CLASS SYLLABUS
CHINESE 101: Elementary Chinese (Sections 1-3) Course Syllabus (Fall 2000) By Miao-Fen Tseng Class Time & Place: Sec 1: 11:00-11:50AM M-F #330 Cabell Hall (MTRF), #221 (W) Sec 2: 1:00-1:50PM M-F #330 Cabell Hall (MTRF), #221 (W) Sec 3: 2:00-2:50PM M-F #330 Cabell Hall (MTRF), #221 (W) Instructor: Miao-Fen Florence Tseng, Ph.D. Office: #B023 Cabell Hall, Tel: 924-0571, Email: mt3z@virginia.edu Office hrs: 12:30-1 PM: M, T, Th, F; 10-11AM: Th; or by appointment Teaching assistant: I-Hwey Deirdra Wu, Email: deir117@hotmail.com Office hrs: Th, 3-5PM or by appointment at #B023 Cabell Hall Textbooks: 1. Integrated Chinese, Textbook (Traditional Character Edition), Level One, Part I, Boston: Cheng & Tsui, 1997 2. Integrated Chinese, Workbook (Traditional Character Edition), Level One, Part I, Boston: Cheng & Tsui, 1997 3. Integrated Chinese, Character Workbook (Traditional Character Edition), Level One, Part I, Boston: Cheng & Tsui, 1997 Goals & Objectives: This is a beginning level course in Modern Standard Mandarin Chinese for students with no or little prior experience in the language. This course adopts a multi-approach to help students gain training in listening, speaking, reading and writing skills in standard Mandarin Chinese. Students are expected to attain 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: Audio Tapes: (available at the language lab #221, Cabell Hall) 1. Integrated Chinese, Textbook, Level One, Part I (3 tapes) 2. Integrated Chinese, Workbook, Level One, Part I. (1 tape) Class requirements: 1. ATTENDANCE Full attendance will conduce to successful completion of this class. Student absence can have a major effect on the progress of the course, your classmates, and your own performance as well. Those who have accumulated five unexcused absences will be automatically expelled from class. Only four unexcused absences are allowed in this class. You should provide written proof to verify your excused absence. Tardiness on three occasions, if exceeding 5 minutes each, will be considered the equivalent of one unexcused absence. Anyone who is late for more than 15 minutes will be regarded as absent. Valid reasons for excused absence include illness, serious illness or death in the immediate family, religious holidays, participation in authorized field trips and athletic contests, as well as paper presentation at academic conferences, job interviews outside of Virginia. 2. HOMEWORK Always turn in homework by the end of class on Wednesday. No late homework will be accepted except those resulting from an excused absence. You can redo unsatisfactory homework within one week after it was distributed to you and half of missed credit will be added to your original grade. 3. DAILY PERFORMANCE All students are expected to participate actively in language practice every day. Students’ class participation and performance will be evaluated daily and a final score will be given to you on the following scale: 5 = Present with strong indication of excellent preparation 4 = Present with some indication of good preparation 3 = Present with some indication of mediocre preparation 2 = Present with some indication of inadequate preparation 1 = Present with almost no indication of prior preparation 0 = Absent 4. LAB WORK You are expected to go to the language lab 221 in Cabell Hall and practice reading aloud new vocabulary/dialogues/drills every day. No language can be acquired overnight. You need to build up your Chinese language proficiency gradually through constant practice. Two hours of individual practice in the lab each week (Monday-Sunday, excluding Wednesday’s lab class) is the minimum requirement, effective week 3, Sep 11-17. Failure to meet the requirement on a weekly basis will cause a 1/2 point deduction of the final grade of your daily performance. Remember to sign up and add the arrival/departure time on the sign-up booklet when you arrive and depart from the lab. Lab hours are listed as follows: a. Temporary lab hours September 3, Sunday - September 17, Sunday Monday - Thursday 4 - 9 PM Sunday noon - 8 PM b. Regular lab hours starting on September 18: Monday - Thursday 10AM - 8PM Friday 10AM - 3PM Sunday noon - 8PM 5. WEEKLY QUIZZES/EXAMS Every effort should be made to take in-class quizzes and exams at the specified times. Quizzes/exams cannot be made up unless arrangements are made before being absent from class. No one is allowed to make up a missed quiz/exam without a valid, written excuse. Grading: Final grade will be based on the results of the following components: 1. Daily performance: 20% 2. Homework: 15% (5% for characters, 10% for sentence-based practice) 3. Weekly quizzes: 25% (Listening comprehension: 8%; oral performance 7%; reading/writing: 10%; you can drop one lowest grade for each) 4. Mid-term exam: 15% 5. Final exam: 25% (Those who do not maintain a C- or above will be automatically expelled from class.) Final grade for the semester: 90 and above = A-, A, A+ 80 - 89.99 = B-., B, B+ 70 - 79.99 = C-, C, C+ 60 - 69.99 = D-, D, D+ 0 - 59.99 = F Weekly routine: Monday: Dialogue 1 (vocabulary, text, grammar, & drills) in the textbook Tuesday: Dialogue 2 or the equivalent (vocabulary, text, grammar, & drills) in the textbook Wednesday: Listening comprehension, Integrated training, especially listening/speaking in the workbook Thursday: Oral performance, Integrated activities in four language skills, review Friday: Weekly quizzes + vocabulary/pronunciation drills for a new lesson (A five-minute oral/written quiz will be given at the beginning of class M-Th) Course schedule: Weeks Dates Lessons taught Quizzes/Exams Week 1 8/30 - 9/1 Introduction None Week 2 9/4 - 9/8 Introduction None Week 3 9/11 - 9/15 Introduction Quiz 1 Week 4 9/18 - 9/22 Lesson 1 Quiz 2 Week 5 9/25 - 9/29 Lesson 2 Quiz 3 Week 6 10/2 - 10/6 Lesson 3 Quiz 4 Week 7 10/9 - 10/13 Lesson 4 Quiz 5 Week 8 10/16 - 10/20 Lesson 5 None Week 9 10/25 - 10/27 Review Mid-term Week 10 10/30 - 11/3 Lesson 6 Quiz 6 Week 11 11/6 - 11/10 Lesson 7 Quiz 7 Week 12 11/13 - 11/17 Lesson 8 Quiz 8 Week 13 11/20 - 11/21 Oral practice Oral performance Week 14 11/27 - 12/1 Lesson 9 Quiz 9 Week 15 12/4 - 12/8 Lesson 10+review FINAL (Oral part) FINAL EXAM: 1. Oral part: students in all sections have oral performance on Sat. Dec 8th 5:30-8:30PM at #311, Cabell Hall. 2. Written part: Sec 1: Monday, Dec 18 9AM-12 PM Sec 2: Monday, Dec 11 9 AM-12 PM Sec 3: Monday, Dec 18 2-5 PM MOTTO: The top secret of success in this course is CONSTANT PRACTICE EVERY DAY!!!
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