Chinese 3021

Intermediate Modern Chinese

Fall, 2004

Syllabus

Instructors: Lingjun Hu 胡灵均 Zhen Zou 邹溱 Zhigang Liu刘志刚

Office: 444 Folwell Hall

Office Phone: (612)-624- 2366, (612)-626-9746, (612)-625-0047

Office Hours: Hu: Tuesday, 11:00am-12:00pm,

Thursday, 11:00am-12:00pm

Zou: Monday 12:00-1:00 Friday: 3:30-4:30 (Folwell 51 C )

Email: huxxx066@umn.edu

zouxx009@umn.edu

Mailbox: 453 Folwell Hall

Required textbooks/Tapes:

Textbooks: Integrated Chinese, Level 2 in two volumes (Textbook/ Workbook) edited

by Yuehua Liu, Tao-chung Yao, Yaohua Shi and Nyan-ping Bi.

Cheng & Tsui Company, 1997. Available in the University Bookstore,

Williamson Hall.

Tapes: Integrated Chinese, Level 2 in two volumes (Textbook/ Workbook) edited by

Yuehua Liu, Tao-chung Yao, Yaohua Shi and Nyan-ping Bi.

Cheng & Tsui Company, 1997. Available in the University Bookstore,

Williamson Hall.

Course Description:

As the first part of a two-semester sequence in second-year modern Chinese, Intermediate Modern Chinese will focus on four main language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. Students in this course are required to pay more attention to reading and writing, and will continue to consolidate their skills in listening and speaking. The course consists of two lectures and three recitations per week. The pace of the course will be approximately one lesson every six or seven days. By the end of the semester, those finishing the course are expected to be able to:

Write compositions in Chinese of about 250 characters on subject matters covered in the

first ten lessons of Integrated Chinese, Level 2.

Converse in Mandarin in some detail on subject matters covered in the first ten lessons

of Integrated Chinese, Level 2.

Read materials in modern Chinese of about 500 characters (either traditional or

simplified) on subject matters covered in the first ten lessons of Integrated Chinese,

Level 2.

Use grammatical patterns productively and idiomatically introduced in the first ten

lessons of Integrated Chinese, Level 2.

Attendance:

Students are required to attend all classes and asked to sign in each time they come to

class. The attendance and participation grade will be based on preparation, regular

attendance, participation, and effort. Students will lose points for unexcused absences,

tardiness, and poor classroom attitude. After the first three unexcused absences, each

additional unexcused absence will cost 1 point of the 30% attendance and

performance points of the total grade of the course. Exams and quizzes missed are not permitted to make up except a doctor’s note is received certifying the student’s inability to take the exam/quiz at the schedule time.

Assignments:

Vocabulary: Study the vocabulary of the new lesson before coming to class.

Reading: Read the text and grammar of the new lesson before class.

Listening: Listen to assigned tapes of each lesson before class.

Recording: Record assigned text in each lesson for pronunciation improvement.

Homework: Homework is assigned on a daily basis.

Grading:

Attendance & Class performance: 30%

Homework: 20%

Quizzes and Tests: 20%

Vocabulary Quizzes: 5%

Mid-term exam: 10%

Final exam: 15%

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Total: 100%

Important Rule: All assigned homework should be handed in before or at the beginning

of the class. DO NOT DO HOMEWORK DURING CLASS!

Homework handed in on time will be corrected, graded, and returned

promptly. Late homework will not be graded except in case of

demonstrated medical reason.

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