Syllabus
Course: AP Chinese
Instructor: Xiaobao Li
Class Period: 1st Period
Classroom: 206
Course Description:
AP Chinese is the most advanced Chinese language course we offer. The
course will adopt Level II of Integrated Chinese as its basic textbook (This
set of textbooks is meant for college students.) The course will emphasize
the mastery of Mandarin Chinese in reading, speaking, listening and writing
(in Chinese characters) so classes will be mostly student-centered and
assignments will be speaking, reading and writing intensive. The course will
step up listening comprehension practices and some real world Chinese
materials will be used for reading and listening training. Real world topics
and situations will be given to students for note, letter, message writing and
oral production in the forms of description, narration and speeches. Class
sessions will also be devoted to readings and lectures on Chinese culture.
Through many non-traditional and non-classroom activities, students will
practice their communication and presentation skills through real life
scenarios (See Teaching Strategies.)
To prepare students for AP Chinese Test, the course will align its exercises
with the test in format and content and will also train students in test taking
skills.
Course Objectives:
AP Chinese uses the same textbook as Chinese IV, but AP Chinese will
learn faster, will cover more lessons and will have a lot of supplementary
materials from different sources.
Through training, AP students should be able to carry a conversation on
most common topics in Chinese. They should be able to narrate a complete
story indicated by pictures. They should be able to relay phone or e-mail
messages. AP students are expected to express their inquires and requests
through note or letter writing. On a given topic of Chinese culture, they
should be able to deliver a speech of around 3 minutes.
The intensified listening and speaking practice in class should enable the
students to understand most common topic conversations (at least, where it
takes place and what it is about).
EPAS reading comprehension exercises should prepare the students for
subtle inferential questions and cultural questions.
Textbooks:
Integrated Chinese Level II (Textbook, Character Book and Workbook)
Making Connections
The loss of the textbook will result in a mandatory replacement fee.
Grading Policy:
1. Bellringers, Vocabulary notes and daily homework will carry 10 points
each and will make up 50-60% of the grades. Homework turned in after its
due date will not carry as many points as 10 each. (Homework will be posted
on line.)
2. By the end of the 2nd week in the grading period, the student must have at
least 45% of the homework points or communication between the teacher
and the parents should occur and it is recommended that the student
participate in homework club.
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3. Quizes and tests will make up 30% of the grades.
4. Behavior in class and performance in class activities will make up 10% of
all grades.
The following will result in the loss of behavior and performance
points:
a. Being disruptive and noisy in class
b. Talk in class
c. Use bad language or talk back to the teacher
d. Sleep or study other subjects in a Chinese class
e. Come to class without the textbook (more than once)
f. Do not participate in class activities or can’t do the exercises
g. 3 tardies to the Chinese class will be considered a class “cut”
and two “cuts” in one grading period (4-5 weeks) will significantly
lower your performance points.
5. The final grades will consist of 15-20% of the semester score, 10% of
class behavior and participation score, 25%-30% of the final examination
score and 50% the homework score.
6. Participation in and contribution to Chinese Club activities and Asian
American Heritage Month activities will be highly encouraged and will earn
extra points and service learning hours.
7. Following is JCP’s grading scale:
92-100 = A
83-91 = B 74-82 = C 65-73 = D under 65 = F
8. These are the grades expectations:
A: Indicates learning at the highest level. The student not only has
demonstrated knowledge and understanding of the material with breadth and
depth of understanding. An A indicates work that has gone above and
beyond the expectations of an assignment.
B: The student not only has demonstrated knowledge and understanding of
the material but also applies to the material. The student will be able, on
occasion, to demonstrate an ability to analyze, synthesize, and evaluate the
material.
C: The student has demonstrated a basic knowledge and understanding of
the material and some ability to apply it.
D: The student has demonstrated a limited knowledge and limited
understanding of the material and is not able to apply much of it.
F: The student has not demonstrated knowledge and understanding of the
Material and therefore can not apply it.
Language Lab Regulations:
Since language lab work is an indispensable part of language teaching and
we use the language lab on a weekly basis, it is very important that the
following rules are observed by each student.
1. Remain in your designated seat all the time unless permission is given by
the teacher on account of computer failure.
2. No food or drinks are allowed in the lab.
3. Remain on task in lab classes and no free surfing on the internet is
allowed while in the lab.
4. Take good care of the facilities in the lab. No tampering and no changing
of the existing configurations are allowed.
5. The signing student and parents are responsible for any damages done to
the facilities in the lab assigned the student and therefore if the student
detects any existing damage caused by other students, please report to the
teacher.
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syllabus
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Contact Information:
Phone: 773-534-8600-26064
li_xiaobao@hotmail.com
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