KSCB902 Chinese in Popular Culture
FALL, 2018
Course Instructor
:
吳明樺 Ming-hua Wu (Cara)
Email : Cara92060732@gmail.com
Office Hour : 14:30-16:00 (every Tuesday)
Time : Tuesday 18:00-19:40
 Description
Chinese class for MA
This course is to illustrate various kinds of pop culture of
contemporary China, to familiarize students with the latest trend of
modern society, with video clips on various cultural events,
phenomenon, ideologies, value orientations, and social norms in
social, economic, feminist perspectives.
 Textbooks
Required Text: Chinese in Popular Culture (Please go to IS/ Study
Material download)
 Corse Objectives
Through the series of lectures, students are expected to have
general knowledge of the pop culture of contemporary China and its
background information.
 Tentative Schedule
Week Main Content Notes
Week 1
25. September
Introduction
Week 2
2. October
Lesson 1 中国的节日-过年的各种红包
Week 3
9. October
Lesson 2
中国的变化-中国进入“邓小平”
时间 回顾改革开放
Week 4
16. October
Lesson 3
旅游 出国旅游自助还是跟团
好？
Week 5
23. October
Lesson 4 生活与健康 天天喝酒熬夜
Week 6
30. October
Lesson 5 男女平等了吗？〔职场篇〕
Assignment
Week 7
6. November
Lesson 6
环境保护节约能源 中国环境战
士的绝望
Decide your
presentation topic.
Week 8
13. November
Lesson 7
理财与投资-养钱 20 招 30 岁小
资女存千万
Week 9
20.November
Lesson 8 中国历史 1911 辛亥革命
Week 10
27. November
Lesson 9 面试不 NG
Week 11
4. December
Lesson 10
外国人在中国-外国人在台湾生
活过久言行举止越来越台？
Mock interview
Week 12
11 December
Presentation
 Evaluation Method
 Attendance : 30%
1 unexcused absence allowed during the semester.
 Discussion: 20%
Before every class, students should watch the clip video (please
go to IS/ Study Material). We will talk about the clip video in the
class. Besides, students should participate in class discussion
aggressively.
 Assignment 25%
Pretend you are a job seeker; select a job and write a resume
and autobiography in Chinese then sent it to the teacher.
* If you are absent on the class when your assignment should be
handed in, the deadline of your assignment will be postponed
to next class spontaneously.
 Presentation: 25%
The presentation should be in cultural comparison way. You can
choose the cultural point from this semester or anything you
believe that is interesting and worth to share. You should use
Chinese when you give the presentation. The length of
presentation should be in 5 minutes.
 Class activity 10%（bonus）
In this course, we will have a mock interview. Students who
volunteer to be the candidate (2~3) can get the bonus points.
The candidates should modify the resume and autobiography
before the interview. Besides, the interviewer will give you
feedback. This experience will help you in the future.