CHN 20A (Spring, 2014)

First Year Chinese for Heritage Learners

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Co(rse *es)ription!
This is a First Year Mandarin Chinese course for heritage learners. This course is designed for
those students who have acquired a basic facility in spoken Mandarin and who possess a
rudimentary knowledge of Chinese script. The course aims both to develop the students writing
skills e!panding his"her knowledge of Chinese characters and to provide training in reading and
understanding of simple Mandarin te!ts. #hile emphasis will be placed on the inculcation of
basic literacy students will also be given the opportunity to enhance their listening and speaking
skills. $ote% &oth 'implified (jianti) and Traditional (fanti) Chinese characters will be used in
class. You are highly encouraged to become familiar with both systems though you will only be
responsible for one system in e!ams.
*rerequisites% $one aside from basic facility in spoken Mandarin
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+equired% Me and China by Yenna #u ,ian -e and Ying *etersen .//0
Te!tbook is available for purchase at 1niversity &ook 2!change (1&2)
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5ra-ing Criteria!
3ttendance and participation 7/<
-omework ./<
,ui==es 76<
>ournals /6<
Tests ./<
*ronunciation e!am /6<
?ral report /6<
Final e!am ./<
Total 7//<
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Re6(ire#ents!
'" C+ass Meetings
7. 3ttendance and participation are an essential course requirement.
(7) You are required to attend every class meeting. Two or more une!cused absences will
lower your final grade by one letter grade.
(.) 3ctive participation in class is e!pected. $egative participation points will be given if the
instructor has to call on you because of your misbehavior.
.. You are e!pected to arrive at class on time and remain for the entire class period. &eing
late or leaving the class for more than 7/ minutes without the instructors permission will
be counted as a half absence. &e more than :/ minutes late will considered as one
absence. The instructor is not responsible for students not being informed of homework or
not receiving handouts due to absences.
:. $o laptops. $o cellular"smart phones. $o eating and chewing gum in classroom. $o pets.
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7. -omework consists of writing e!ercises assigned from the te!tbook and given as an
online handout. *lease purchase bluebook from campus bookstore and do all the regular
homework on it. @ouble space when necessary.
.. There are three homeworks for each lesson. 1he first one is copying the characters on
the vocabulary page. 1he se)on- one is doing the grammar e!ercise in the te!t book
(normally ) . 1he thir- one is the in9class activity sheet which you can
download from ilearn before class and turn it in on the ne!t day..
:. You are also e!pected to submit three Aournals in the quarter. +equired length of the
Aournals will increase as the quarter progresses. >ournals should be relevant to the
materials presented in class but students are encouraged to e!plore other options and use
vocabulary outside the te!tbook content.
;. Beave homework on the instructors desk at the beginning of class. @ont write your
homework in class which will result in =ero credit for it immediately. $o any late
homework will be accepted. Cncomplete homework or homework not done properly will
receive a =ero.
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7. Cn order to build a good foundation of Chinese reading and writing skills regular pinyin
and character practices are essential. There are two qui==es and one lesson test for each
lesson.
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(7) ,ui==es are on pinyin and character dictation. You will not be allowed to take a qui= if
you are more than 6 minutes late to class. Missed qui==es cannot be made up in any case.
(.) The lesson test is a review test following completion of each lesson. Ct is cumulative.
Make9up tests will not be permitted e!cept in the case of illness or emergency situations.
#ritten proof should be provided to the instructor as soon as possible for rescheduling.
.. The final e!am is cumulative . Those with documented emergencies may make up for the
final e!am though you must contact the instructor immediately and supply the
documentation as soon as possible. The final e!am takes place on @ec.7/ :%// pm D 0%//
pm.5 the time is also indicated in bold te!t at the top of p. 7.
':" ;ron(n)iation ,2a# an- %ra+ ;resentation
7. For the pronunciation e!am you will be given a short passage similar to the te!t in the
te!tbook. You are required to read it aloud in proper Mandarin Chinese with accuracy
normal speed and proper pauses.
.. ?ne oral presentation is required5 you may present individually or with one partner. The
length of the presentation should be appro!imately five minutes (ten for those presenting
as a team).
#eb +esources%
#indows Chinese input system (scroll down to bottom of page)%
http%""www.microsoft.com"globaldev"handson"user"CM2E*aper.msp!
Mac ?' Chinese input system%
http%""www.yale.edu"chinesemac"pages"inputEmethods.html
*inyin and pronunciation%
http%""www.newconceptmandarin.com"support"CntroE*inyin.aspFTCodeGCFHB28-?
Companion website to te!tbook%
http%""chinesetheeasyway.ucr.edu"
Chinese92nglish Bearners @ictionary%
http%""www.yellowbridge.com"chinese"chinese9dictionary.php
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3cademic Cntegrity and *lagiarism% There is no e!cuse for any form of academic
dishonesty. @ishonest behavior on the part of the student will result in automatic
failure of this course and referral to the ?ffice of the @ean of 'tudents.
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