Advanced Chinese--CHIN 3003(高级班中文)
Fall, 2014 (二零一四年秋季班)
教师: 徐老师
办公室: Room KH 421, 电话: 575-2949
E-mail: xu@uark.edu
上课的时间: MWF 10:45-11:35am
Class Location: Business Bldg 239
Office Hours: MWF 3:00--3:50pm
or by appointment
Course Description:
CHIN 3003 is designed for the students who wish to consolidate and develop their integrated
ability of listening, speaking, reading, and writing Mandarin Chinese. This course will stress on
communicative competence and reading skills. The course is going to be conducted primarily in
Mandarin Chinese.
It is the key to success for students to prepare for each class in advance; to actively participate
in class activities; to complete all homework assignments on time; to practice in and out of class and
to need your full attendance. Final grades will be based on class attendance, homework assignments,
class presentations, quizzes, and written and oral exams.
Prerequisite: CHIN 2013 or equivalent or permission of instructor.
TIPS TO LEARN CHINESE WELL:
1) Listening to the listening materials 3+ times a day. The shortcut of learning Chinese well
is practicing more on listening and speaking.
2) Reading ALOUD the texts in each chapter 3+ times a day.
3) Going to class on time, not miss any lectures. Be active in class.
4) Studying every chapter before going to class. This semester we are going to learn at least
FIVE chapters.
5) Turning in homework assignments on time for grading.
6) “Tell me, and I forget. Teach me, and I may remember. INVOLVE me, and I will learn!”
--Benjamin Franklin
7) Be proficient at your own language first. It is very important that you know and
understand the "parts of speech". If you can identify what part of speech a word is,
you will be able to understand and practice the syntax (word order, which is different
from English in most cases) of another language.
Course Resources: (Required):
1.Textbook: Tao-chung Yao, etc. Integrated Chinese, Level 2, Part 1, (3rd , Simplified, Edition).
2.Workbook: Tao-chung Yao, etc. Integrated Chinese, Level 2, Part 1, (3rd Simplified, Edition).
3. CharacterWorkbook: Tao-chung Yao, etc. Integrated Chinese, Level 2, Part 1, (3rd Simplified,
Edition). Cheng & Tsui Company.
4. Reading Book: “How Far Away Is the Sun?” Vol. 2 by Weijia Huang, Qun Ao, 2007.
Required On-line Dictionary (Chinese-English and English-Chinese):
http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php
http://www.nciku.com/search/all/competence
http://www.yellowbridge.com/chinese/chinese-dictionary.php
Google Pinyin Input: http://www.google.com/intl/zh-CN/ime/pinyin/
At least five lessons of “Integrated Chinese, Level 2, Part 1” and five chapters
in “How Far Away is the Sun?” will be covered in this semester.
Some Useful Handouts will be distributed by email, or blackboard when necessary.
Xu Laoshi will speak Chinese in class most of time this semester.
Native Chinese language partners are required for this class.
Available Help
(1) Audio CDs on Blackboard: Going with the textbook and workbook.
(2) Language partners (with native Chinese speakers, or with classmates). E-mail Chinese Students
Scholar Association (CSSA) to find a native Chinese partner. CHINSCH@LISTSERV.uark.edu
Actively participating CSSA activities will be a great help.
(3) Chinese Language Lab: Tues. & Thurs. 12:30-1:45pm every week, at JBHT Room 207
Xu Laoshi is in charge of the Chinese Language Lab. It starts on Tuesday 8-26-2014 and ends
on Thursday 12-4-2014.
(4) CLCC (Chinese Language and Culture Club) activities. The leaders are:
President: Austin Bewley: akbewley@uark.edu
Vice President: Lydeah Hong, (Students who register Chinese classes this semester
automatically are CLCC members.)
(5) Reading the book, “The Way of Chinese Characters”, studying the 40 most common
radicals are very helpful for you to memorize the Chinese characters.
(6) Making your own flashcards of the vocabulary for each lesson.
(7) A temporary free Chinese Learning Program: Growing up with Chinese (成长汉语). It is
a very good program. Here is the website: http://cctv.cntv.cn/lm/learningchinese/program/
Inclement Weather Policy
(a) If the University is open, we will have class. For students who have to drive to school,
excuses may be considered acceptable if the road condition is not safe.
(b) Please check the web on http://razalert.uark.edu/13603.php for the weather alerts.
ACADEMIC HONESTY
Academic misconduct will not be tolerated and is subject to a range of possible punishments,
in accordance with the University's policy on academic misconduct. “As a core part of its
mission, the University of Arkansas provides students with the opportunity to further their
educational goals through programs of study and research in an environment that promotes
freedom of inquiry and academic responsibility. Accomplishing this mission is only possible
when intellectual honesty and individual integrity prevail.” “Each University of Arkansas
student is required to be familiar with and abide by the University’s ‘Academic Integrity
Policy’ which may be found at http://provost.uark.edu/ Students with questions about how
these policies apply to a particular course or assignment should immediately contact their
instructor.”
Grading Policy
1) Homework Assignments 作业
= 20%
(a) Homework will be assigned after each class by e-mail.
(b) The homework problems will be discussed in the next following class.
(c) Turning in your homework on time to be graded is your responsibility.
(d) Late homework, 10 points will be deducted on each homework assignment.
(e) Keep the homework complete, clear and clean, +2 points will be added to the completely
finished homework assignment.
(f) For you own records, please write down the homework numbers each time.
2) Quizzes 测验 (cèyàn)
= 25%
In-class quiz and dictations of Hànzì, or sentences:
(a) Dictations of Hanzi, or sentences will be at the beginning of classes.
Please come to class on time.
(b) One in-class Quiz for each chapter will be given.
(c) Each quiz will be about 30 minutes.
(d) The students who are sick need to show the instructor the doctor’s excuse note to take the
make-up quiz without any grade deduction.
(e) The students who miss the class without any excuse notes will have 5 points deduction on
the make-up quiz, unless the student takes the quiz earlier.
(f) Any make-up quizzes need to be done before the next class starts, otherwise, the 10 points
of the quiz grade will be deducted.
3) Class Presentations +Recording + Oral Exam
= 15%
A: The presentations and the Oral Exam will be graded by:
(a) Pronunciation, intonation,
(b) Grammar--sentence structures,
(c) Fluency of speaking,
(d) Performance & Style, all the lines need to be learned by heart.
B: Record your reading of each lesson will graded by:
[Record your reading each lesson (the Dialogue) in a CD, choosing from “Integrated Chinese”
or one chapter from the Reading Book: “How Far Away Is the Sun?”]
(a) Pronunciation, intonation
(b) Speaking in a Chinese speed
(c) Fluency
(d) Contents (more challenging, the scores more high.)
4) One Mid-term Exam 中考
= 15%
(***You will have one more chance if you need to retake the mid-term. The instructor will tell
you the exact retaking time. The better score out of the two given written exams will be
chosen.)
5) Final Exam
大考
= 20%
(10:15-12:15pm, on Monday, Dec. 15, 2014)
6) Class Attendance 出勤 (chū qín)
= 5%
(***Missing 3 classes total in this semester, you will not get this 5%.)
7) Full Class Attendance 出全勤(chū quán qín)
extra 3 points
(a) Requires physically inside the classroom;
(b) Not come late or leave early within 5 minutes, including during the class time;
(c) If you are sick, doctor’s excuse notes will be required;
(d) No doctor’s notes, no extra points.
(8)
Be a Chinese tutor!
extra 1 point
(*** Go to MWF 9:40-10:30am (Old Main 421), or 12:55pm CHIN1003 (Kimpel Hall 210), or
2:00pm CHIN1003 (Kimpel Hall 214) to find an Elementary Chinese student to tutor. Tutoring
CHIN1003 students Chinese you will get can an extra ONE point for your semester grade this
semester.)
Requirements:
(a) Tutoring must be in 6 different times, at least 30 minutes each time;
(b) Note down what you do each time in detail (including when, whom you tutor, what you help
the student to do, how he/she feels, and so on.)
(c) The last but not the least is to make the student sign for you.
(d) No detailed written record, no signature, and then no extra point.
Additional Rules:
(a) Turn off cell phones during the class.
(b) Use a pencil doing homework.
(c) Any written Chinese short essays need to be done by a computer.
Please leave extra space between lines for the grading.
Over 2400 years ago, Confucius declared:
What I hear, I forget.
What I see, I remember.
What I do, I understand.
One more: What I teach to another, I master.
(No curves for the final semester grade)
Emergency Procedures:
Many types of emergencies can occur on campus; instructions for specific emergencies such as
severe weather, active shooter, or fire can be found at emergency.uark.edu.
1) Severe Weather (Tornado Warning):
 Follow the directions of the instructor or emergency personnel
 Seek shelter in the basement or interior room or hallway on the lowest floor, putting as
many walls as possible between you and the outside
 If you are in a multi-story building, and you cannot get to the lowest floor, pick a hallway in
the center of the building
 Stay in the center of the room, away from exterior walls, windows, and doors
2) Violence / Active Shooter (CADD):
 CALL- 9-1-1
 AVOID- If possible, self-evacuate to a safe area outside the building. Follow directions of
police officers.
 DENY- Barricade the door with desk, chairs, bookcases or any items. Move to a place inside
the room where you are not visible. Turn off the lights and remain quiet. Remain there until
told by police it’s safe.
 DEFEND- Use chairs, desks, cell phones or whatever is immediately available to distract
and/or defend yourself and others from attack.