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| CHINESE 1A | FUNDAMNTLS MANDARIN | STAFF | Innovative approach with emphasis on the four fundamental skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing. Taught in Mandarin Chinese using the Pinyin system of Romanization and full form characters. Bi-Weekly quizzes, listening and speaking tests, skits, group activities and final exam. Throughout the quarter, students will (1) Learn to read and write with the Pinyin System; (2) Learn about 400 Chinese characters and 900-1000 phrases; (3) Make sentences with vocabulary and sentence patterns learned in classes; (4) Participate in short dialogues, discussions and conversations; (5) Write notes, dialogues, articles and skits. The goal of this course is to achieve basic proficiency in Mandarin Chinese in order to communicate with speakers of Chinese in daily conversation about common topics and to read short passages about simple matters from both authentic materials and pedagogically prepared materials. Culture notes and knowledge of appropriate behaviors in a Chinese-speaking society will also be introduced. Prerequisite: Chinese Placement Test and Faculty Oral Interview. Authorization to enroll can be obtained in HIB 452. |
| CHINESE 2A | INTERMED MANDARIN | STAFF | The Chinese 2A-2B-2C series will use both authentic materials from a wide variety of sources within the culture and pedagogically-prepared materials to further develop students' listening, speaking, reading and writing skills, and the ability to use the language to communicate in culturally, socially and linguistically appropriate ways. Throughout the series advanced grammatical patterns will be gradually introduced and reviewed. By the end of the series, students are expected to: (1) Develop reading comprehension from a wide selection of authentic materials; (2) Handle reasonably complicated survival situations; (3) read and write paragraph length narrations and descriptions of real life events, as well as expositions and argumentations concerning real or hypothetical issues. Taught completely in Mandarin Chinese using the Pinyin system of Romanization and full form characters. Weekly quizzes and assignments, oral report, and final exam. Classroom activities include open discussions, debates, skits, game playing, movie watching, and group projects. Prerequisite: Completion of Chinese 1C or equivalent; authorization to enroll can be obtained in HIB 452. |
| CHINESE 3A | ADVANCED MANDARIN | PETERSEN, Y. | The Chinese 3A-3B-3C series is a continuation of the Chinese 2 series. Emphasis is placed on advanced conversation to improve the ability to communicate in expected and unexpected situations. Readings are based on modern Chinese prose and newspapers, with focus on academic skills. Emphasis is also placed on self-expression in problem-solving tasks, defense of decisions and classroom discussions. Oral reports, individual and group projects, quizzes, midterm and final examination. Prerequisite: Completion of Chinese 2C or equivalent. Authorization code can be obtained in HIB 452. |
| CHINESE 100A | CLASSICAL CHINESE | FULLER, M. | This course is an introduction to classical Chinese. In this first term we stress the basic syntactic patterns of wenyanwen through the reading of very short, simple texts. To help familiarize students with these patterns, the textbook also provides questions to prepare as well as exercises based on the patterns for each lesson. There will be quizzes to take and translations to hand in on alternating Mondays, but no midterm. The course stresses day-to-day preparation of the material and centers on the syntactic analysis of the texts we read rather than on simply translating the passages. Therefore translations and class participation each contribute 20%; the quizzes and the final exam each are worth 30%. Let me stress, this is not a translation course. It is a course in reading that language we call wenyanwen, and the entire course—including in-class analysis, quizzes, and the final exam—is structured around this emphasis on learning to read wenyanwen on its own terms. Moreover, class participation is more than just showing up: I expect students to have read the material for the day carefully, to have thought about the reading, and be prepared to talk. Students taking this course are expected to have completed at least the equivalent of a third-year level course in modern Chinese, Japanese or Korean. |
| CHINESE 101A | 4TH YEAR MANDARIN | SCRUGGS, B. | This is a course designed for students who have successfully completed Chinese 3C or the equivalent. We will do intensive reading in a variety of genres (short stories, essays, news articles, etc.) The emphasis will be on reading comprehension although considerable attention will also be devoted to writing. A student is expected to preview carefully each reading assignment. There will be frequent pop quizzes, mid and final exams. A student will have to be "screened" by the instructor during the first day of class before he or she is permitted to enroll in this class. |
| CHINESE 290 | INDEPENDENT STUDY | STAFF | |