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Chinese 4
Instructor: Dr. Zoe Wu
Office: W105G
Mailbox: C247
Phone: 626-585-3274
E-mail address: xzwu@pasadena.edu
Office Hours: M/F 3:45-4:45pm; T/Th 6:20-7:20pm; W 3:45-4:15pm; 6:30-7:30pm
Description:
Chinese 4 is an intermediate course designed for students who have successfully completed
Chinese 3 or the equivalent. This course will enhance students' understanding of Chinese culture
and contemporary Chinese life through in-depth study of various topics and issues, such as food,
recreation, and the changes of life styles. In addition to learning more vocabulary, grammar, and
sentence patterns, students will also apply their Chinese speaking and writing skills to different
projects via the Internet or in the real life situations. This course will be conducted primarily in
Chinese. Students are encouraged to recognize both standard and simplified printed character
forms in reading. Students are also expected to fully participate in oral discussion sessions in
Mandarin.
Student Learning Outcomes:
After the completion of this course, students will be able to perform the following tasks:
1. Listening and Speaking: Apply vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation to understand details
of conversation in descriptive material, fully participate in casual conversations, and give
instructions and simple reports with supporting data.
2. Reading: Comprehend linkages among sentences in simple connected texts, identify key facts
and some details in carefully written personal communication and in descriptive material on
daily life and news events, and comprehend the use of shumianyu (grammatical elements
from Classical Chinese) in modern formal writings.
3. Writing: Demonstrate sustained control of complex structures to produce routine social
correspondence and write about familiar topics by means of narratives and descriptions of a
factual nature, such as food preferences, recreation activities, cultural sites, and Chinese
values.
4. Culture: Demonstrate awareness of the common Chinese celebrations, taboos, cuisines,
courtesy in formal occasions, and China’s multi-ethnic culture.
Texts:
1. JiāYóu: Chinese for the Global Community, Vol. 1, Textbook, by Jialu Xu, Fu Chen,
Ruojiang Wang, and Ruiping Zhu. Cengage Learning Asia Pte Ltd. and Beijing Normal
University Press, 2008.
2. Homework assignments available at bb-pcc.blackboard.com for registered students.
3. Chinese-English, English-Chinese dictionary
Class Meetings:
1. Attendance and active participation is an essential course requirement. Students are expected
to complete reading assignments before coming to class and be prepared to discuss them at
each session.
2. Please come to class on time. Leaving early or arriving late will be considered as 1/3 class
absence. 10 hours of absences may result in a lower grade by one letter grade.
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3. 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.
4. Please turn off your cellular phones during class.
Quizzes, Tests and Exams:
1. There will 2 vocabulary quizzes for each lesson and one review test for each unit. The quiz
is given before a new lesson is presented, and the review test follows the completion of each
unit.
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 and Assignments:
1. Homework assignments will be announced in class.
2. Late homework/assignments will only be accepted if submitted in the next class meeting and
will receive a 10% deduction.
Oral Evaluations and Group Projects:
1. For each lesson, there will be 1-2 oral evaluations during class.
2. There will be 2 group projects and presentations on cultural topics related to the lessons
covered. Details of the presentations will be discussed in class.
3. Students are strongly encouraged to use diverse resources and presentation tools, such as
computers, charts, and posters, etc., to deliver their presentations.
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:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Homework & assignments
20%
Vocabulary quizzes
20%
Unit tests
20%
Final exam
15%
Oral evaluations and group projects 15%
Class participation
10%
Total
100%
100-90: A 89-80: B 79-70: C 69-60: D Less than 60: F
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Tentative Schedule
Date
Lesson
Notes
8/30
Introduction to Chinese 4
Students’ Self-Introduction, NJStar
9/1, 9/6, 9/8,
9/13, 9/15
Unit 1: Sports and Fitness
L1: Shaolin Kung Fu
L2: What’s Your Favorite Sport?
9/1: QL1a; 9/6: QL1b
9/8: QL2a; 9/13: QL2b
9/15: TestL1-L2, HWL1-L2
9/20, 9/22, 9/27,
9/29, 10/4
Unit 2: Food and Fashion
L3: The Beijing Teahouse
L4: What Should a Bridesmaid
Wear?
9/20: QL3a; 9/22: QL3b
9/27: QL4a; 9/29: QL4b, GP1
Script
10/4: TestL3-L4, HWL3-L4
10/6
1st Group Presentation
10/11, 10/13,
10/18, 10/20,
10/25, 10/27
Unit 3: School and Family
L5: Chinese Is Fun!
L6: My Father, Laoshe
10/13: QL5a; 10/18: QL5b
10/20: QL6a; 10/25: QL6b
10/27: TestL5-L6, HWL5-L6
11/1, 11/3, 11/8,
11/10, 11/15
Unit 4: Festivals and Customs
L7: Celebrating Chinese New Year
L8: Moon Festival
11/1: QL7a; 11/3: QL7b
11/8: QL8a; 11/10: QL8b
11/15: TestL7-L8, HWL7-L8
11/17, 11/22,
(11/24), 11/29,
12/1
Unit 5: Travel and Transportation
L9: Planning a Trip to China
(Th 11/24: Thanksgiving)
11/17: QL9a; 11/22: GP2 Script
11/29: QL9b; 12/1: HWL9
12/6, 12/8
2nd Group Presentation
T 12/13
1-3pm, Final Exam: All the lessons covered in this semester