| Course | Title | Instructor | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. Chapter tests on all 4 skills, writing assignments, daily vocabulary quiz, and final exam. Throughout the quarter, students will (1) Learn to read and write with the Pinyin System; (2) Learn about 250 Chinese characters and 400 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: complete Chinese Placement assessment at http://humanities.uci.edu/placement/chinese |
| CHINESE 1MA | FUND CHINESE/BKGRND | STAFF | The Chinese 1MA-1MB-1MC series is designed for heritage learners with no or minimal previous experience in the written language. Both authentic material from a wide variety of sources within the culture and pedagogically-prepared material will be used to develop students' basic literacy skills and the ability to use the language to communicate in culturally, socially and linguistically appropriate ways. Conducted exclusively in Mandarin Chinese using the Pinyin system of Romanization and both traditional (full-form) and simplified characters. Chapter tests, writing assignments, daily vocabulary quiz, and final exam. Prerequisite: complete Chinese Placement assessment at http://humanities.uci.edu/placement/chinese |
| 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. Conducted exclusively in Mandarin Chinese using the Pinyin system of Romanization and both traditional (full-form) and simplified characters. Chapter tests, writing assignments, daily vocabulary quiz, group projects, oral report, and final exam. Prerequisite: Completion of Chinese 1C/1MC or equivalent (complete Chinese Placement assessment at http://humanities.uci.edu/placement/chinese) |
| CHINESE 3A | ADVANCED MANDARIN | STAFF | The Chinese 3A-3B-3C series is a continuation of the Chinese 2 series. Emphasis is placed on advanced conversation and written expression 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. Daily vocabulary quiz, oral reports, individual and group projects, chapter tests, writing assignment, and final examination. Prerequisite: Completion of Chinese 2C/2MC or equivalent (complete Chinese Placement assessment at http://humanities.uci.edu/placement/chinese) |
| 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 classical Chinese 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 Fridays, 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 classical Chinese, and the entire course—including in-class analysis, quizzes, and the final exam—is structured around this emphasis on learning to read classical Chinese 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. |