Integrated Mandarin Project
Scholar name: ______________
Dear collegiate scholars,
Now you have been learning Mandarin Chinese for eight months. I appreciate your patience,
excitement, and great efforts. This final project is designed for you to organize what you have
learned so far, and get prepared for the next stage of learning.
In this project, you need to go back and review all your notes you have been taking in Mandarin
class, and complete a reflection essay. This essay will represent your personal learning
experience in this class. Your purpose is to show what you know, and introduce Chinese to
those who are interested in but haven't learned it before. It needs to be titled as “What I have
learned in Mandarin—your name”, typed in New Times Roman 12pt, double-spaced, no less
than 2 pages, and send to Ms. Tang’s email address: ytang@glacharter.org. It’s worth 150 pts
project grade, and due May 28th, 2014 by midnight.
The essay needs to cover at least five content aspects chosen from the following topics:
1.
2.
3.
4.
GLA Jewels and school pledge in Chinese.
Three holidays you know about China.
What do you know about Americanized Chinese food.
Chinese alphabet: the initials and finals. Pick 10 distinguished ones, and introduce their
sounds and characteristics.
5. How to say up to four-digit numbers in Chinese. Please explain and give 3 examples.
6. How to say the different countries and occupations in Chinese. Please give 5 examples
respectively.
7. How to introduce your name, your nationality, your school, and your family in Chinese.
Please write a self-introduction paragraph containing this information.
8. How to say the date, days of the week, and time in Chinese. Please explain and give 2
examples.
9. How to introduce weather in Chinese. Please find a real weather forecast report as an
example, and introduce it in Chinese.
10. How to ask Yes/no questions and how to answer it. Please explain and give 2 examples.
11. What’s your impression towards Chinese characters? Write at least 7 characters and
introduce their meanings.
Rubric
Teacher name: Ms. Tang
Sentence structure,
grammar, &spelling
Content
coverage
Introduction
and
conclusion
Organization
Content
Accuracy
Expert
21-25
pts
All content is
accurate.
Skilled
16-20
pts
Emergent
11-15 pts
Novice
5-10
pts
Most of the
content is
accurate. 1
piece of
information is
inaccurate
Most content
information is
clearly
organized. No
introduction is
included.
The content is
generally accurate. 2
or 3 pieces of
information are
inaccurate.
Most of the
content is
inaccurate.
A vague organization
can be detected.
There is no
clear
organization
of information.
The essay has
an introduction
and a
conclusion, but
not well
developed.
The essay misses
either introduction or
conclusion.
The essay
misses both
introduction
and
conclusion.
The essay
covers five
content
aspects.
The essay
covers four
content
aspects.
The essay covers
two to three content
aspects.
The essay
covers just
one content
aspect.
All sentences
are well
constructed.
The author
makes no
errors in
grammar,
mechanics and
spelling.
Most
sentences are
well
constructed.
The author
makes a few
errors in
grammar and
spelling.
Most sentences are
well constructed.
The
author makes
several
errors in grammar,
mechanics, and
spelling that interfere
with understanding.
Sentences are
distractingly
awkward. The
author makes
numerous
errors in
grammar and
spelling.
Content
information is
organized in a
clear way,
which is clearly
introduced at
the beginning.
The essay has
a clear and
introduction
and strong
conclusion.
Voice and
tone
The essay is
sincere and
easy to read. It
completely
holds the
readers
interest.
The essay is
generally
sincere and
easy to read.
The essay is not
developed in a
systematic way,
which makes it hard
to read through.
The essay is
boring, and
not worthy
reading.
Final grade:
Below is a brief structure you may refer to:
What I have learned in Mandarin—Ms. Tang
(1st part: introduction.)
Talk about your personal feeling. What is your overall experience? What was your
thought before you began learning it? Why do you think you need to learn it?
(2nd part: body.)
Choose 5 topics from the list above. Talk about them briefly first, and expand in details.
Ex: I’ve learned how to ask yes/no questions and how to answer such questions in
Chinese. It takes 3 steps to translate a yes/no question from English to Chinese: 1…2…3…
(explain the steps) and this is how to answer it…(explain the way to answer it). Take the
sentences below as examples (two examples):
1. Are you a student?
ni shi xue sheng ma?
Yes: shi.
No: bu shi.
2. Do you like Philadelphia?
Ni xi huan fei cheng ma?
Yes: shi.
No: bu shi.
(3rd part: conclusion.)
Conclude about what you have learned so far. What’s your expectation towards Chinese
learning? Why do you think it’s important? Does it prove to be helpful? How? Do you plan to
continue learning it in the future? Why or why not?