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Elementary Chinese 1
Instructor: Dr. (Xiu-Zhi) Zoe Wu
Office: W105G
Mailbox: C247
Phone: 626-585-3274
E-mail address: xzwu@pasadena.edu
Office Hours: M/W/F 3:35-4:35pm; T/Th 6:10-7:10pm; M 6:50-7:20pm
Description:
This course is designed for the students who have little or no previous Mandarin Chinese
experience. It is conducted in a conversation-oriented setting. The class will practice, discuss,
and exchange information together in a simulated Chinese-speaking environment. Students will
acquire the basic communicative skills which are essential in contemporary Chinese speaking
communities.
Student Learning Outcomes:
After the completion of this course, students will be able to perform the following tasks:
1. Listening and Speaking: Apply basic vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation to understand
and produce minimal courtesies, narratives, and descriptions on the topics of personal
information, family, school, and daily routine.
2. Reading: Recognize high frequency characters in short written texts to comprehend specific
details related to personal identification, family, school, and daily routine to meet immediate
needs.
3. Writing: When given writing tasks such as application forms, short notes, and phone or email
messages, produce basic strokes of characters and supply information from memory about
personal identification, family, school, and daily routine.
4. Culture: Demonstrate awareness of the most common Chinese cultural practices and
traditions such as greetings, forms of address, and the educational system.
Textbooks:
1. Yao, T. and Liu, Y. Integrated Chinese, Trad. Char 3rd Ed., Textbook
2. Yao, T and Liu, Y. Integrated Chinese, Trad. Char. 3rd Ed., Workbook
Class Meetings:
1. Attendance is an essential course requirement. Active participation in classroom activities is
expected. In addition to the discussion of sections from the textbook, classroom activities
include practice of vocabulary and patterns, simulated dialogues and group-based tasks.
2. Lab hours will be conducted in D301, the Foreign Languages Lab. The actual hours will be
announced in class. Students may practice their spoken and written Chinese during the lab.
They are also encouraged to practice these exercises at home by using their own home
computer.
3. Please come to class on time. Leaving early or arriving late will be considered as ½ class
absence. 10 hours of absences may result in a lower grade by one letter grade.
4. The instructor will not be responsible for students who are not informed of homework or do
not receive handouts due to absences. It is the student's responsibility to obtain lecture notes
or homework assignments from the Blackboard site (pcc.blackboard.com), from the
instructor, or from other students in class. Students are not to use a prior absence as an
excuse for missing subsequent work.
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5. Please turn off your cellular phones during class.
Quizzes, Tests and Exams:
1. There are 2-3 vocabulary quizzes and one review test for each lesson. The quizzes are short
preparatory quizzes on vocabulary. The review test follows the completion of each lesson.
2. A comprehensive final exam will be given at the end of the semester. There will be no makeup for the final exam.
3. Be sure to be on time for the quizzes/tests/exam. Students who are late will not be given
more time and the missed parts of the quizzes/tests/exam will not be repeated for them.
4. There will be no make-ups for quizzes. For lesson tests, if a documented emergency occurs,
a student will be allowed to reschedule or make up a test. This will only be permitted ONCE
(per student) per semester. A rescheduled test must be taken within one week of its original
scheduled date and will receive a 10% deduction
Homework: will be announced in class
1. Homework assignments will consist of a variety of exercises which will help the students
improve their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills.
2. Late homework will only be accepted if submitted in the next class meeting and will receive a
10% deduction.
Presentations:
There will be 2-3 oral presentations on topics related to the lessons covered. Details of the
presentations are included in the course reader. Discussion of the script with the instructor is
encouraged before the oral presentation.
Note:
*
Plagiarism and cheating undermine the fundamental goals of higher education and will not be
tolerated. A first instance of academic dishonesty will result in an F for the test/assignment
and a second instance will result in an F for the course.
Grading System: Passing to the next level requires a grade of C or higher.
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6.
Homework & assignments
Vocabulary Quizzes
Lesson tests
Final exam
Presentations
Class participation
Total
20%
20%
20%
15%
15%
10%
100%
100-90: A 89-80: B 79-70: C 69-60: D Less than 60: F
Chinese Language Program Website: http://www.pasadena.edu/Chinese
 language resources -> Integrated Chinese -> web Resources for IC
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Tentative Schedule
(Changes may be announced during the semester)
Date
2/23, 2/25, 2/28, 3/2
3/4, 3/7, 3/9, 3/11,
3/14
3/16, 3/18, 3/21, 3/23,
3/25
3/28, 3/30, 4/1, 4/4,
4/6, 4/8
4/11
4/13, 4/15, (4/18),
(4/20), (4/22), 4/25,
4/27, 4/29
Lessons & Topics
Introduction to Chinese
phonetic and writing systems,
Useful expressions
2/28: Q (tones); 3/2: Q
(radicals/numerals)
L1: Greetings
3/7: Q1.1; 3/9: Q1.2; 3/11: HW1; 3/14:
Q (sound)
L2: Family
L3: Dates and Time
3/16: Q2.1a; 3/18: Q2.1b; 3/21: Q2.2;
3/25: HW2, TestL1-L2
3/28: Q3.1a; 3/30: Q3.1b; 4/4: Q3.2
4/8: HW3, TestL3
The 1st oral presentation
L4: Hobbies
(4/18-4/22: Spring Break)
5/2, 5/4, 5/6, 5/9, 5/11 L5: Visiting Friends
5/13, 5/15, 5/18, 5/20, L6: Making Appointments
5/23, 5/25
The 2nd oral presentation
5/27, (5/30)
(M 5/30: Memorial Day)
4/14: Q4.1a; 4/15: Q4.1b; 4/25: Q4.2
4/29: HW4, TestL4
5/2: Q5.1a; 5/4: Q5.1b; 5/6: Q5.2
5/11: HW5, TestL5
5/13: Q6.1a; 5/15: Q6.1b; 5/20: Q6.2
5/25: HW6, TestL6
6/1: Q7.1a; 6/3: Q7.1b; 6/6: Q7.2
6/8: HW7
1-3 pm in R219, Final Exam: L1-L7
6/1, 6/3, 6/6, 6/8, 6/10 L7: Studying Chinese
M 6/13
Tests & Homework