EALC 130

Spring 2009 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Jan 20-May 6

The Chinese Language

Credit: 3 hours.

An introduction to the sociolinguistic study of the Chinese language.

Approved for both letter and S/U grading. This course does not fulfill the campus foreign language requirement.

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EALC 130 class schedule data for spring 2009
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	43325	Lecture-Discussion	Q	1:00PM -2:20PM	TR	132 Davenport Hall	Packard, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/09-05/06/09 Credit: 3 hours Section Info: The Chinese Language, 3 hours. This course is not a language course, but is an introduction to what the Chinese language is like. We will talk about where the Chinese language came from, including how Chinese character writing was invented and what it's like now. We will explore differences among Chinese dialects spoken in different parts of China (such as Cantonese, Mandarin and Taiwanese), including their relationships with the local cuisines. We will discuss what it means when someone says "Chinese is a tone language", and whether this helps answer questions like "How do people sing songs in Chinese?" Other topics we will cover include how different speakers speak different kinds of Chinese, Chinese language and the brain, strategies for reading Chinese menus, differences between traditional and simplified Chinese characters, how children in China learn to speak, read, and write Chinese, and how adults learn to speak Chinese as a second language.