Languages, Literatures, Cultures, and Pedagogy - Chinese Studies Concentration (MA)

Program Educational Goals:

The MA Program in Languages, Literatures, Cultures, and Pedagogy (MA-LLCP) with a Major Studies Concentration focuses on developing students’ high proficiency levels of Chinese and professional skills and enabling them to critically apply their knowledge of Chinese language, literature, culture, and linguistics to research and professional development in a wide range of career areas. It prepares and qualifies students for doctoral studies in Chinese literature, culture, or applied linguistics, or for teaching adult learners at post-secondary institutions and private secondary institutions in the US and abroad. This graduate program contributes to the University of Delaware’s mission of fostering students as citizens, scholars, and professionals in a global and diverse society.

The educational program goals include the following:

Goal for Language Proficiency.

• Demonstrate a high level of competency in written and oral Chinese communication, approximating or exceeding ACTFL language proficiency standards at the level of Advanced-low or higher.

Goals for Pedagogical Development:

• Demonstrate the ability to deliver instruction at the K-12 level including the use and preparation of effective teaching materials, curriculum plans, lesson plans and learning assessment strategies and tools.
• Analyze and explain the acquisition of specific aspects of Chinese language (such as tones, characters, a particular difficult structure like Chinese relative clause).
• Demonstrate a broad knowledge of Chinese culture, literature, and history and understand the importance of incorporating the teaching of cultural perspectives, products, and practices into the language curriculum  .

Goals for Literature and Culture Appreciation/Analysis:

• Critically analyze canonical texts in Chinese literature and culture and situate them within the context of literary and cultural movements.
• Apply relevant theoretical frameworks to the analysis of primary texts and cultural artifacts.
• Practice a high level of self-reflection through comparisons between American and Chinese cultural and literary norms.