Chinese 4412 Syllabus
Spring, 2016
Time:
Monday, Wednesday, Friday 12:20—1:10
Location:
189 Rockefeller Hall
Instructor:
Felicia Qiuyun Teng (Teng Laoshi )
360 Rockefeller Hall
qt11@cornell.edu
254-6585
Course Website
http://lrc.cornell.edu/asian/courses/ch/chin411
Office Hours:
Monday 11:00 -- 12:00, 1:30 –2:20; 3:30 – 4:30;
Wednesday 11:00 -- 12:00, 1:30 –2:20 (or by appointment)
Chinese 4412 is an advanced Chinese course devoted primarily to reading and
discussing literature and culturally related topics in Chinese. The main purposes of this
course are to enlarge students’ vocabulary; to increase students’ reading speed; to
improve students’ reading comprehension; to maintain students’ conversation skills
through individual presentation, group discussion, and class debate; and to enhance
students’ writing ability through composition assignments, and a writing project.
After taking this 4-credit course, students can expect to be able to read Chinese
short stories with the aid of a dictionary. Students can also expect to increase their
knowledge of Chinese culture, history, and modern society through classroom reading,
and out of classroom assignments.
The intensive reading assignments are from the textbook 《Crossing Cultural
Boundaries 文化纵横观》by Kunshan Carolyn Lee, Hsin-Hsin Liang, Liwei Jiao and
Julian K Wheatley, and 《成语故事》compiled by Felicia Qiuyun Teng; The extensive
reading assignments are from《Capturing Chinese, Short Stories From 鲁迅呐喊》
Edited By Kevin Nadolny.
The supplementary reading assignments are from
《Advanced Chinese Reader (Focus on Fiction) 》 by Felicia Qiuyun Teng (check the
course web site for the audio version and the details).
Students registering for this course must have a grade of at least B+ in Chinese
4411 or its equivalent. (Consult with the instructor if your grade is lower than B+ but
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still interested in taking this course). This course meets three times weekly for 4 credits.
Grading is based on:
Preparation, participation, and class performance:
5 x 38 = 190
(38%)
Compositions:
30 x 3 = 90
(18%)
Class presentation:
35 x 2
= 70
(14%)
Tests:
50 x 2 = 100
(20%)
50
(10%)
Final project:
Total
500
Grade Scale:
450 --- 500
A
>490 A+
<470
A-
400 --- 449.5
B
>433
B+
<416
B-
350 --- 399.5
C
>383
C+
<366
C-
300 --- 349.5
D
>333
D+
<316
D-
< 300
F
Missing more than 6 classes means an automatic fail.
Academic Integrity:
All students are held responsible for maintaining academic honesty in their work for
this course according to the Cornell University Guidelines on Academic Integrity.
These guidelines may be found at http://cuinfo.cornell.edu/Academic/AIC.html. All
of the work you do for this course, including homework and exams, must be your
own, and all quizzes and exams are closed-book. Any student found to have signed
another student as present at a class, copied homework, or cheated on a test will be
disciplined according to Cornell University guidelines.
University Policy:
Together with all members of this Department, I respect and uphold University
policies and regulations pertaining to racial or ethnic discrimination, sexual
harassment, assistance available to handicapped, visually and/or hearing impaired
students, the observation of religious holidays, and plagiarism. All students are
advised to become familiar with the respective University regulations and
encouraged to bring any questions or concerns to my attention.
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