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Heritage Mandarin Chinese III CHIN 290 (3)
A continuation of CHIN 191. Develops students' communicative competence in spoken Mandarin and modern written Chinese. Classes are conducted entirely in Chinese. Intermediate level materials introduce the basic core of China's culture. By the end of the course, students are expected to have an active vocabulary of approximately 1100 Chinese characters. This course is for heritage language learners who have solid oral-aural competencies in Chinese (Mandarin or other dialects), but basic knowledge of written Chinese. Prerequisite: CHIN 191 or permission of the course instructor.