Studies in Chinese Linguistics explores rotating topics in the Chinese language, including phonetics, syntax, and pragmatics, focusing on contemporary scholarly perspectives.
Past student reviews · Weihua Zhu
Assessment consisted of simple weekly discussion posts and one final project, which the reviewer found manageable despite the challenging reading material.
Sharpen their critical and analytical thinking skills
Discuss various aspects of Chinese pragmatics intelligently
Evaluate prior research and synthesize research materials
Develop empirical research skills
Critique academic readings and discuss various aspects of Chinese pragmatics
Synthesize research materials and present strong arguments related to one of the topics discussed
Apply theoretical constructs to original research in the field
Analyze empirical data and make claims grounded by the data
Demonstrate the interplay of context, practice and perception in their original research
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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.
For this course: 3.0/5 raw quality · 2.0/5 difficulty · 1 reviews
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Past student reviews · Weihua Zhu
Weihua Zhu graded the class on simple weekly discussion posts and one final project. The reviewer found the lectures boring because they relied on graduate-level readings, which made the material irrelevant for undergraduates.
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.90 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.64 GPA, 72.7% A/AB (n=11 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.78 GPA, 94.4% A/AB (n=18 letter grades).
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.
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Past student reviews · Weihua Zhu
Weihua Zhu taught this class with lectures based on graduate-level readings that felt irrelevant to undergraduates, though the course was unexpectedly accessible to non-grad students.
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.90 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.64 GPA, 72.7% A/AB (n=11 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.78 GPA, 94.4% A/AB (n=18 letter grades).
Past student reviews · Weihua Zhu
Assessment consisted of simple weekly discussion posts and one final project, which the reviewer found manageable despite the challenging reading material.
Past student reviews · Weihua Zhu
The student found the lectures boring and noted that the instructor seemed caught off guard by the presence of undergraduate students in the class.
Latest available · Spring 2026— not enough history to project Spring 2027.
Through Spring 2026
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Studies in Chinese Linguistics
Recorded 2026-10-14Chinese Pragmatics
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