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  • 82 314: Business Arabic

    9.00 Credits
    Carnegie Mellon University

    The aim of this course is to develop the students? linguistic abilities in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) for business purposes through reading business articles and documents, writing summaries, reports, memos and e-mails, and giving oral presentations of projects. Developing translation skills from Arabic to English and vice versa is a major component of the course. Prerequisite or approved equivalent.
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  • 82 320: Contemporary Society in German, Austria and Switzerland

    9.00 Credits
    Carnegie Mellon University

    This course advances proficiency in communicative and grammatical skills in the German language and knowledge of German-speaking cultures through the study of important events, trends, and people of contemporary Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Examples will be drawn from literature, newspapers, television, film and other sources. Students will be expected to complete assignments that demonstrate the ability to express critical judgments in both written and oral form, documented through readings and personal research. The course includes a systematic review of German grammar. Prerequisites or permission of the instructor. Prerequisite or with permission of the instructor.
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  • 82 323: Germany, Austria and Switzerland in the 20th Century

    9.00 Credits
    Carnegie Mellon University

    This course advances proficiency in communicative and grammatical skills in the German language and knowledge of German-speaking cultures through the study of important events, trends, and people of the twentieth century in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Examples will be drawn from literature, newspapers, television, film and other sources. Students will be expected to complete assignments that demonstrate the ability to express critical judgments in both written and oral form, documented through readings and personal research. The course includes a review of the most troublesome points of German grammar. Prerequisite or permission of the instructor.
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  • 82 327: The Emergence of the German Speaking World

    9.00 Credits
    Carnegie Mellon University

    The Italian literary theorist Franco Moretti has written that "Germany is a sort of Magic Stage, where the symbolic antagonisms of European culture achieve a metaphysical intractability, and clash irreconcilably. It is the centre and catalyst of the integrated historical system we call Europe." This course is a general introduction to German culture, German history, and German society, with a focus on Germany's role as center and catalyst of the European system. The course is conducted entirely in German. Its goal is to provide students with a basic level of cultural literacy about the German-speaking world. In the course, we will study major trends from the earliest days of German civilization through the middle ages but with primary emphasis on the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries and with a special focus on problems of national, political and cultural identity. Students coming out of the course should have a broad understanding of the various tensions and problems that have characterized German culture and society for the last two centuries. In addition to broadening students' cultural knowledge about the German-speaking world, this course will continue to emphasize the improvement of students' ability to speak, read, write, and listen to German. Prerequisites or permission of the instructor.
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  • 82 331: Advanced Chinese I

    9.00 Credits
    Carnegie Mellon University

    This course is designed for students who have reached the intermediate level of proficiency in the use of Chinese language. With emphasis on the communicative functions of the language, it aims at generating students' language process competency in all four skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing. More complex language phenomena needed for communication in a variety of discourse will be introduced through texts as well as multi-media programs closely related to various social issues in China to provide students with the necessary knowledge of the language and its background. Classroom discussions will be an important part of the course followed by the practice of writing of an essay on topics related to various social issues in China. With Pinyin as a help, students are required to use both the simplified and traditional forms of Chinese characters in their reading and writing. Prerequisite or approved equivalent.
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  • 82 332: Advanced Chinese II

    9.00 Credits
    Carnegie Mellon University

    A continuation of Advanced Chinese I, this course is designed to train students with the ability to use Chinese language to deal with abstract topics they may encounter in their life. Students will continue to learn more complex language phenomena in order to do exposition, explanation, description and argumentation with the language. These language phenomena will be introduced to students together with their social and cultural background through texts and multi-media programs related to various social issues. Classroom discussions will be the major form of practice. Students will discuss and comment on issues related to family, love, marriage and other human relations as well as the economic situations in the Chinese society by using their language skills in narration, description, comparison, argumentation, etc. Students will also be required to write short articles of 600 Chinese characters on various topics discussed in class. Prerequisite or approved equivalent.
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  • 82 333: Introduction to Chinese Language and Culture

    9.00 Credits
    Carnegie Mellon University

    FALL 2011 82-333 Introduction to Chinese Language and Culture This course will introduce students to important developments in China's culture and language since the end of the nineteenth century. We will focus on the interactions between Chinese and Western cultural traditions and the historical, social and political contexts in which these interactions evolved. Thus we will explore questions like: What is Chinese culture in the modern world? What is ?modern? and what ?traditional? Chinese culture? How does high culture interact with folk culture and popular culture? How have education and language policies shaped Chinese cultural identities over the last century? What does it mean to be Chinese in a diaspora context? Secondary readings, primary documents, and video material chosen for analysis will provide students with important insights into the diverse factors that have been shaping contemporary Chinese culture. This course is conducted in English with no requirement of prior knowledge of Chinese language for students who take it for 9 units. Students who take this course towards Chinese major/minor must register for 12 units (see prerequisites), and extra work in Chinese needs to be completed for the extra 3 units. Prequisites: To register for 12 units, there is a prerequisite of either 82-232 or 82-235 or instructor's approval. No prerequisite for students taking the course with 9 units.
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  • 82 334: Structure of Chinese

    9.00 Credits
    Carnegie Mellon University

    This is an upper-level Chinese course for students who have reached intermediate level of Chinese. It aims at helping students to further develop and refine their Chinese speaking and writing skills. This course will deal with major structural phenomena in Modern Chinese through the study of sample texts. Special emphasis will be given to high frequent errors and individual weaknesses on particular problematic elements and sentence structures that are common among non-native Chinese speakers. After the study of this class, students are expected to have a more comprehensive and systematic understanding of the structure of the language, which will help them lay a solid foundation for their language proficiency. Prerequisite or approved equivalent.
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  • 82 337: Mandarin Chinese for Oral Communication

    9.00 Credits
    Carnegie Mellon University

    This is an upper-level course focused on the improvement of students' oral communicative competence and self-expression in Chinese. It is designed for students who have reached intermediate level in reading and writing Chinese but have little knowledge of mandarin Chinese pronunciation, as well as those who aim to further improve their speaking in Chinese. Emphasis will be given to helping students develop the accuracy and fluency which characterize the speech of native Mandarin speakers. Students will be introduced to Pinyin, the phonetic system of Mandarin Chinese, and work to refine and perfect their speaking skills through special attention to different styles, colloquialisms, and dialectal variations of contemporary spoken Mandarin. Course materials will include authentic Chinese TV programs, documentaries, films, recorded materials, and contemporary literary and non-literary texts. Students will be required to participate in intensive speaking activities, such as interviewing native speakers of Chinese, oral presentations, discussions, debates, and special projects. At the end of the course, students are expected to carry on oral communication with native Mandarin speakers in a clearly participatory fashion on topics related to various social issues in Modern China. Prerequisite or approved equivalent.
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  • 82 338: Mandarin Chinese for Oral Communication

    9.00 Credits
    Carnegie Mellon University

    This course is designed for students who have reached an intermediate level in reading and writing Chinese, and who would like to promote their oral communicative competence and knowledge of Chinese culture. It is a seminar-type class that relies on active participation from the students. Students will practice various conversational tasks, such as giving presentations, participating in discussions and debates, interviewing, describing, and interpreting. Topics will include current events and cultural trends in the U.S. and China, analysis of Chinese culture and comparisons with other cultures, contemporary Chinese television shows and movies, and other debatable and interesting issues. Prerequisite: Intermediate level in reading and writing Chinese. Permission of the Instructor.
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