University of Minnesota Department of Asian Languages and Literature

Chinese 3021 Intermediate Modern Chinese Fall 2007

Course Syllabus

(subject to change)

Course Description

As the first half of a two-semester sequence in intermediate modern Chinese, this course is to help students further develop their four basic language skills, namely, listening, speaking, reading, and writing. This course consists of 2 lecture sessions and 3 discussion meetings per week. The pace of instruction is approximately one chapter every 6 or 7 academic days. “The [University] Senate affirms the standard … that one semester credit is to represent, for the average University of Minnesota undergraduate student, three hours of academic work per week (including lectures, laboratories, recitations, discussion groups, field work, study, and so on), averaged over the term, in order to complete the work of the course.” Since this is a 5-credit course, so students are expected to study 15 or so hours per week outside of class. For this course, simplified Chinese characters are used exclusively by the instructor in classroom teaching and all tests. Students are strongly encouraged to make a prompt shift to simplified characters accordingly. For information regarding quizzes, exams, etc., please see the general course schedule attached.

Course Objectives

Upon the completion of the course, students are expected to acquire the ability:

to converse in some details on subject matters covered in the first 10 chapters of the textbook, using grammatical patterns properly;
to read materials of about 300 Chinese characters on subject matters covered in the first 10 chapters of the textbook;
to write compositions of about 250 different characters on familiar topics, using grammatical patterns properly.

Ground Rules

Attendance and Participation: A portion (15%) of a student’s final grade is based on his/her attendance, participation in class activities and performance. A student who has an unexcused absence will lose all the 15 points for the particular session of class. Students are not allowed to make up quizzes or exams they missed unless a valid excuse slip (e.g. a doctor’s note) is presented.
Homework Assignment: All assigned homework (25%) must be handed in on time. Homework turned in one or two days late will be corrected but only receive 80% and 50% of the full credits respectively. Homework overdue for three or more days will be corrected but not graded. Late submission of assignment as a result of excused absence, such as sick leave, is officially regarded as punctual submission.

Class Meetings

Lecture Sessions: Tues. Thur. 10:10 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Folwell 208

Discussion sessions:

Sec. 002 -- Mon. Wed. Fri. 10:10 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. 1701 Univ. Ave 218

Sec. 003 -- Mon. Wed. Fri. 12:20 p.m. – 1:10 p.m. Folwell 208

Sec. 004 -- Mon. Wed. Fri. 2:30 p.m. – 3:20 p.m. Folwell 108

Instructors

Liu, Zhiang (刘志刚) Folwell 444

Ø E-mail address: liulaoshihao@yahoo.com, liuxx326@umn.edu

Ø Office Phone: (612) 626-9746, (612) 625-6534

Ø Office hours: Tues. 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Thur. 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

Ø Mailbox: Folwell 453

Li, Chi-Ping (李篪平) Folwell 444

Ø E-mail address: lixxx204@umn.edu

Ø Office Phone: (612) 626-9746, (612) 624-0090

Ø Office hours: Mon. 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Fri. 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Ø Mailbox: Folwell 453

Chan, Jessica (陈嘉儿) Folwell 444

Ø E-mail address: chan0770@umn.edu

Ø Office Phone: (612) 625-6534, (612) 625-0047

Ø Office hours: Mon. 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Ø Mailbox: Folwell 453

Textbook, etc.

The new 2006 edition of Integrated Chinese Level II (textbook and workbook) by Yuehua Liu et al. Boston: Cheng & Tsui Company is available in Coffman University Bookstore and Student Bookstore on 15^th ave and Univ. Ave. You don’t have to buy CDs for this course since all the sound files for the textbook and the workbook are now available on our Chinese language program website:

http://www.all.umn.edu/chinese_language/Courses/3021/online/3021index.htm

All registered students will have access to the resources. You will be informed of your user name and password in class.

Chinese TV

The Chinese Program has subscribed a Chinese TV program, called Phoenix TV, to facilitate the learning of Chinese for our students. The TV program offers news, Chinese learning programs, and all kinds of entertainment programs. It is available in the CLA Language Center in Jones Hall 135 every Tuesday.

Grading

Attendance & Participation 15%

Homework 25%

Chapter Quizzes 20%

Vocabulary Quizzes 5%

Midterm Exams (oral, written) 15%

Final Exams (oral, written) 20%

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Total: 100%

Standard Grading Scale

A	93%-100%	A-	90%-92%
B+	87%-89%	B	83%-86%
B-	80%-82%	C+	77%-79%
C	73%-76%	C-	70%-72%
D+	67%-69%	D	60%-66%

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