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CHINESE 111-1-1/2/3 (Formerly AAL 111-1/2/3-20, 23-27) Chinese I
Overview of class
Chinese 111-1 is the first course in a three-course sequence designed for beginners with no or little knowledge of Mandarin Chinese. This 50-minute class meets five times a week. It introduces the phonetic system-Pinyin and characters and focuses on developing basic communicative skills and knowledge of the Chinese culture.
Teaching Method
There will be extensive student-oriented practice in pronunciation, conversations, listening comprehension, and sentence structures in class. English will be used mainly for instruction on sentence structures and patterns. Interaction between instructor and among students will be in Chinese.
Evaluation Method
Classroom performance, written assignments, oral reports, quizzes, and a final exam.
Class Materials (Required)
Textbook and Workbook: Modern Chinese 1A Simplified Characters
Publisher: BetterChinese ISBN:9781606034811
Price: $59.95
CHINESE 115-1/2/3 (Formerly AAL111-1/2/3-21, 22, 28) Accelerated Chinese I
Overview of class
The course introduces grammar, 900 single characters and 2000 compound words of standard modern Chinese, e.g., vernacular Chinese or Mandarin. It emphasizes reading, writing and making speeches. Students will learn to read essays and short stories. They will learn to write notes, letters, and essays. They will also learn to make public speeches in Chinese. The textbooks that we use are compiled by the Beijing Language & Culture University.
Registration Requirements
1 year of Chinese in high school or registration by instructor consent.
Teaching Method
Four regular class hours are for analysis of etymology of Chinese characters, dictation, and translation. Students will discuss questions from readings. Students will also make speeches based on the essays they write.
Evaluation Method
Classroom performance, language lab attendance, written assignments, oral reports, quizzes, a midterm exam and a final exam.
Class Materials (Required)
Textbooks: New Practical Chinese Reader 1 Publisher: Beijing Language & Culture University Press Author: Liu Xun Price: $35 ISBN: 7-5619-1040-1
CHINESE 121-1/2/3 (Formerly AAL 112-1/2/3-20, 23, 24, 25) Chinese II
Overview of class
The course is designed to build up a basic vocabulary for listening, conversation, reading and writing, and improve students' comprehension in speaking, listening, reading and writing.
Registration Requirements
Chinese I or placement test. P/N is allowed.
Teaching Method
Five regular class hours for the etymology of Chinese words, analysis of sentence structure and conversation. Students are expected to participate actively in classroom discussions.
Evaluation Method
Class attendance, written assignments, dictations, oral tests for each chapter, two written quizzes, one oral presentation and a final.
Class Materials (Required)
Textbooks: New Practical Chinese Reader 2 Publisher: Beijing Language & Culture University Press Author: Liu Xun Price: $35 ISBN: 7-5619-1129-7
CHINESE 125-1/2/3 (Formerly AAL 112-1/2/3-21, 22) Accelerated Chinese II
Overview of class
This course emphasizes speaking and listening comprehension, reading and writing. The class will increase awareness of the Chinese socio-culture as it is embedded in language, and will give students more knowledge of Chinese culture, history and social values.
Registration Requirements
First-Year Accelerated Chinese I or by placement test. P/N is allowed.
Teaching Method
Four regular weekly class hours for the etymology of Chinese words, analysis of sentence structure, and conversation. Chinese language will be the main means for instruction and discussion.
Evaluation Method
Classroom performance and written assignments, oral and written quizzes, a midterm exam and a final exam.
Class Materials (Required)
Title: New Practical Chinese Reader textbook & workbook Book IV Author: Liu Xun ¿¿ Publisher: Beijing Language University ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ISBN: 7-5619-1319-2 Price: $45
CHINESE 215-1/2/3 (Formerly AAL 213-1/2/3-20,21) Chinese III
Overview of class
The course is designed to enhance students' abilities in speaking, reading, and writing Chinese. At the end of the course, students are expected to be able to write familiar subject matters in Chinese, carry on a conversation with a Mandarin speaker on situations or topics, and articulate ideas, opinions and arguments in connected discourse at paragraph length.
Registration Requirements
Chinese II; P/N is allowed.
Teaching Method
We will discuss our readings in Chinese. Students are also expected to write short essays based on the topics discussed in class.
Evaluation Method
Classroom performance and essay assignments (30%), weekly quizzes (10%), two exams (30%) and a final (30%).
Class Materials (Required)
Title: China Scene--An Advanced Chinese Multimedia Course Author: Hong Gang Jin & De Bao Xu & James Hargett Publisher: Cheng & Tsui Company ISBN:9718-0-088727-330-8 Prise: $75
CHINESE 215-1/2/3 (Formerly AAL 213-1/2/3-22,23) Accelerated Chinese III
Overview of class
This is the first quarter of the year-long course in advanced modern Chinese (Mandarin). Its goal is to further develop students' communicative competence in listening, speaking, reading and writing in modern standard Chinese. It provides rigorous training to improve students' oral proficiency, and in the meantime, upgrade their reading comprehension and writing skills.
Registration Requirements
Chinese II; P/N is allowed.
Teaching Method
We use Chinese to discuss our readings. Students are also expected to write short essays based on the topics discussed in class.
Evaluation Method
Classroom performance and essay assignments(30%), weekly quizzes(20%), two exams(20%), and a final(30%)
Class Materials (Required)
Title: China Scene--An Advanced Chinese Multimedia Course Author: Hong Gang Jin & De Bao Xu & James Hargett Publisher: Cheng & Tsui Company ISBN:9718-0-088727-330-8 Prise: $75
CHINESE 311-1/2/3 (Formerly AAL 314-1/2/3-20) Chinese IV - Modern and Classical Chinese Literature
Overview of class
This course is designed to further improve students' reading and writing abilities in Chinese language and Chinese literature. Students will be exposed to essays, prose, movies, short novels, and poems in their original forms either in classical Chinese or modern Chinese. In terms of authors, students will be introduced to Gao Xingjian, Lu Xun, Ba Jin, Hu Shi, Jiang Menglin, Xiao Qjan, Long Yingtai, Mao Dun, Wu Jingzi, Cao Xue Qjin, and the Three Sus, ranging from novelists, playwriters, to poets covering from the period of 1000 AD to today. Students will discuss these readings in class and then write their argumentation papers either in Chinese or in English.
Registration Requirements
3rd year Chinese; by placement test, or by instructor consent.
Evaluation Method
Grading: Attendance 10%, Paper One 20%, Paper Two 20%, Paper Three 20%. Oral One 15%, Oral Two 15%
Class Materials (Required)
Textbooks: China's Peril and Promise Publisher: Princeton University Press Author: Chih-ping Chou Price: $45 ISBN: 0-691-02884-2
CHINESE 315-1/2/3 (Formerly AAL 314-1/2/3-21) Accelerated Chinese IV - Modern and Classical Chinese Literature
Overview of class
This sequence of three courses aims at helping students to obtain a comprehensive understanding of Chinese literature by going through different forms of literature ranging from poems, prose, short stories, dramas, and novels. It covers the time period from 400 BC all the way to 1900 AD. In the Fall Quarter, we will be using Selected Works of Classical Chinese Literature: Book I by Peking University Press. In the Winter Quarter, we will be using Book I, and in the Spring Quarter, Book III. Students are expected to read and discuss the poems, stories, dramas, and novels. They will write papers and present their papers orally to the class. Fall Quarter: In this course, you will study three poems from The Book of Odes in Selected Works of Classical Chinese Literature: Book I by Peking University Press, the oldest collection of classical poems in Chinese literary history. You will read some Chinese authors like Tao Yuanming, Gan Bao, Li Bai and Du Fu. In class, we will discuss the themes of their works and the messages they wanted to send to their readers. You are expected to write three essays based on the reading. I will make corrections and offer suggestions for your papers. You are expected to rewrite your papers based on my comments and present them orally in class. Winter Quarter: This course introduces masterpieces of Chinese literature of the Tang Dynasty (618-907). The main theme is how the three most famous poets in China all wrote about Imperial Consort Yang Yuhuan. Li Bai wrote about her beauty, Du Fu wrote about her decadent life, and Ba Juyi wrote about her eternal love for the Emperor. To further understand the topic of love in ancient China, students will also read a novel The Stories of Li Wa by Bai Xingjian, Bai Juyi's younger brother. Students will write two papers on these poems and make three oral presentations reflecting what they have learned from poets and novelists. Spring Quarter: This course introduces poems, essays, plays, and novels written by well known authors ranging from the Song Dynasty (960 AD) to the Qing Dynasty (1911 AD). Students will learn to appreciate and analyze different forms of Chinese literature. Students are expected to come to class well prepared to discuss assigned readings. Each student will make two presentations. By the end of the quarter, students are expected to write a 4 page comprehensive paper summarizing what they have learned in the course.
Class Materials (Required)
Textbooks: Selected Works of Classical Chinese Literature Book 1 Publisher: Beijing University Press Author: Liu Xun Price: $24 ISBN: 7-301-00056-1
