Literature Search

Selective

36

2

2

Yes

9

Any Selective Subject

Selective

36

2

2

Yes

10

Graduation Thesis

Compulsory

8

Yes

Notes: For this semester there are 4 compulsory subjects consisting of 8 credits and 5 selective courses containing 10 credits. All international students need to complete at least 14 credits in order to pass.

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