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prerequisite: 1012 or 1015 or instructor consent; credit
will not be granted if credit received for: 3021 or 3022; 5.0 cr
Instructor: Zou, Zhen
This is the second semester of a two-semester sequence of Accelerated
Modern Chinese. It is designed for students who have completed Chinese
1015 or Chinese 1012. Students who have equivalent preparation and good
speaking skill in Chinese can also register this course with the consent
of the instructor. The purpose of this course is to help students improve
their ability in listening, speaking, reading, and writing Chinese. It
particularly aims to help students develop more
sophisticated vocabulary and enhance their reading and writing abilities
in Chinese. Within one semester, this course will cover the whole of second
year Chinese. The teaching method of this course is a combination of lecture
and practice. Students will be required to generate the target language
in pair work, group discussion, oral presentation, as well as in translation
and short essay writing. Students should be ready to take the Chinese
GPT and/or take third level Chinese
courses after this course.
Text book: Integrated Chinese, Level 2 (Cheng
& Tsui Company)
Class time: 40% lecture, 50% discussion, 10% laboratory
Work load: 20 pages of reading per week, 5 pages of writing
per semester, 6 exam(s), sentence and paragraph translation
Grade: 20% mid-semester exam(s), 20% final exam(s), 15%
quizzes, 20% class participation, 15% Homework; 5% Oral Performances;
5% Composition
Exam format: Oral interview and performance, listening, reading, writing
If you have any question regarding this course, please contact the instructor
by sending an email to the instructor
or by calling Zou Laoshi at 612-625-4826.
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