Form #3A – Course Outline Worksheet
Instructions for completing Form #3A are in Section 3.2.4 in the EPC Manual
ARNOLD, MARYLAND
Course Information:
Course Name:
Intermediate Chinese 1
Course Number:
CHI 211
Credit Hours:
3
Initiator:
Scott A. Cooper
School:
Arts & Sciences
Department:
World Languages
Date:
November 27, 2013
EXTERNAL REQUIREMENTS:
GENERAL EDUCATION
INTERNAL REQUIREMENTS:
DIVERSITY
COMPUTING AND INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY COMPETENCY
OTHER:
DEVELOPMENTAL
NONE OF THESE
*Course
Category (ies):
Catalog Description:
CHI 211
Intermediate Chinese 1
3 credit hours—Three hours weekly; one term.
Study vocabulary and grammar to develop speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills in Mandarin Chinese. Master tones
and the recognition and writing of approximately 500 Chinese characters. Discuss Chinese culture and civilization.
Prerequisite: CHI 112 or two years of high school Chinese or permission of department chair.
Note: Not for native speakers.
Division Of Subject Matter:
Lecture
Hours
Main Topics
Pronunciation and Conversation
Vocabulary
Grammar
Listening Comprehension
Reading Skills
Writing Skills
Chinese Culture
Testing
9
8
8
5
5
3
2
5
45
Total
Directed/
Lab
Hours
Practicum/
Clinical
0
0
Directed/
Lab
Practicum/
Clinical
Detailed Course Outline
Main Topic
EPC Form 3 – Revised 7/13
Lecture
Hours
Hours
1.0
Pronunciation and Conversation
1.1
Pronunciation
1.1.1
Pronunciation of four tones in Mandarin
Chinese
1.1.2
Radical word pronunciation
1.1.3
Accuracy in reduplication of adjectives
1.2
Conversation
1.2.1
2.0
3.0
4.0
5.0
6.0
7.0
9
Describing past events
1.2.2
Asking for and giving directions
1.2.3
Extending, accepting, and declining invitations
1.2.4
Planning travel in China
Vocabulary
2.1
Sports, hobbies, and pastimes
2.2
Housing, furniture, and appliances
2.3
Dating and personal relationships
2.4
Health and medical vocabulary
2.5
Modes of transportation
2.6
Hotels and accommodations
Grammar
3.1
Verbs
3.1.1
Review present tense
3.1.2
Future tense
3.1.3
Functional expressions
3.1.4
Verb position in interrogative sentences
3.1.5
Commands and suggestions
3.1.6
Expressing probability with future tense
3.2
Pronouns
3.2.1
Object pronouns
3.2.2
Indefinite pronouns
3.2.3
Relative pronouns
3.3
Comparatives and superlatives
3.4
Adverbs
3.4.1
Adverb formation
3.4.2
Position of adverb in sentence formation
Listening Comprehension
4.1
Listening for the main idea
4.2
Listening for specific information
4.3
Distinguishing different events in different places
Reading Skills
5.1
Reading multiple paragraph prose
5.2
Answering comprehension questions on written texts
Writing Skills
6.1
Review Chinese characters
6.2
Paragraph formation and thesis statements
6.3
Writing about past events
6.4
Writing about future plans
Chinese Culture
7.1
College dorms in China
7.2
Principal cuisines in China
7.3
Western fast food in China
7.4
Climate conditions in China
7.5
Gift giving in China
Testing
Total
EPC Form 3 – Revised 7/13
8
8
5
5
3
2
5
45
0
0
Textbooks
Title
Integrated
Chinese
Level 1 part 2
Author
Publisher
Year of Publication
ISBN
Yuehua Liu and
Tao-Chung Yao
Nyan-Ping Bi
Liangyan Ge
Yaohua Shi
Cheng & Tsui
Company, Inc
2009
978-0-88727-671-2
References (Optional)
*NOTE: Eligibility for any of these categories must be clearly evident from the content of the detailed course
outline.
EPC Form 3 – Revised 7/13