Jinhuei Enya Dai

This course aims to enhance your overall language skills on a variety of daily topics in authentic context, with a focus on raising intercultural awareness. It seeks to strengthen your language performance with emphasis on listening, speaking, reading and writing. Relevant cultural topics and perspectives in Chinese-speaking societies will be covered and practiced in various tasks. Different genres may be used to foster learner’s autonomy. The course is also designed not only to help students grasp conversational and listening skills through, but also enhance understanding of content knowledge of Chinese contemporary society and Chinese culture.

The format of the 6-hour class comprises listening and speaking section, reading and writing section and practicum section. For the listening and speaking section, CHLA 8232A is based on interactive learning from video and audio featuring native speakers, and from the instructor and other classmates. For the reading and writing section, after the spoken course, highest-frequency characters will be systematically introduced in cultural context. In the practicum section, we will practice target grammars through communicative methods. Reading exercises will help students develop connecting the dots-known characters and words, to enhance their reading comprehension. Assignments include different forms of listening exercises, dialouges, pragmatic function practice, discussion about cultral topics, oral presentations, grammar exercises, etc.

Recommend those students who take lower 300 level to take this introduction course in the same semester to gain more insights in idiomatic expression of Chinese strategies and more hours in practice and enhance language skills and cultural competence.

This course contains materials that cover Three kingdom, relationship of history education and international education, and its applications to history, leadership, psychology, and philosophy. It aims to open door for learners of Chinese to classical Chinese with insights from proverbs, idiomatic expressions from Three Kingdom. There is an individualization research component to this class. In addition to the class hours, students are also encouraged to keep their vocabulary logs with grammar notes . Students are reviewing materials covered during the first few weeks and start to develop their research interests, to further and conduct research reading in Chinese. Final deliverables for the course are a wrap-up research analysis paper of 6 to 8 pages (or its equivalence of the content in the format of digital media integration), and a 15-20 min final presentation will be delivered in class. Also, on November 14th 12-2:00 p.m. students participate in The 22nd Mini-Monterey Model Event in Irvine Auditorium, open to MIIS community.

A key research topic is concluded and developed after the first 8 weeks, and further develop an individualization research project related to your major using insights from Three Kingdom. The Individualization Research Project curriculum will be devised in a way that would allow students to develop their own interest and areas of expertise to conduct 5-minute outline reports in November, 20 min final presentation. You can exchange the views and acquired knowledge pertinent to selected topics and gain feedbacks from fellow classmates.

This course contains materials that cover 36 stratagems and Art of Sunzi and its applications to US domestic issues, military, business, leadership and life philosophy. It aims to open door for learners of Chinese to classical Chinese with insights from proverbs, idiomatic expressions from Art of Sunzi. There is an individualization research component to this class. In addition to the class hours, students are also keeping their reading logs with the instructor and TS from mid-October to November, during this period of time, students are reviewing materials covered during the first 8 weeks and start to develop their research interests, to further and conduct research reading in Chinese. Final deliverables for the course are a wrap-up research analysis paper of 12 to 15 pages (or its equivalence of the content in the format of digital media integration), and a 15-20 min final presentation will be delivered in class, and the class will choose few speakers for a 5-8 min mini-version final presentation will be delivered in Irvine Auditorium, open to MIIS community.

A key research topic is concluded and developed after the first 8 weeks, and further develop an individualization research project related to your major using insights from Art of Sunzi. The Individualization Research Project curriculum will be devised in a way that would allow students to develop their own interest and areas of expertise to conduct 5-minute mini-oral reports 2 times in November. You can exchange the views and acquired knowledge pertinent to selected topics and gain feedbacks from fellow classmates.

The Art of Sunzi curriculum will consist of the following topics:

1. Overview: Key concepts and background information of Art of Sunzi

2. History: Historical relevance of Military tactics in Chinese History

3. Current events: US and international issues, etc.

4. Business strategies: Business, management and its relation to Art of Sunzi

5. Leadership and Philosophy: Insights of Art of Sunzi on leadership and philosophy

6. Individualization Research Analysis Projects using insights from Art of Sunzi

This course has three dimensions to explore: the depth of the relation of human beings and the nature, current events and Dao De Jing, and Dao and nature. Class portion will be divided into three parts: 1/3 of lecture of selected Dao De Jing texts, 1/3 of students’ presentation, the intercultural elements of language, culture and thought. Final deliverables for the course are a wrap-up research analysis paper of 12 to 15 page (or its equivalence of the content in the format of digital media integration), and a final presentation will be delivered in Irvine Auditorium.

A key research topic is concluded and developed after the first 8 weeks, and further develop an individualization research project related to your major using insights from Dao De Jing. The Individualization Research Project curriculum will be devised in a way that would allow students to develop their own interest and areas of expertise to conduct 5-minute mini-oral reports 2 times during early to mid-November. You can exchange the views and acquired knowledge pertinent to selected topics and gain feedbacks from fellow classmates.

The Dao De Jing curriculum will consist of the following topics:

1. Overview: Key concepts and background information of Dao De Jing

2. Nature and Humanity: Environment protection and cuisine conflicts

3. Dao De Jing & Politics and Governing: international politics, governing and its
relation to Dao De Jing

4. Leadership and Philosophy: Insights of Dao De Jing on leadership, education and
Philosophy

5. Action: Learn and Just do it!

6. Individualization Research Analysis Projects using insights from Dao De Jing

This course contains materials that cover Three kingdom, relationship of history education and international education, and its applications to history, leadership, psychology, and philosophy. It aims to open door for learners of Chinese to classical Chinese with insights from proverbs, idiomatic expressions from Three Kingdom. There is an individualization research component to this class. In addition to the class hours, students are also keeping their reading logs with the instructor and TA from mid-September to October, during this period of time, students are reviewing materials covered during the first few weeks and start to develop their research interests, to further and conduct research reading in Chinese. Final deliverables for the course are a wrap-up research analysis paper of 12 to 15 pages (or its equivalence of the content in the format of digital media integration), and a 15-20 min final presentation will be delivered in class, and a 5-8 min mini-version final presentation will be delivered in Irvine Auditorium, open to MIIS community.

A key research topic is developed and concluded after the first 8 weeks, and further develop an individualization research project related to your major, using insights from Three Kingdom. The Individualization Research Project curriculum will be devised in a way that would allow students to develop their own interest and areas of expertise to conduct 5-minute outline reports in November, 15 min final presentation, and 5 min Mini-Monterey Model presentation. The goal is to exchange views and acquired knowledge pertinent to selected topics and gain feedbacks from fellow classmates.

Teaching Chinese in the Context of Globalization is based on designing an interactive model with graduate students, exploring topics shifting base in communities and anchored in comparison, in the hope to explore and re-envision pedagogical tactfulness and enhance pedagogical understanding through the relevant context and materials in a globalized world. This course aims to cultivate students to discover one's own learning and teaching styles as to better understand oneself in the context of teaching through constant practices, reflections in outreach visits and exploration in Chinatown, drawing connections from the classroom to the communities, texts to the globalized world, classical Chinese to the modern current events, linguistic events to international affairs.