The Chinese program at Kenyon offers courses that develop speaking, listening, reading and writing skills. Formal instruction is combined with drill sessions and extra-curricular activities in the effort both to improve the students' language skills and to increase their understanding of Chinese culture. Drill sessions are conducted by trained Native Chinese assistants and advanced students.
Students also spend time practice in the language lab.
Examples of extra- curricular activities are the film series and the weekly Chinese Tables, where students and faculty have their dinner together. Most of our students spend one or two semesters in China. This course will develop speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills. In the first semester, the pronunciation and some basic grammar will be taught. The bulk of in-class work will be devoted to developing oral and aural skills.