CICL 304 is a sequential class to CICL 303. Students will be instructed to continue to achieve accuracy, fluency and overall communication at advanced levels, resulting in the improvement of both linguistic knowledge and performance with more emphasis on reading and writing. Students will learn how to write Chinese characters systematically, and will be guided to read selected articles from websites or books in Chinese after class and share their ideas in class. Additionally, more Chinese characters, phrases and grammar of HSK Level 3 will be taught with the aim to prepare the students for HSK 3 or higher levels.