CHINESE 122 Online - Beginning First Year Chinese Syllabus
Item #: 1430
winter 2015
Instructor: WEI GEIGER
E-mail: wei.geiger@bellevuecollege.edu
Phone: 425-564-2755
Office location:A245F
Office Hours:
Mondays 10:30 am – 2:30 pm & by appointment
Thursday, 10:30 -11:30 online office hours.
Course Information
Course description and outcomes
Develops basic functional language ability in spoken and written Chinese. Students practice sounds
and tones, vocabulary, and grammatical constructions. Students learn both traditional and simplified
characters and practice using Chinese in authentic situations.
Course outcomes:
http://bellevuecollege.edu/cps/proposals/lo.aspx
How to succeed in this course:
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Spend at least 10 hours to study each lesson. Complete the flash
lessons (dialogues,
language points are important). Learn how to use the
EBook.
Practice listening, speaking, reading, writing Chinese. Use the
textbook and workbook to
review the lesson and answer questions. Please read
the textbook dialogue 15 minutes a
day.
Make sure you know you have two kinds of homework - writing and
speaking
Do your homework; this is the most important part of the learning!
Turn in your assignments on time. Late
or unfinished assignments will have points
deducted, and will only get 5
out of 10 points.
Pay attention to any announcements on the class site.
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Review homework, (tests) slides for each lesson. I will post the
general mistakes from your
homework and test.
Make good use of your time with your instructor, and our tutoring
center.
If you decide to submit your verbal homework as recordings, you
will need a microphone to
attach to your computer, as well as a simple
recording utility. For more information on
recording your spoken voice on
your computer, see the information within "Submitting Your
Homework".
Go to BC Tutoring Center, BC Chinese Culture Clubs to practice
speaking.
Use your BC E-mail.
All communications between student and staff or faculty will be required to use the BC Student Email. Here is the online instructions link:
http://bellevuecollege.edu/students/email/
Tutoring Center:
Find the group tutoring schedule at www.bellevuecollege.edu/tutoring
Tutoring Center is in D 204
We also have BC Chinese Culture Clubs and Language Exchange Program students can help you
to practices your pronunciation.
They are Chinese students at BC and UW. I will post the detailed information on the class site.
Books and Materials Required
ActiveChinese is our eBook.
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ActiveChinese
website: http://www.activechinese.com/login.jsp
(Textbook, workbook, characters book and MP3 files included)
BC students
only pay $65 for a 1 academic year online account. It is for BC 121,122,123
class students.
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Go to ActiveChinesesite to purchase an
order: http://www.activechinese.com/school/BCchoosePackageDetail.jsp?selectOption=SCHO
OL_0&promoCode=BC&cm1=1&cm2=2
Make sure to enter the email address that is going to be used as login when prompted during the
payment process. The on-line access will be provisioned by ActiveChinese customer service within
48 hours. A confirmation email will be sent to the student.
Optional Materials:
Chinese-English dictionary
Free Chinese learning websites:
http://english.cntv.cn/learnchinese/ (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.)
ActiveChinese.com HELP DESK:
Office: 866-417-4265
Email: support@activechinese.com
Canvas site questions:
Distance Education Office: 425-564-2438,
Online at http://bellevuecollege.edu/distance
Necessary technology
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You will need to have access to
a computer and an internet connection to complete this
course.
The course site is accessed via
the Web. You can use the Web browser of your choice as
long as it is
supported by the Canvas
site course
management system. Be sure to
check out the "Online Learning
Resources" materials in the "Getting Started" section
of
this web site to ensure that your equipment and browser are formatted to
work with
Canvas
site.
If you are using a
Windows-based computer, audio files supplied by the instructor (in
the
event that you need recorded feedback) will be sent to you as “.wmv” files
(Windows
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Media format). These should play back without issue using the
built-in Windows Media
Player.
If you are using a
Macintosh-based computer, and receive recorded feedback from
the
instructor, you may need to download a free utility to convert files
between the .wmv
format and Quicktime. This utility can be found at http://www.flip4mac.com
If you decide to submit your
verbal homework as recordings, you will need a microphone to
attach to
your computer, as well as a simple recording utility. For more information
on
recording your spoken voice on your computer, see the information
within "Submitting Your
Homework".
Course Requirements Grade system
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Assignments (60% of your final grade)
Please use Canvas
site only to send your homework.
Due dates for all assignments are
posted within each lesson module, on the calendar
below and also on the
site calendar. It’s important that you keep up with your assignments.
They
are the most important part of the learning. Homework will be assigned for
every
lesson. In order to
receive full points, homework must be turned in on time with the
correct
answers. Late or unfinished assignments will have points deducted, and
will only
get 5 out of 10 points. (see the online Chinese class site for more details)
The assignments for this course consist of two kinds of homework:
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Written
homework:
Please use Canvas site only
to send your homework.
the written assignments are from
your workbook, so you can access them on the
eBook; they are also posted
as downloadable Word documents within each lesson module
on our course
website. Once they are completed, you can attach them to an email and
send
them to the instructor on this site. Instruction on how to attach files
to emails can
be found by following this path: Writing HW > Submit
Assignment > Browse > Submit
Assignment
Please
use Chinese characters to do your writing homework. If you do not know how
to
type Chinese characters, please go to "first week of class"
Verbal
homework:
it is highly recommended that you record yourself reading
dialogue.
Selected lessons will require that you demonstrate your speaking ability
for the
instructor. Please practice
reading your speaking homework aloud a few times before you
send
it. Pronunciation mistakes will lose one or two points in the speaking homework.
Instruction on how to attach
files to emails can be found by following this path:speaking
HW > Submit Assignment > record / upload Media > Submit Assignment
(see the online Chinese class site for more details)
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Tests
and Quizzes (40% of your final grade) There will be three quizzes
quarter.
o Quiz 1: lesson 9, 10 and 11
o Quiz 2: lesson 12,13 and 14
o Quiz 3: lesson 15 and 16
during the
You can find the quiz schedule on the class site calendar.
All tests will be opened for 36 hours; you can take your test any time during the 36 hours.
There are no make up tests!
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Other
assignments (extra credit 2%): This will be posted in the middle of
the quarter.
Grading System:
A = 94-100%
A- = 90-93%
B+ = 87 - 89%
B = 83 – 86%
B- = 80 – 82%
C+ = 77 – 79%
C = 73 – 76%
C- = 70 – 72%
D+ = 67 – 69%
D = 60 – 66%
F = 59% and below
Classroom Learning Atmosphere
Classroom Environment:
Please read the
Please read the Arts & Humanities Division Policy: http://bellevuecollege.edu/ArtsHum/policy.html for
full details on your classroom responsibilities.
Part of your classroom responsibilities involves professional behavior toward the instructor,
colleagues, and the class itself. Disruptive behavior is disrespectful behavior.
When you are in doubt about any behavior, consult your instructor during office hours: we recognize
the judgment of the instructor as the final authority in these matters.
When disruptive behavior occurs, instructors will speak to or e-mail the students concerned. Those
students are then responsible for ending the disruptions at once. Failure to do so may result in
removal of the students from class.
Please feel free to contact me with any concerns you have regarding this class.
Please find the division statements:
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Information about
Bellevue Colleges copyright guidelines can be found at:
http://bellevuecollege.edu/lmc/links/copyright.html
the Arts & Humanities Division
Policy: http://bellevuecollege.edu/ArtsHum/policy.html
infor about Plagiarism: http://bellevuecollege.edu/writinglab/Plagiarism.html
Affirmation of Inclusion
Bellevue College is committed to maintaining an environment in which every member of the campus
community feels welcome to participate in the life of the college, free from harassment and
discrimination.
We value our different backgrounds at Bellevue College, and students, faculty, staff members, and
administrators are to treat one another with dignity and respect.
http://bellevuecollege.edu/about/goals/inclusion.asp
Student Code
“Cheating, stealing and plagiarizing (using the ideas or words of another as one’s own without
crediting the source) and inappropriate/disruptive classroom behavior are violations of the Student
Code of Conduct at Bellevue College. Examples of unacceptable behavior include, but are not
limited to: talking out of turn, arriving late or leaving early without a valid reason, allowing cell
phones/pagers to ring, and inappropriate behavior toward the instructor or classmates. The
instructor can refer any violation of the Student Code of Conduct to the Vice President of Student
Services for possible probation or suspension from Bellevue College. Specific student rights,
responsibilities and appeal procedures are listed in the Student Code of Conduct, available in the
office of the Vice President of Student Services.” The Student Code, Policy 2050, in its entirety is
located at: http://bellevuecollege.edu/policies/2/2050_Student_Code.asp
Important Links
Bellevue College E-mail and access to MyBC
The Language Lab – A244 - is opened for all world language students. The open hours are posted
on the door.
All students registered for classes at Bellevue College are entitled to a network and e-mail
account. Your student network account can be used to access your student e-mail, log in to
computers in labs and classrooms, connect to the BC wireless network and log in to MyBC. To
create your account, go to: https://bellevuecollege.edu/sam .
BC offers a wide variety of computer and learning labs to enhance learning and student success.
Find current campus locations for all student labs by visiting the Computing Services website.
Disability Resource Center (DRC)
Students with disabilities who have accommodation needs are required to meet with the Director of
theDisabilityResourceCenter(in Room B132) to establish their eligibility for accommodation.
The Disability Resource Center serves students with a wide array of learning challenges and
disabilities. If you are a student who has a disability or learning challenge for which you have
documentation or have seen someone for treatment and if you feel you may need accommodations
in order to be successful in college, please contact us as soon as possible.
The DRC office is located in B 132 or you can call our reception desk at 425.564.2498. Deaf
students can reach us by video phone at 425-440-2025 or by TTY at 425-564-4110.
Please visit our website for application information into our program and other helpful links at
www.bellevuecollege.edu/drc
Public Safety
The Bellevue College (BC) Public Safety Department’s well trained and courteous noncommissioned staff provides personal safety, security, crime prevention, preliminary investigations,
and other services to the campus community, 24 hours per day,7 days per week. Their phone
number is 425.564.2400. The Public Safety website is your one-stop resource for campus
emergency preparedness information, campus closure announcements and critical information in the
event of an emergency. Public Safety is located in K100 and on the web at:
http://bellevuecollege.edu/publicsafety/
Academic Calendar
The Bellevue College Academic Calendar is separated into two calendars. They provide information
about holidays, closures and important enrollment dates such as the finals schedule.
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Enrollment Calendar - http://bellevuecollege.edu/enrollment/calendar/deadlines/.
On
this calendar you will find admissions and registration dates and
important dates for
withdrawing and receiving tuition refunds.
College Calendar http://bellevuecollege.edu/enrollment/calendar/holidays/0910.asp.
This calendar gives
you the
year at a glance and includes college holidays, scheduled closures,
quarter end
and start dates, and final exam dates.
Course Calendar (see day by day schedule on the class site.)
Week 1
Testing website function
Review and start lesson 9
Week2
We have 8 lessons to cover during 10 weeks.
To
Quiz one: lesson 9,10 and 11
Week 11
Quiz two: lesson 12,13 and 14
Quiz three: lesson 15 and 16
Please see the Canvas Calendar for details
Final Exam
You can find the test schedule on the class site calendar.
(see the online Chinese class site for more details)