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Chinese 1016, Spring 2003

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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