CHINESE 334
Eyes on Taiwan: Language, Culture, and Society
Jin-Wei Hung
Description from DukeHub
Explore key issues in Taiwanese society through four themes: multicultural identity, traditional beliefs, social change, and global-local dialogue. Build language skills with authentic materials, news, interviews, and short films, paired with guided tasks and bilingual support. Develop academic expression through policy texts, narratives, writing, and presentations. Designed for heritage learners, the course offers targeted vocabulary, grammar review, and discourse strategies. Projects include group presentations, cross-cultural comparisons, and a final project aligned with UN Sustainable Development Goals. Prerequisite: Chinese 232 or equivalent proficiency.
Skills
- public speakingdescription: "presentations" and 1 more
- languageslanguage department: CHINESE
- writingAI review: "Develop academic expression through policy texts, narratives, writing, and presentations"
AI-resilient: 2 of 5
- No: Physical, lab or field work
- Yes: Live work with people · "interviews"
- Yes: Judgment someone is accountable for · "policy"
- No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
- No: Small, in-person format
The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works
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