Chin& 221 / 222/ 223 - Chinese 4 / 5 / 6
Item #: 1426/1427/1428
Fall 2014
Instructor: WEIHONG GEIGER
E-mail: wei.geiger@bellevuecollege.edu
Phone: 425-564-2755
Office location: A245 F
Office Hours: Wednesdays: 10:30am – 2:30pm & by appointment
Online office hours: Thursdays: 10:30am -11:30am
Course Information
Course description and outcomes
Reviews and expands basic, first-year Chinese skills. Student increase their understanding of
Chinese grammar, expand vocabulary, and improve productive and receptive language skills within
a cultural context.
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)
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.
Take your tests
on time. they are no make up tests in this class.
Pay attention to any announcements on the class site.
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.
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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
Active Chinese
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An eBook,
ActiveChinese website: http://www.activechinese.com/login.jsp
(Textbook, workbook, and MP3 files included)
BC students only
pay $65 for a 1 academic year online account. It is for BC 221,222,223
students.
Go to
ActiveChinesesite to purchase an order: https://www.paypal.com/cgibin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=KDXC76CL7W99Q
ActiveChinese.com HELP DESK:
Office: 866-417-4265
Email: support@activechinese.com
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 Blackboard Vista 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 Blackboard Vista.
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 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) 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 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:
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
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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 during the quarter.
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Quiz 1: lesson 1,2,3
Quiz 2: lesson 4,5,6
Quiz 3: lesson 7 final test
You can find the quiz schedule on the 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 5%): 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, or missing 25 class or more
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
info 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
the Disability Resource Center (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
Week2
Review and start lesson 1
We have 7 lessons to cover during 10 weeks.
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Week 10
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Quiz 1: lesson 1,2,3
Quiz 2: lesson 4,5,6
Quiz 3: final
Please see the blackboard-Vista Calendar for details
You can find the test schedule on the class site calendar.
Week11
review / essay
This schedule may change due to class progress
(see the online Chinese class site for more details)