About the Course

Chinese Essay Writing

  • All Grades
  • CTY-Level
  • Session-Based

Get creative with how you express your ideas in Chinese using this course that focuses on the written language. You’ll begin reviewing vocabulary and grammar—including sentence structure—before moving on to the writing process. Activities will include reading articles that require you to synthesize, determine cause and effect, and draw comparisons and conclusions. You’ll be encouraged to support your ideas with specific examples, and writing assignments may include a short story, a description, and a persuasive essay.

This course is ideal if you have strong speaking skills but want more practice reading and writing in Chinese.

The course will be separated by grade into two groups (grades 2-6 and 7-12) for optimized learning.

Meeting times: Monday, Wednesday – 7-8 p.m. ET

Time Commitment: 4 - 5.75 hours per week (2 hours class time, 0.75 hours optional meeting, 2-3 hours independent work).

Classes

Register for an Online course by selecting an open class below. If no open classes are listed, then course enrollment is currently closed. Note: You will need to have an active CTY Account to complete registration through MyCTY.

For LIVE summer courses offered in June, please note the first virtual class meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 20. All other LIVE class meetings will be held on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.

For Session-Based classes with synchronous meetings, your instructor will communicate with you to schedule the first class meeting.

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12 weeks
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Testing and Prerequisites

  Math Verbal
Required Level CTY-Level or CTY-Level
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Course Prerequisites

Chinese Essay Writing requires:

1 prerequisite

Chinese for Elementary Students, Advanced, Part IV or 4 years of Chinese study for students in grades 2-6;  Chinese Language, Intermediate, Part II or 2 years of Chinese study for students in grades 7-12; or a placement test

Cost and Financial Aid

  • Tuition
    • Varies
  • Application fee
    • Nonrefundable Application Fee - $15 (Waived for financial aid applicants)
    • Nonrefundable International Fee - $20 (outside US only)

Financial Aid is available

We are committed to serving all talented youth regardless of financial circumstances. Financial assistance is available based on need.

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Course Materials

Please acquire all course materials by the course start date, unless noted as perishable. Items marked as “perishable” should not be acquired until the student needs them in the course. If you have questions about these materials or difficulty locating them, please contact ctyinfo@jhu.edu.
 

Book Title: Developing Writing Skills in Chinese, 2nd edition
Author: Boping Yuan and Kan Qian
ISBN: 9780415678896

  • Headset with microphone
  • A Chinese-English dictionary is not required, it may be useful as a personal reference for the duration of this course

Technical Requirements

This course requires a computer with high-speed Internet access and an up-to-date web browser such as Chrome or Firefox. You must be able to communicate with the instructor via email. Visit the Technical Requirements and Support page for more details.

This course uses a virtual classroom for instructor-student communication. The classroom works on standard computers with the Zoom desktop client, and on tablets or handhelds that support the Zoom Mobile app. Recorded meetings can only be viewed on a computer with the Zoom desktop client installed. The Zoom desktop client and Zoom Mobile App are both free to download.

Most course lectures may be viewed on mobile devices, but some assignments and quizzes must be completed on a desktop or laptop computer.

Terms & Conditions

Students may interact in online classrooms and meetings that include peers, instructors, and occasional special guests.

Courses may include videos from the web. Recommendations or links at the end of videos are provided by the video host and are not CTY recommendations. 

Virtual class meetings may be recorded for students to review.

After a you complete a course, your projects may be used to illustrate work for future students. 

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