CHIN 011: Beginning Chinese I
Fall Semester 2011
Course website: www.sas.upenn.edu/~maiheng
Instructors
Dr. Maiheng
Shen Dietrich--Coordinator (003 M-R 12-1 WILL 317; 004 M-R 11-12
WILL 317)
Office: 701 Williams;
(215) 573-4472
E-mail: maiheng@sas.upenn.edu
Office hours: MW 1-2 & by appointment
Dr. Liu Li (001 MW10-11/TR 9:30-10:30 WILL 23; 007 12-1 MW WILL 318/TR WILL 843)
Office: 632 Williams;
(215) 746-0624
E-mail: liliu8@sas.upenn.edu
Office hours: MW 1-2 & by appointment
Ni Ou (005 M-R 12-1 COLL 311A)
Office: 632 Williams; (215) 746-0624
E-mail: ouni@sas.upenn.edu
Office hours: TR 1:30-2:30 & by appointment
Li-jen Shih (002 MW 1-2 WILL 28/TR1:30-2:30
DRLB 4C2; 009
M-R 3-4 WILL 2)
Office: 632 Williams;
(215) 746-0624
E-mail: shihl@sas.upenn.edu
Office hours: TR 11-12 & by appointment
Yunong Zhou (006 M-R 2-3 WILL 5; 008 M-R11-12 WILL 220)
Office: 701Williams; (215) 573-4476
E-mail: yzhou@sas.upenn.edu
Office hours: TR 3-4 & by appointment
Required
Texts (simplified character edition)
(Available at Penn Bookstore, 36th&
Walnut)
Integrated Chinese Level 1 Part 1, Yao
& Liu et al., 2nd edition, Cheng &Tsui
Co., Boston 2005
Integrated Chinese Level 1 Part 1: Workbook
Integrated Chinese Level 1 Part 1: Character Workbook
Audio recording/language tapes
Audio recording for the Integrated Chinese Level 1 Part 1 and its corresponding workbook is accessible at http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/plc/chinese in real audio format, user name: Xuesheng; password: upenn. (User name and password are case sensitive.)
Course
Description and Requirement
This class is the first of a four-semester sequence of Beginning
Chinese, which is comprised of CHIN 011 (Beginning Chinese I), CHIN 012
(Beginning Chinese II), CHIN 111 (Beginning Chinese III) and CHIN 112
(Beginning Chinese IV). By completing all four semesters, you fulfill the
college language requirement.
This course is designed for those who have little or no prior exposure to Chinese. The objective of the course is to help you build a solid foundation of the four basic skills--listening, speaking, reading, and writing in an interactive and communicative learning environment. The emphasis is on correct pronunciation, accurate tones and mastery of basic grammatical structures. By the end of the second semester, you will be able to manage many situations that have immediate concern to you such as relating your personal life and experiences, expressing preferences and feelings, ordering meals, purchasing goods and asking for directions. In order to achieve these goals, you must thoroughly preview and review the materials according to the weekly lesson plan on the course website. Regular attendance is mandatory and strictly monitored. Each unexcused absence beyond three will result in a 1% point reduction from your final grade. Arriving 20-minutes or more late counts as an absence.
Oral
Presentations and Individual Tutorials
Oral
presentations. In order to develop the listening
and speaking skills, you will be paired up and perform a communication based
oral presentation every other week. The assignment will be distributed in
advance and you are expected to come to class fully prepared. The purpose of
the oral presentation is two-fold: 1) to assist you utilize learned vocabulary
and grammatical structures, and 2) to build up your proficiency in
communicating in Chinese. These oral presentations are graded according to the
following criteria: pronunciation, tones,
grammar, and coherence.
Individual tutorials. A 10-minute mandatory individual tutorial session with a TA will be
conducted each Thursday or Friday. You will sign up for a time slot in the
second week and keep the same slot for the entire semester. The purpose of the
tutorial is to provide some one-on-one interaction time with an instructor/TA
to reinforce and review the content covered in class. These sessions are
largely conversational. The grading is based on effort and performance (full
credit=10 points; missed appointment -2; sub-standard/insufficient effort up to -5). You can re-schedule up to two (2) sessions per semester without
penalty if you request prior to missing the session. The
make-up session must be scheduled within
two weeks of the original date. Please contact your TA directly for
rescheduling. TA’s contact information is available on the course website.
Group cultural presentations. These are mini-research projects conducted
in English. Each group will draw one topic, research it and do a 10-15 minute
PPT presentation in class. The topics are related to selected lessons (see
weekly lesson plans for specifics). The purpose of these projects is to
increase your general knowledge of contemporary
Written
Tests and Quizzes
A one-hour written test is given
every other week on the current lesson(s), which will be on alternating weeks
with the oral presentations. Format on the tests varies. A short character quiz (supplementary vocabulary excluded) and a grammar quiz are given weekly. You should trace the character strokes
according to the conventional stroke order. The following page provides
excellent illustrations http://www.usc.edu/dept/ealc/chinese/character/
Homework
Homework assignments (character writing,
translation etc.) are posted in the weekly lesson plan on the course website.
Homework is collected twice a week to be graded (see weekly plan for due
dates). Late, incomplete and sub-standard work will not receive full credit
(full credit=10 points). You will lose one (1) point for each day the work is
late, and will not receive any credit after one week. Incomplete and sloppy
work will lose up to 5 points.
Assessment
Oral presentations (incl. cult. presentation) 20%
Written tests 20%
Character quizzes (may drop 1) 10%
Grammar quizzes (may drop 1) 10%
Final written exam 10%
Oral tutorial 10%
Homework 10%
Class attendance& participation 10%
CHIN 011 Course Schedule
Fall 2011
|
Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
|
9/4 |
5 |
6 |
7 Introduction |
8 |
9 |
10 |
|
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 GQ 1 |
15 Written 1 |
16 OT |
17 |
|
18 |
19 L
1 |
20 |
21 GQ 2 |
22 CQ 1 Oral 1 |
23 OT |
24 |
|
25 |
26 L 2 |
27 |
28 GQ 3 |
29 CQ 2 GCP 1 |
30 OT |
10/1 |
|
2 |
3 Written 2 |
4 L
3 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
|
9 |
10 Fall |
11 Break |
12 |
13 GQ |
14 OT |
15 |
|
16 |
17 4CQ 3 |
18 Oral 2 |
19 L
4 |
20 |
21 OT |
22 |
|
23 |
24 |
25 GQ 5 |
26 CQ 4 GCP
2 |
27 Written 3 |
28 OT |
29 |
|
30 |
31 L 5 |
11/1 |
2 |
3 GQ6 |
4 OT |
5 |
|
6 |
7 CQ 5 GCP
3 |
8 Oral 3 |
9 L 6 |
10 |
11 OT |
12 |
|
13 |
14 |
15 GQ 7 |
16 CQ 6 GCP 4 |
17 Written 4 |
18 OT |
19 |
|
20 |
21 L 7 |
22 |
23 GQ 8 |
24 Thanks- |
25 giving |
26 Break |
|
27 |
28 CQ
7 |
29 Oral 4 |
30 L 8 |
12/1 |
2 OT |
3 |
|
4 |
5 |
6 GQ 9 |
7 CQ 8 GCP 5 |
8 Review |
9 OT |
10 |
|
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
16 Final exam 9-11am |
17 |
Abbreviations:
CQ= Character quiz
GQ= Grammar quiz
GCP= Group cultural
presentation
L= Lesson
OT= Oral tutorial