Mandarin Chinese IV is an honors course that is conducted in the target language. Students will advance in communicative situations in Mandarin Chinese at an intermediate or intermediate-high level. The systematic training in speaking, listening, writing, and reading is reinforced by the use of authentic audio and video material. In this course, taught almost entirely in Mandarin Chinese, students will be required to comprehend and produce paragraph-level Chinese. Rigorous practice of spoken and written Chinese in complex communicative activities will be complemented by intensive drills to fine-tune pronunciation, expand vocabulary, and internalize more complex grammatical constructions. Students will also do intensive readings of expository writing on a variety of cultural topics. Additionally, students will be encouraged to take the HSK 3 (Chinese Proficiency Exam).