Advanced Chinese: Discourse, Pragmatics, and Critical Language Use is an advanced-level short course designed for learners who wish to move beyond basic fluency and develop greater precision, flexibility, and depth in spoken Chinese. 

The course focuses on how Chinese is used to express complex ideas, manage interpersonal meaning, and engage critically with abstract and socially embedded topics. Through guided discussion and explicit language instruction, students learn to organize extended discourse, adjust register and stance, and navigate pragmatic subtleties in academic and real-world contexts. 

Topics include media and judgment, social trust and unspoken rules, accuracy and ambiguity in communication, historical and conceptual understandings of China, and debates on science and social development. 

 Registration link:https://register.cle.ust.hk/ilang_eb/

This is an HMAW1905-recognized event in the “Personal Enrichment & Community Service” category under the "Self-directed Experience" of HMAW1905: Behavioral Foundations of University Education: Habits, Mindsets, and Wellness. To receive 5 hours, you must attend the event in full and miss no more than 10 mins.