A 0.5-credit course that meets once a week for 75 minutes and concentrates on the further development of skills in speaking and listening through multimedia materials (including selected movies/clips). Students are required to read chosen texts (including Internet materials and short stories) and prepare assignments all for the purpose of generating discussion in class. Moreover, students have to write out skits or reports for oral presentation in Chinese before they present them in class. The class is conducted entirely in Chinese.