NON-CREDIT REGISTRATION FORM
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Mailing Address:  Home
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Chinese courses previously taken (code, instructor)
Course Title:
EAST ASIAN STUDIES at Renison
FEE SCHEDULE:
Tuition: $250 + HST for first time registration
10% discount for early registration*
10% discount for returning students
15% discount for returning students, registering early*
*applicant must register one month prior to start date
Chinese Calligraphy ONLY: $200; No discounts available
Fee
$200
$250
$250
$250
-10%
N/A
-15%
N/A
$25.00
$37.50
+13% HST
$26.00
$32.50
$29.25
$27.63
Total
$226.00
$282.50
$254.25
$240.13
Non-credit Courses 2011-2012
Chinese Language
and
Culture
Term: Fall  Winter  Spring
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Method of Payment:
DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION:
One week prior to the first class.
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Expiry: Month/ Year
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Eligible Discount Code (please specify):
EAS01Early Registration* 10% 
EAS02 Returning Student 10% 
EAS03 Early Registration and Returning Student* 15% 
*Spring Term deadline for Early Registration: April 16, 2012
Return registration form with payment to:
Main Reception, Renison University College,
240 Westmount Road North, Waterloo ON N2L 3G4
Fax: (519) 884 5135, Phone: (519)884-4404
Last update: January 4, 2012
For program information, please contact:
Yan Li, Chinese Language Coordinator
(519) 884-4404 x28648
yanli@uwaterloo.ca
Lisa Sui, Administrative Assistant
(519) 884-4404 x28672
yysui@uwaterloo.ca
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CANCELLATION POLICY:
Once a term has begun, you can withdraw from a
course up until the end of the FIRST week of classes and
be refunded 90% of your total tuition. After this date,
refunds will not be issued.
Renison University College
University of Waterloo
240 Westmount Road North
Waterloo, ON N2L 3G4
East Asian Studies is home to the
Confucius Institute, which offers noncredit Chinese Language and Culture
courses. If you have business and cultural
contacts in China or plan to travel to the
area, these courses are designed for you.
Course Schedule
Chinese language classes run 2 ½ hours per week for
ten weeks (2.5 months). Courses are offered in Fall,
Winter, and Spring terms.
Chinese Non Credit Courses
2011-2012
The Confucius Institute offers students the
opportunity to progress their
understanding and mastery of the Chinese
language by offering a 5 step graduated
program from the novice to advanced level.
A complete description of each course
follows on page three.
Code
CI100
(beginner)
Location
REN
0203
Day
Mon.
CI 200
(intermediate)
CI300
(advanced)
TBD
TBD
REN
0203
Thurs.
Date
Jan.16Mar.19
TBD
Jan.19Mar.22
Time
7:00pm9:30pm
TBD
7:00pm9:30pm
Classes begin the week of 16 Jan. – 20 Jan., 2012
Classes end the week of 19 Mar. – 23 Mar., 2012
** Please note that this schedule may be subject to revision
Spring 2012
To be announced
Classes begin the week of 7 May – 11 May, 2012
Classes end the week of 9 July – 13 July, 2012
Level 1, CI 201
Level 3, CI 203
Level 2, CI 202
In this series of courses, attention is paid
to the instruction of grammar,
vocabulary and discourse and a gradual
increase in difficulty. The contents of
reading texts are expanded so as to
strengthen the students’ reading
comprehension.
Advanced Chinese
Conversational Chinese
Level 1, CI 001
Level 3, CI 003
Winter 2012
Intermediate Chinese
Level 2, CI 002
Level 4, CI 004
This series of courses develops basic listening
and speaking skills in Mandarin. Students are
exposed to different sentence patterns by
engaging in dialogues using a Romanized
spelling system which is easy to master. On
successful completion of Level 4, students will
be able to communicate in Chinese for daily
necessities.
Integrated Chinese
Level 1, CI 101
Level 3, CI 103
Level 2, CI 102
This series of courses seeks to train students in
listening, speaking, reading and writing
Chinese, by introducing the fundamental rules
of learning the Chinese script, studying easy
forms such as basic strokes and character
components. By the end of this course,
students should have mastered 400 basic
Chinese characters.
Level 1, CI 301
Level 3, CI 303
Level 2, CI 302
This series of courses is designed for students
who have taken 150 hours of Chinese and have a
1,000 word vocabulary. These courses further
expand the student’s grammatical knowledge
and ability to communicate with nativespeakers.
Business Chinese
Level 1, CI 401
Level 2, CI 402
These courses develop comprehension, speaking,
reading, and writing of Mandarin specifically relate to
the Chinese business environment. Students
entering these courses are expected to have finished
the Advanced Chinese course series.
Chinese Calligraphy and Brush Painting:
Level 1, CI 501
This introductory course offers an opportunity to
appreciate some main Chinese calligraphy styles, and
a hands-on experience with Chinese brush writing
and painting.
Chinese Non Credit Course
Descriptions; 2010-2011
Conversational Chinese 1
Prerequisite: none
Course code: CI 001
This course helps people who have no previous
knowledge of the Chinese language to develop basic
listening and speaking skills in Mandarin Chinese.
Students are exposed to basic sentence patterns by
engaging in simple dialogues using a romanized spelling
system, which is easy to master.
Conversational Chinese 2
Prerequisite: Conversational Chinese 1 or equivalent
Course code: CI 002
This course further expands listening and speaking skills
by introducing carefully tailored sentence patterns with
grammatical explanations which proceed systematically
from the simple to the more difficult and complex
language points.
Conversational Chinese 3
Prerequisite: Conversational Chinese 2 or equivalent
Course code: CI 003
More sentence patterns and vocabulary will be
introduced, by talking about life around us.
Conversational Chinese 4
Prerequisite: Conversational Chinese 3 or equivalent
Course code: CI 004
By the end of this course, students will have been
introduced to 40 topics, covering most aspects of daily
communication, together with more than 1,000
commonly used words, and 80 essential aspects of
Chinese grammar. Students will be able to communicate
in Chinese without difficulty.
Integrated Chinese 1
Prerequisite: none
Course code: CI 101
Students train in the four language skills (listening,
speaking, reading and writing) by discovering the
fundamental rules of learning Chinese script, studying
easy forms such as basic strokes and character
components, and interweaving cultural norms and
customs closely associated with everyday experience.
Integrated Chinese 2
Prerequisite: Integrated Chinese 1 or equivalent
Course code: CI 102
This course further develops the students’ discourse
abilities in both speaking and writing. The contents of
reading texts are expanded so as to strengthen the
students’ reading comprehension.
Integrated Chinese 3
Prerequisite: Integrated Chinese 2 or equivalent
Course code: CI 103
By the end of this course, students should have mastered
4 kinds of simple Chinese sentences, 6 question types,
and 400 basic Chinese characters.
Intermediate Chinese 1
Prerequisite: Integrated Chinese 3 or equivalent
Course code: CI 201
Attention is paid to the instruction of grammar,
vocabulary and discourse with a gradual increase in
difficulty.
Intermediate Chinese 2
Advanced Chinese 1
Prerequisite: 150 hours of Chinese and 1,000 word vocabulary
Course code: CI 301
This course further expands the students’ grammatical
knowledge and ability to communicate with nativespeakers.
Advanced Chinese 2
Prerequisite: Advanced Chinese 1 or equivalent
Course code: CI 302
In this course, each text is an article on a social or cultural
theme. Emphasis is placed on training students to
understand complex sentences and passages, identifying
more Chinese characters, and expressing opinions on
social and cultural problems.
Advanced Chinese 3
Prerequisite: Advanced Chinese 2 or equivalent
Course code: CI 303
On successful completion of this course, students are able
to express complex ideas in Chinese fluently and
demonstrate competence in interaction with native
speakers with a vocabulary of 2,000 Chinese words. They
will be able to read and write complex sentences and
articles as well as achieve H.S.K Grade 5 or equivalent.
Business Chinese 1
Prerequisite: Advanced Chinese 3 or equivalent
Course code: CI 401
Prerequisite: Intermediate Chinese 1 or equivalent
Course code: CI 202
Students develop comprehension, speaking, reading, and
writing skills in Mandarin specifically related to the Chinese
business environment.
This course further develops the students’ vocabulary
while learning the cultural norms and customs of China
closely associated with everyday experiences.
Business Chinese 2
Intermediate Chinese 3
This is a continuation of Business Chinese 1.
Prerequisite: Intermediate Chinese 2 or equivalent
Course code: CI 203
The contents of reading texts are expanded so as to
strengthen the students’ reading comprehension,
gradually omitting pinyin.
Prerequisite: Business Chinese 1 or equivalent
Course code: CI 402