Chinese for Non-Chinese Language Background Students V

• to further enhance students’ confidence and competence in Chinese communication through practice with particular emphasis on both oral and written communications involving fair demanding language structures, functions, and situations, and more advanced comprehensive listening, speaking, reading and writing skills training;
• to help them further develop listening and speaking skills for communicating in Putonghua for social, professional and business purposes through a range of learning activities; and
• to further enhance their reading and writing skills through different learning tasks and learning activities.

Listening:

• understand the expressions of climate, architecture, culinary culture and the local customs etc.
• understand other’s Chinese learning experience
• understand other’s internet experience; communicate with others on online topic
• understand the expressions of personal character traits and abilities
• understand the questions in mock recruitment interviews

Speaking:

• offer opinions on learning Chinese
• present one’s favorite city and give reasons to friends
• engage in more detailed discussion on the advantages and disadvantages of surfing the internet
• narrate personal strengths and challenges in the job market
• present the future plan

Reading:

• retrieve key information from an expository text on customs, festivals and city development
• retrieve key information from a narrative text on the influence of Internet

Writing:

• write your personal activities and views on surfing Internet
• write how you will prepare for future opportunities and challenges