Spring 2027

Fourth Semester Chinese

Fourth Semester Chinese introduces intermediate-level communication skills in varying Chinese settings, focusing on vocabulary, grammar, and pragmatic usage.

offering recorded4 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Weihua Zhu3.9/5

Summary

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Past student reviews · ShuYang Ye

A past student found the course manageable, noting that the instructor was very understanding of environmental factors and accommodated every need.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Debate about the pros and cons of living on and off campus with pragmatic tactics in Chinese.

  • Describe a living quarter with cohesive devices in writing.

  • Present their favorite food in connected speech.

  • Discuss shopping preferences and criteria with an appropriate manner.

  • State their major, academic department, and courses coherently in writing.

  • Share their interests or hobbies with friends in connected speech.

  • Analyze the pros and cons of using the Internet logically in writing in Chinese.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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ASIALANG 201 or placement into ASIALANG 202

ASIALANG 202 used by

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Professors

Spring 2027
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About this rating

Raw average: 4.38/5 from 8 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.76 GPA, 88.9% A/AB (n=54 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.82 GPA, 87.0% A/AB (n=46 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.89 GPA, 93.9% A/AB (n=33 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

SHUYANG YE is recorded teaching in Spring 2023, Spring 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

WEIHUA ZHU is recorded teaching in Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 200
LEC 002Classroom Instruction0 / 200
LEC 003Classroom Instruction0 / 200

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · ShuYang Ye

A past student noted that attendance was crucial because the instructor explained the slides in class, making direct participation essential for understanding the material.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.76 GPA, 88.9% A/AB (n=54 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.82 GPA, 87.0% A/AB (n=46 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.89 GPA, 93.9% A/AB (n=33 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · ShuYang Ye

A past student found the course manageable, noting that the instructor was very understanding of environmental factors and accommodated every need.

Past student reviews · ShuYang Ye

A past student reported that the instructor created a comfortable environment where they felt safe making mistakes, which helped reduce stress while learning a difficult language.

Topics

  • Living on and off campus.
  • Shopping preferences and criteria.
  • Using the Internet.
  • Academic majors, departments, and courses.

Skills

  • Listening, speaking, reading, writing, and pragmatic competence in Chinese.
  • Vocabulary, grammar structure, and pragmatic usage in situated dialogues.

Grades

Latest available · Spring 2026— not enough history to project Spring 2027.

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Grades over time

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Where this course fits relative to

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About this comparison

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Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

Descriptions, prerequisites, and recorded course offerings.

Catalog observation history

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Selected offering source records
ASIALANG 202 · Spring 2027

Fourth Semester Chinese

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Grade history

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Model outputs & technical records
Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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Model & dataset provenance 
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