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Chinese program at University of Pittsburgh

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Cathedral of Learning
Pittsburgh , PA , 15206 40° 26' 39.7068" N, 79° 57' 11.358" W
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The Chinese language program at the University of Pittsburgh is offered regularly in four proficiency levels, designed for students who have no or little background in the language, to advanced level learners. There will be a Cool Chinese: Pitt Chinese Language and Culture Summer Camp for high school students. We use an integrated approach in our language program. That is, we emphasize the importance of achieving proficiency in all four skills, including listening, speaking, reading, and writing. For beginner-level learners, we start out by focusing more on spoken skills and ease students into recognizing and using characters and then help them to progress gradually in reading and writing passages. Conversations and themes in textbooks for beginning to intermediate learners focus more on everyday topics such as food, lodging, travel, etc., while themes for advanced-level students encompass topics pertaining to social problems, news reports, and popular Chinese culture that are more suitable for expressing opinions.