Singapore University of Social Sciences

CCC101 Selected Readings in Chinese is designed to strengthen the students’ competence in analyzing Chinese texts and critical thinking skills. Each of the study units consists of the reading method, and text analysis. Students are given a wide range of text genres and asked to pay close attention to the historical background and cultural issues relevant to the texts. Emphasis is placed on the analysis of textual and stylistic features. Texts are selected from newspaper articles, contemporary and classical literary works written by authors from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore.