5Th Year Chinese
3.0
creditsAverage Course Rating
Fifth Year Chinese is designed for students who finished fourth year regular or third year heritage Chinese course at JHU or its equivalent and wish to achieve a higher advanced proficiency level in Chinese. The goal of the course is to help students further develop their listening, speaking, reading and writing skills cohesively and to enhance students’ understanding of Chinese culture and society through language learning.
Fall 2014
Professor: Nan Zhao
The small class size, interesting topics, and engaging instructor were the best aspects of the course. Many students were pleased that there was finally a fifth-year course available. However, the students were split between feeling the worst aspect of the course was the slow pace and ease of the material and the fast pace and difficulty of the workload. More time for speaking practice and more variety in assignments were both suggestions for improving the class. Prospective students should know that previous travel to China and experience with Chinese culture was beneficial, although not necessary, students said. 52