Improve your Mandarin and explore Taiwanese culture through the famous TV series Gold Leaf (茶金).
This intermediate course from National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU) helps you learn new words, practise listening, and deepen your comprehension through an authentic Taiwanese drama.
Along the way, you will also discover Taiwan’s tea culture, traditional tea-drinking customs, and local traditions — learning the language and the culture at the same time.
By the end of the course, you will be able to:
Unit 1:Tea in the Drama and Today
Unit 2:Tea in the Old Days
Unit 3:What Does the Tea House Look Like?
Unit 4:More than Drinking Tea
Learning through the acclaimed drama Gold Leaf (茶金), set in the 1950s tea industry of Taiwan, this course is organised into 4 weekly modules:
This is a fully online course that you can study at your own pace.
Over 4 weeks (about 2 hours per week), each unit combines drama clips, short video lessons, and interactive activities and quizzes.
Learners are assessed through the quizzes and activities in each unit. To complete the course, please finish all course units and quizzes.
This is an intermediate-level course. A basic foundation in Mandarin Chinese pronunciation and vocabulary is recommended, as the course develops vocabulary, listening, and comprehension through an authentic Taiwanese TV series.