Integrated Chinese

Chinese 101 (中文 101)

Fall 2000

Ted Tao-chung YAO (CHN101.2)

Jeffrey HAYDEN (CHN101.2)

Song JIANG (CHN101.3)

Julia KWAN (CHN101.4)

Goals & Objectives:

Students will gain listening, speaking, reading and writing skills in standard (Mandarin) Chinese, attaining approximately the Novice-High level on the ACTFL ETS (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) proficiency scale. Specifically, students will be able to achieve the following:

Listening Able to understand short, learned utterances and some sentence-length utterances, especially where context supports understanding and speech is clear. Comprehension limited to vocabulary and some simple questions/statements about family members, age, address, time, interests, and other daily activities.

Speaking Emerging ability to make short statements and ask simple questions, primarily by relying on memorized utterances but occasionally by expanding these through simple recommendations of those elements.

Reading Can identify a limited number of character components and high-frequency characters in areas of immediate need. Where specific characters and combinations have been memorized, can read for instructional and directional purposes, standardized messages, such as some prices in stores, time/date on schedules, etc.

Writing Able to write simple fixed expressions and limited memorized material and some recombination thereof. Can supply information on simple forms and documents. Can write names, numbers, dates, own nationality, and other simple autobiographical information as well as some short phrases and simple sentences.

Texts & Materials:

1. Tao-chung Yao and Yuehua Liu, Integrated Chinese, Level One, Part I, Textbook (Traditional Character Edition), Boston: Cheng & Tsui, 1997. Available at the University of Hawai'i bookstore.
   
2. Tao-chung Yao and Yuehua Liu, Integrated Chinese, Level One, Part I, Workbook (Traditional Character Edition), Boston: Cheng & Tsui, 1997. Available at the University of Hawai'i bookstore.
   
3. Tao-chung Yao et. al with Jeffrey Hayden, Integrated Chinese, Level One, Part I, Character Workbook (Traditional Character Edition), Boston: Cheng & Tsui, 1997. Available at the University of Hawai'i bookstore.
   
4. Handouts: to be distributed.

Tape Key:

1. Integrated Chinese I, Textbook Lesson 1 CB701.1 Lesson 2 CB702.1
2. Integrated Chinese I, Workbook Lesson 1 CB701.2 Lesson 2 CB702.2

Class Requirements:

Attendance: Attendance is mandatory. Absences without valid reasons will affect your grade. Anyone who is late for more than 15 minutes will be regarded as absent.

Class preparation and participation: All students are expected to participate actively in the day's language practice. Students' class participation and performance will be evaluated daily and a final score will be given at the end of each class period on a regular basis on the following scale:

4 = Well prepared with excellent performance

3 = Gave some indication of good preparation

2 = Participated with seemed inadequately preparation

1 = Present with almost no participation

0 = Absent

Homework and assignments: All homework and assignments must be turned in on the due day. Late homework and assignments will NOT be accepted even if they are submitted with the others. You are expected to go to language lab and practice reading aloud new conversation EVERYDAY. Practice writing characters EVERYDAY! No language can be acquired overnight. You need to build up your Chinese language proficiency gradually through constant practice.

Quizzes and tests: Every effort should be made to take quizzes and tests at the specified times. If you know you must miss a class ahead of time, tell the teacher before that class. Quizzes cannot be made up unless arrangements are made BEFORE being absent from class. No one is allowed to make up a missed test without a valid, written excuse.

You are reminded that each student's background, interest, learning style, difficulties and goals are different. Please be patient with each other and do not hesitate to see one of the teachers for extra help or extra word in a certain area.

Final course grades will be based on the results of:

1. Attendance and Participation: 20%

2. Quizzes (10%) and Tests (10%): 20%

3. Homework and Assignments: 10%

4. Midterm (5% plus oral 5%) and Final (10% plus oral 10%): 20%

5. Portfolio: 20%

Chinese 101 (Fall 2000)
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