National Database

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Name of the Institute

 University of Victoria

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Home department/faculty

 Department of Pacific and Asian Studies, Faculty of Humanities

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Programs /courses
on Campus

Fall Program, 1st Term: PAAS 118 (A01 + A02), 318, 413
Spring Program, 2nd Term:  PAAS 218, 411
Summer Program on Campus: No

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Field School

 No

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Director/ Coordinator

 Dr. Jun Tian

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Yearly Enrolment

Winter program 2020: 67 students
Spring program 2021: 28 students

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Chinese Instructors

Faculty Members: 3
Full-time Instructors: 3
Part-time Instructors: 0

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Teaching Assistants

Full-time: 0
Part-time: 3

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Textbooks

中文听说读写 Integrated Chinese, Levels 1-3

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Credentials offered

BA and MA in Pacific and Asian Studies: China Area Concentration; Chinese Language and Literature Concentration and General/Minor Program in Chinese Studies
Chinese language and Culture Proficiency Certificate

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Online delivery platform (its name, asynchronous or synchronous or mixed)

Zoom
PAAS 118: 50% asynchronous and 50% synchronous
PAAS 218, 318, 411 & 413: 100% synchronous

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Events/Activities

Weekly Mandarin Conversation Café in fall
The other usual events below are all held off because of pandemic.
Annual Asian Language Speech Contest,
Annual Chinese Bridge-Vancouver Island Singing Contest
Annual Chinese New Year Dinner

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Contact Information

Dr. Jun Tian
Email: jtian@uvic.ca

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Course Description
(Please put course description link here.)

PAAS 118: Intensive Beginner Chinese I
PAAS 218: Intensive Beginner Chinese II
PAAS 31: Intensive Intermediate Modern Chinese
PAAS 41: Directed Readings in Chinese
PAAS 412: Advanced Readings in Modern Chinese
PAAS 413: Effective Communication in Chinese

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Changes and challenges for the Chinese programs

Also offers various language courses intended for Native Speakers of Chinese
A field school in Xi’an was offered before.