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Chinese 102: Elementary Chinese II
Instructor: Dr. Xiao-ming Yang, Associate Professor
Office: R -- 223 Phone: 255-0400, ext. 2369
Office Hours:
To be announced
Course objectives
This course, a continuation of CHI 100--Elementary Chinese,
introduces students to spoken Mandarin Chinese with the aid of Pinyin
system and elementary level of reading and writing Chinese characters
(simplified). Upon completing this course, students will be able to
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Differentiate and use the four tones in spoken Chinese.
Master the romanizd Pinyin system.
Conduct simple conversation in standard spoken Chinese.
Write Chinese characters in the correct order of strokes.
Read short essays with the aid of Pinyin.
Write short passages in simplified Chinese characters.
Texts
Liu, Xun, et al. Practical Chinese Readers. (Book I) Hong Kong :
The Commercial Press Ltd., 2000.
Audiotapes of the texts of Practical Chinese Readers to be
purchased from the Humanities Department.
Concise English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary. New York:
Oxford University Press, 1999.
Shi, Shannon. Chinese Workbook. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2001.
Grading
Course grade is derived from the following distribution:
1. mid-term and final exams 50%
2. quizzes 40%
3. attendance and class participation 10%
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Attendance and class participation
You are expected to participate actively in all class activities,
including answering questions about everything you read, and
discussing issues raised during my lecture. Furthermore, to complete the
course successfully, you are expected to attend every class. If you must
be absent from class, you are responsible for making up the work that
you will miss. After three absences, you will receive an absence
warning. Further absence may result in grade penalties or dismissal
from the course.