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Name of the Institute |
University of Manitoba |
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Chinese Program |
Chinese Program/Asian Studies Centre, Faculty of Arts |
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Programs on Campus
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Fall Programs: Chinese (Mandarin) language program
Chinese culture-related content courses
Spring Programs: Chinese (Mandarin) language program
Chinese culture-related content courses
Summer Programs: Chinese (Mandarin) language program |
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Programs in China |
Travel/Study Summer Program to Ningbo University, China
Student Exchange Program with Lanzhou University, China
Student Exchange Program with City University of Hong Kong
Student Exchange Program with Providence University, Taiwan |
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Director/ Coordinator |
Dr. Terry Russell |
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Yearly Enrolment |
About 80 in language classes, @90 in content courses. |
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Chinese Instructors |
Faculty Members:
Associate Professor: Terence Russell
Full-time Instructor: Shu Zhu, |
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Teaching Assistants |
Part-time: Rui Zhang |
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Curricular |
Fall Program, 1st Term: Introduction to Chinese (Mandarin)
Intermediate Chinese (Mandarin)
Advanced Chinese (Mandarin)
Spring Program, 2nd Term: Introduction to Chinese (Mandarin)
Intermediate Chinese (Mandarin)
Advanced Chinese (Mandarin)
Summer Program on Campus: Introduction to Chinese (Mandarin)
Summer Program in China: Travel/Study Summer Program to Ningbo University, China |
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Textbooks |
Introductory level: Integrated Chinese, Level 1 Part 1
Intermediate Level: Integrated Chinese, Level 1 Part 2
Advanced Level: Stories of the Chinese 1 |
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Degree Offered |
Asian Studies Major and Minor |
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Events/Activities |
The Chinese Corner
Chinese Language Partners Program
Chinese Paper-cutting Workshop
Chinese Calligraphy Workshop
Chinese Dumpling Workshop
Asian Karaoke Festival
Chinese Character Writing Contest
Chinese Composition Contest |
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Contact Information |
Asian Studies Centre
452A University College
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2 Canada
Phone: 1-204-474-7047
Fax: 1-204-474-7591
Email: asian-studies@umanitoba.ca |
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Course Description |
Introduction to Chinese (Mandarin):
This is a non-intensive Chinese language course which is designed for beginning-level learners and seeks to train students in all of the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. Through this introductory course, students will gain an initial understanding of Chinese language as well as some Chinese social and cultural phenomena.
Intermediate Chinese (Mandarin):
This is a continuation of the introductory-level course. We seek to train students in all four language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing.
Advanced Chinese (Mandarin):
This is an advanced-level course of Chinese language. It is the continuation of the intermediate course. This course is designed for students who have completed two years of college-level training in Chinese to continue to develop their skills of aurally understanding, speaking, reading and writing. The instruction will direct students toward continuing to improve their linguistic skills with a manageable degree of challenge. At the functional level, this course aims at helping students solidify their ability to comprehend and produce paragraph-level Chinese. It seeks to enable students to understand face-to-face conversations on most familiar topics, give factual accounts, read materials written in formal expression, and write simple essays, reports and other types of correspondence. |
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Research projects |
- Instructional Models in CFL Reading Class
- Image-mediated CFL Instruction
- Cognitive Architecture for Designing Chinese Vocabulary Instruction
- Chinese Character Recognition Strategies of Heritage Learners
- Text Readability Analysis for Beginner Chinese L2 readers in North America
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Remarks |
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