The Evergreen State College

Chinese Language and Culture
Syllabus 課程介紹
Summer 2007
(Wednesday 6-9 pm & Saturday 9 am to 12 pm; Seminar II A2109 & GCC 2 lab)

Course website at: <http://academic.evergreen.edu/curricular/learnchinese/>

Course Description
This is a beginning level course in Modern Standard Chinese (Mandarin) for students with none or little prior experience in the language. Reading and writing the traditional characters will be introduced and practiced from the very beginning of the program. More emphasis will be given to the training of standard pronunciation, listening comprehension, grammar and conversational vocabulary usage. Chinese history and culture will also be introduced as it relates to each language lesson.

Text, Workbook and Online Materials
Integrated Chinese (IC), Tao-chung Yao, Yuehua Liu, Boston, Cheng & Tusi Company, 2005.

The Level 1 Part 1 IC is comprised of three volumes: (available at the TESC Bookstore)

• Textbook (Level 1 Part 1; Simplified Character Edition)
• Workbook (Level 1 Part 1; Simplified Character Edition)
• Character Workbook (Level 1 Part 1; Simplified/Traditional Character Edition)

 

Main Online supplementary materials:

• Beginning Chinese Language at <http://trc.ucdavis.edu/msjacob/chn1>: first-year course web site on IC developed by Mary Jacob at U. C. Davis.
• Integrated Chinese website at <http://eall.hawaii.edu/yao/ICUsers/>.http://eall.hawaii.edu/Yao/ICUsers/

Objectives
There will be 30 contact hours for Chinese Language and Culture. We will cover the Introduction and the lessons in Integrated Chinese. The goal of this program is to help students acquire basic Chinese communicative skills and to introduce students to Chinese Culture. A broad spectrum of life in Chinese societies will be introduced as we proceed with each lesson in the book. Cultural notes and media programs regarding Chinese traditions and customs will also be incorporated. Please check out course website for links to various web resources. Web site at: <http://academic.evergreen.edu/curricular/learnchinese/>.

 

Attendance Policies

• For language learning, every class is important. The pace of the class will be fast and steady. You should not miss any class.

 

Resources, Assignments, and Credits

• You can check out tape player/recorders and headphones from Media Loan and library to practice in one of the individual study room or station. Please check http://www2.evergreen.edu/languagelab for information on the Language Lab at the Evergreen State College.
• Assignments will be reviewed and checked in class. Your effort and participation will be recorded.
• You should always hand in homework on time. I will accept late homework assignments but only with prior communication from you.
• Students for credits will receive 4 credits based upon satisfactory and on-time completion of all course requirements and assignments. Credit denial decisions will be made by the faculty. Plagiarism, failing to complete one or more assignments, completing more than one assignment late (without having made special arrangements in advance of the due date) or two non-excused absences, may constitute automatic denial of credit.

Mary Jacob at UC Davis has a great page on Tips for Learning Chinese for beginners, and one on using the Character Worksheets in the Character Workbook.  If you need to set up your personal computer to view Chinese, check out Mary's page on Downloads for Chinese Language and Software.

 

SESSION 1 SCHEDULE

Week 1 (6/27/07)**************************************
Introduction: Chinese Pronunciation-Pinyin System, Tones, Useful Expressions
(Textbook) Intro C. Practice (pp.8-9); D.1. Practice I Tones (pp.10-12);
Chinese Provinces (p.280)
Intro to Course Website: How to utilize the online resources & Maps and Flags of China and Taiwan
Pinyin Chart at <http://www.csulb.edu/~txie/online.htm>
Classroom Expressions 1 at <http://icg.harvard.edu/~pinyin/express.htm>

Map at <http://hua.umf.maine.edu/Chinese/maps/chinese_map.html>

Chinese Flags at <http://www.enchantedlearning.com/asia/china/flag.shtml> & http://www.geographic.org/flags/new3/taiwan_flags.html
Write numerals: 一，二，三，四，五，六，七，八，九，十 (Ch. Wbk pp. 11-13) 
Workbook: Part One II. B. (p.6); Part Two II. (pp.7-8), III. B. (p.8)

Week 1 (6/30/07)****************************************
Course Topics: Chinese Pronunciation (continued), Useful Expressions, Lesson 1.1 (Dialogue 1)
Intro D.1 Practice II-E (pp.12-13); Lesson 1 (pp.29-32)
Cultural Notes: Chinese History
Pinyin Chart at <http://www.csulb.edu/%7Etxie/online.htm>
Classroom Expressions 2 at <http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~pinyin/express2.htm>
Lesson 1 Audio File at http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/chinese/ICL1P1/L1p.doc

Video Exercise Unit 1.1 “Miss Li Wei” at <http://camel2.conncoll.edu/academics/departments/chinese/mhu/videos2/index/index.html>
Learn 20 radicals (Char. Wbk pp. 1-4):  *(人刀力又口囗土夕大女子寸小工么弓心戈手日)
Write Char. Workbook Lesson 1.1 & 1.2: 先生你好小姐*(王李)請問您*& Write your name in characters (貴姓)呢叫什么名字朋友是嗎 Recognize the radicals or characters and learn how to write them.
Workbook: Part Two VI. (p.8); IX (p.10); Lesson 1. III- IV. A-F (pp. 13-18) Lesson 1 Audio File/Lab at <http://www.rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/chinese/ICL1P1/L1L.doc>

Week 2 (7/4/07)**********************************
Holiday, no class

Week 2 (7/7/07)*****************************************
Course Topics: Review Lesson 1.1 (Dialogue 1) & 1.2 (Dialogue 2) Useful Expressions (P. 27); Lesson 1 (pp.32-50)
Cultural Notes: Chinese Names & Family Relations 
Review Lesson 1 sentences at <http://www.ups.edu/faculty/perry/chin101/ic/lesson01/character.htm>
Lesson 2 Audio File at <http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/chinese/ICL1P1/L2p.doc>,

Learn 20 radicals (Char. Wbk pp. 5-9): *(月木水火田目示系耳衣言貝走足金門隹雨食馬)
Write Char. Workbook Lessons 1.2 & 2.1: *(老師)不學也中國人美那(張)(照片)的這爸媽個*(男)(孩)子誰他(弟)女(妹)她兒有沒
Workbook: Lesson 1. IV. A-E (pp. 18-21 continued); Lesson 2. III-IV. A-E. (pp. 29-31)

Video Exercise Unit 1.2 “My Wife” at <http://camel2.conncoll.edu/academics/departments/chinese/mhu/videos2/index/index.html>

Week 3(7/11/07)****************************************
Course Topics: Lesson 2.2 (pp. 63-67)
Cultural Notes: Chinese performing arts & Chinese food
Lab: : Review Lesson 2 sentences at <http://www.ups.edu/faculty/perry/chin101/ic/lesson02/character.htm>
Lesson 3 Audio File at <http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/chinese/ICL1P1/L3p.doc>
Write Char. Workbook Lessons 2.2: 家幾*(哥)兩和做英文(律)都(醫)月(號)(星期)天日今年多大(歲)
Workbook: Lesson 2. IV. A-C (pp. 32-33)

Video Exercise Unit 1.3 & 1.4 “My Friend” “McDonald’s” at http://camel2.conncoll.edu/academics/departments/chinese/mhu/videos2/index/index.html

Week 3 (7/14/07) ***************************************
Review & Lesson 3 (pp. 70-73); Pronunciation Ex. (p. 74)
Culture Notes: Chinese education
Lesson 3 sentences at: http://www.evergreen.edu/learnchinese.htm
Write Char. Workbook Lesson 3.1: 吃晚飯怎樣太了謝*(喜歡)(還)可們點(鐘)半上見再(白)
Workbook: Lesson 3. I-IV (pp. 37 -41)

midterm

Week 4 (7/18/07)***************************************
Course Topics: Lesson 3 (PP. 80-86); Pronunciation Ex. (p. 94 continued)
Culture Notes: Chinese Cinema
Lesson 3 Audio File at <http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/chinese/ICL1P1/L3p.doc>
Write Char. Workbook Lesson 3.2: 現在*(刻)明(忙)很事因為同(認識)
Workbook: Lesson 3. (pp.43-45)

Movie

Week 4 (7/21/07)**************************************
Course Topics: Lesson 4.1 & 4.2
Lesson 4 (pp. 97-106)
Culture Notes: Study and Travel in Taiwan/China
Video Exercise Unit 1.5 “Thirsty” at <http://camel2.conncoll.edu/academics/departments/chinese/mhu/videos2/index/index.html>
Lesson 4 Audio File/Lab at <http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/chinese/ICL1P1/L4L.doc>
Write Char. Workbook Lesson 4.1: 週末打*(球)看電(視)(唱 歌)(跳舞)聽(音樂)對時候書(影)
Workbook: Lesson 4. (pp. 50-52)

Week 5 (7/25/07)**************************************
Course Topics: Review Lesson 4 & Lesson 5 (pp. 117-121)
Culture Notes: Chinese Economy and the world
Review Lesson 4 sentences at <http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/chinese/ICL1P1/L4p.doc>
Lesson 5 Audio File at <http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/chinese/ICL1P1/L5p.doc>
Write Char. Workbook Lesson 4.2: 常去外*(客)昨所以久(錯) 想覺得意思只(睡)(算)找別

Guest Speaker

Week 5 (7/28/07) *************************************

Final Oral Presentations & paper

Field trip to International District

辅助教材 Resources for Supplementary Materials

In addition to the textbook, other materials (stories, poems, articles, news broadcasts, films and songs, etc.) will also be used. Some are selected from other textbooks; some can be found from the following Internet sources:

 

1.      银视网WECTV: This site includes many Chinese Internet broadcast channels providing on-line access to live and pre-recorded programs produced by major TV and radio stations from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and U.S. Web site at <http://http://www.wcetv.com/new/main.asp>.

 

2.      Univ. of Virginia Chinese Language and Literature: This site includes a variety of reading materials, from student compositions, magazine articles to classical poems and stories, developed by Anne Behnke-Kinney and Helen Shen at Univ. of Virginia. Web site at <http://faculty.virginia.edu/cll/>.

 

3.      Learn Chinese Fables: Listen to Chinese fables and learn the idioms online, developed by Marlowe Shaeffer and Annie Yang, Jing-Heng Ma, Chinese Department, Wellesley College. Web site at <http://www.wellesley.edu/Chinese/Chinese_Fables/title/title_page.html>.

 

4.      中时电子报ChinaTimes Interactive: A daily news magazine, this site provides current news from all sectors of Taiwan. Web site at http: <//news.chinatimes.com/>.

 

5.      光华杂志Sinorama Magazine: A monthly magazine from Taiwan, with in-depth articles on topics of all interests. Web site in Chinese at: <http://www.sinorama.com.tw/ch/>. Web site in English at <http://www.sinorama.com.tw/en/>.

 

6.      中华网CHINA.COM: A weekly news magazine, this site provides current news from all sectors of China. Web site at <http://chinese.china.com/zh_cn/>.

 

7.      人民网People’s Daily Online: The nation-wide newspaper from PRC. Web site at <http://www.peopledaily.com.cn/>.

 

8.      中国大全迷津指点ChinaSite.Com A complete reference to China/China-related web sites with links, descriptions and ratings. A good starting point for web research. Web site at <http://www.chinasite.com/>.

 

9.      Sending and receiving email in Chinese: http://newton.uor.edu/Departments&Programs/AsianStudiesDept/Language/chinese_emailsummary.html

 

10.      Chinese news media and more: http://chinastudygroup.org

 

字典 Dictionary

 

1.      Concise English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary, Revised, Oxford University Press.

 

2.      Online Chinese Dictionaries: Four reliable online dictionaries are listed on our web site. Try: http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/Lindict/

 

For a complete list of online dictionaries visit Prof. Tianwei Xie’s link at <http://www.csulb.edu/~txie/online2.htm#dictionary>.