明德大学中文暑校一年级课程安排

CHNS 101-104

I. Instructors, texts, classrooms, one-on-one sessions and office hours

Instructors

TBD

Textbooks, Dictionary and Audio Materials:

Books, handouts and dictionary
1. Chinese Phonetic System and Survival Chinese (handouts)
2. Beginning Mandarin Chinese: Textbook by T. R. Chi
3. Beginning Mandarin Chinese: Key to Grammar and Cultural Activities by T. R. Chi
4. Beginning Mandarin Chinese: Grammar and In-class Activities by M. Zhang
5. Beginning Mandarin Chinese: Writing Workbook/Foundation Work by M. Zhang
6. Concise English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary by Commercial Press
7. Lady in the Painting by Yale Press

Audio Materials:
1. Pronunciation Practice & Survival (goes with handouts)
2. Sounds and Tones (goes with Lesson 1 in BMC: Textbook)
3. Lesson 2- 32 Dialogues (goes with Lessons 2- 32 in BMC: Textbook)

Class Time and Location (posted in Adirondack and Hepben)

8:00 AM—12:00 AM. All students are expected to attend lecture class (grammar and vocabulary introduction and practice), character reading and writing class, and drill class. Please see weekly schedule for details.

1:30PM — 2:30 PM. This one-on-one session is held from every Monday afternoon to Thursday afternoon. This one-on-one session is extremely important for all students because it is an extension of the morning classes and each student is assigned 15 minutes to practice and consolidate what you have learned in the morning with your instructors. The one-on-one session is held in Adk1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Forest East 104 and CHL SEM. Please see weekly schedule for details.

Office hours

Sunday through Thursday 8:30pm-10:00pm, office hours will be held in Adirondack, Coltrane Lounge. Every evening during the office hours, there will be two to three instructors available to answer your grammar/vocabulary and other questions. Please limit your time to 15 minutes if there are other students waiting. Please do not go to the office hours at the last minute.

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II. Course Description

This course is designed to learn both spoken and written Mandarin Chinese. Emphasis will be put on the training of the four communicative skills, listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Each lesson will focus on a typical daily conversational topic to teach students to use the language in linguistically and socially appropriate ways, whereas the situation exercises and the interaction with fellow students will help to enable the students to integrate what they have learned into their everyday practice. By the end of the course, we expect our students to move from the novice to the intermediate level in both oral and written communicative proficiency, a standard set by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL). To be specific, our students are expected to be able to express their ideas correctly at sentence level and handle simple survival situations.

Content Area

In the following content areas, the students should be able to function well:

Course Procedures

The first 2 days we will concentrate on the Chinese Phonetic System, Hànyǔ Pīnyīn and the basic structure of Chinese characters. "Survival Chinese Expressions" will be taught at the very beginning, so the students will be able to observe the language pledge. Afterward, we'll do one or two lessons a day according to the schedule.

Class web site
TBA

All students should check Level I Segue class website regularly to see Level I syllabus, weekly detailed schedule, daily lecture notes, test formats, and weekly one-on-one schedule.

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III. Evaluation and Grading

Students’ final grade will be based on the following: 1) Class attendance, preparation, & daily participation; 2) In-class quiz; 3) Homework; 4) Recording (once every week); 5) Weekly exam (oral & written); and 6) Final examination.

In addition to the daily and weekly feedback on quizzes, at the end of the third week and the sixth week, students will receive a grade report. Their strength and weaknesses in study will be discussed and evaluated by all the teachers so that suggestions for improvement can be given to them. At the end of the course, each student will receive a final grade and a detailed written evaluation Chinese School.

Grading criteria:

95-100: A 90-94.9: A-
86.7-89.9: B+83.4-86.6: B 80-83.3: B-
76.7-79.9: C+ 73.4-76.6: C 70-73.3: C-
66.7-69.9: D+ 63.4-66.6: D 60-63.3: D-
0-59.9: F

Language Pledge:

Language pledge must be strictly observed from the very beginning. ?No exception can be made. The violation of the language pledge adversely affects your final grade. Four points will be deducted from your final grade for the first time violation, and six points will be deducted from your final grade for the second time violation.

In addition to the daily and weekly feedback on quizzes, at the end of the third week and sixth week, students will receive a grade report.? Their strength and weaknesses in study will be discussed and evaluated by all the teachers so that suggestions for improvement can be given to them.? At the end of the course, each student will receive a final grade and a detailed written evaluation.

Quizzes or tests missed without arrangements in advance cannot be made up. Attendance and promptness are assumed; more than 4 unexcused absences (a week’s worth) lower your grade by one letter; persistent tardiness will also add up to absences.

No make-ups for all assigned work and the four tests unless you have permission from the instructor beforehand.? If you are sick or unable to attend class due to unexpected
circumstances, you should telephone the teacher at his office, leave a message or email him.

Homework handed in late will be corrected but receive no credit.

Attendance in this class is extremely important.? If you are absent more than four times without any permission from your teacher, your final grade will be reduced by one whole step (e.g.: B to C).

Other factors may come in to play. eg. improvement versus stagnation or deterioration over the course of the program, and progress relative to starting level.

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IV. Other Matters

Where to get your homework and other material

All your homework, daily quizzes, newsletters, feedbacks, etc. will be put in your mailbox located in ADK Coltrane Lounge. You will get back your daily quiz by 1:30pm the same day; your homework by 8:30pm the same day; your feedback for your weekly oral test by 8:30pm the same day; your feedback for your weekly recording by 1:30pm the next Monday.

Portfolio

Each student should prepare a portfolio to put the following items, such as, your daily quizzes, homework, weekly tests, feedbacks, etc. Your instructors will discuss with you about your progress at the 3rd and 6th week. Your portfolio will tell you how much your Chinese has been improved.

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Level I Calendar

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