"En este curso el estudiante perfeccionará su comunicación oral y escrita mediante el estudio y la discusión de temas relacionados al impacto social y cultural de la ciencia y la tecnología en ciertas sociedades hispanas. Algunos de los temas que se considerarán son los efectos de los cambios tecnológicos en la estructura familiar y comunitaria, en las relaciones entre los sexos, en la identidad personal y cultural, en el mundo natural y en los sistemas de valores, la religión, la educación y el trabajo. También se examinarán y compararán diversas actitudes hacia la innovación tecnológica y científica tal como se expresan en los medios de comunicación, los debates públicos, la literatura y el arte de las sociedades hispanas. Las ramificaciones éticas de las decisiones tecnológicas también se discutirán."

Formulating and analyzing texts about air pollution. You will learn which air polluters are in our homes and how they can be prevented.

At the end of this unit you can present proposals in a discussion based on looking at brochures and documentaries for a visit to Tuscany and then indicate what your preference is. You will listen to a dialogue and then fill in the missing words in the text. After the dialogue you will also answer multiple choice questions. You will learn the difference between expressions which mean that you agree and those who "disagree". You will then respond to proposals: the first one being done on the basis of an outline given in Dutch and the second one with details provided in Italian.

At the completion of this lesson: based on verbal instructions you will be able to find an address in the city. Conversely, you will be able to ask for direction to a certain shop or place of interest in the city.

Après ce chapitre, tu pourras donner un avis à un amis qui doit modifier ses habitudes alimentaires. Pendant l'exécution de cette tâche, tu t'exprimes dans un registre informel, adapté pour une conversation avec un ami.

At the end of this lesson you will be able to name the different parts of a dinner service and cutlery. What are all the things that might decorate a table in a restaurant and what do you call them in French?

At the completion of this lesson will be able to answer some questions regarding a joint bank account. You will also learn the most current bank terminologies in French.

By the end of this lesson you will be able to: welcome someone to your house. How do you entertain people you don't know very well? What are the polite phrases in French?

What is a blog and what are the terms connected to this in French? Visit some blogs and complete the relevant empty spaces.

At the completion of this lesson you will be able to obtain information about a boat trip in the Bourgogne region on a Internet site. You will also learn about different boats and some of the most important rivers in France.

At the completion of this lesson you will be able to understand a news report about a bush fire in France. You will also learn how big these fires can become and what kind of damages they cause each year, over and over again.

At the completion of this lesson you will be able to hold a conversation about purchasing a second hand car. What you need to pay attention to and what types of questions to ask. How will you asses a car objectively before buying it?

By the end of this lesson you will be able to: ask a travel agent for information. You can book a ticket by phone and ask correct, specific questions beforehand.

At the completion of this lesson you will be able to answer questions about the first memories of the television. You will look at a number of audio segments that look back on the youth and child programs of the early days.

The third term in the streamlined sequence. Students who have completed Chinese II streamlined admitted; others should check with the Chinese coordinator. This course is the intermediate level of the streamlined curriculum, which is intended for students who, when they began streamlined I, had some background in the language, whether it be comprehension with limited speaking ability or quite fluent speaking ability. The focus of the course is on standard pronunciation and usage, on reading in both complex and simplified characters, and on writing. It is presupposed that students in Chinese III have already learned the pinyin system of representing pronunciation sufficiently well to be able to read texts in pinyin accurately. (If not, there are pinyin tutorials to assist you to learn the system..

This course, along with 21F.107 / 21F.157 Chinese I (Streamlined) offered in the previous fall, form the elementary level of the streamlined sequence, which is intended for students who, when they began the sequence at beginning level, had basic conversational skills (gained, typically, from growing up in a Chinese speaking environment), but lacked a corresponding level of literacy. The focus of the course is on learning standard usage of expressions for everyday use, on reading in both traditional and simplified characters, and on writing.

Designed for students who already speak some basic Chinese but who have no, or very little reading and writing ability. Focuses on standard pronunciation and usage, on reading both in full form and simplified characters, and on basic composition. For graduate credit see 21F.157.

This is the continuing instruction in spoken and written Chinese, with particular emphasis on consolidating basic conversational skills and improving reading confidence and depth. Upon completion of the course, students should be able to speak Chinese with some fluency on basic conversational topics, achieve a basic level of reading competence within simplified and traditional characters learned plus common compounds, and be able to write short compositions.

This is the second semester of the intermediate level sequence intended for students whose conversational ability exceeds their reading and writing skills. Focus is on reading and writing, as well as broadening conversational skills and control of standard pronunciation, for students with background in conversational Chinese. Lab work is required. On completing this course, students should be able to speak the language with standard pronunciation, to converse with some fluency on everyday topics, as well as on some specialized topics, to read edited, as well as authentic texts, in simplified or traditional characters with suitable fluency, and to be able to write composition on certain topics. The class consists of a combination of practice, reading, discussion, dictation, composition and feedback, net exploration via the web, and presentation. This course is conducted in Mandarin.