Status
A
Activity
LEC
Section number integer
401
Title (text only)
Media Chinese
Term
2024C
Subject area
CHIN
Section number only
401
Section ID
CHIN5870401
Course number integer
5870
Meeting times
TR 12:00 PM-1:29 PM
Meeting location
WILL 633
Level
graduate
Instructors
Mien-Hwa Chiang
Description
This course aims to help students improve their language skills and enlarge their vocabulary through reading online news on Chinese internet. Students will learn formal vocabulary and enhance their grammatical accuracy. Students are encouraged to explore Chinese government and company websites and Baidu Baike, in order to learn how to conduct their own online searches for both professional and academic purposes. Linguistic features in news headlines, accuracy of online translation tools, media censorship, social media usage will also be discussed in this class. The course goal is to help students gain Chinese media literacy by reading, browsing and viewing online materials.
Course number only
5870
Cross listings
CHIN0870401
Use local description
No