Course
Objectives
To
consolidate
the foundation which students have built in Chinese for Heritage
Learners
I, to expend their vocabulary, and to introduce
them
to more complex grammatical structures.
The
main
emphesis
of this course is on reading and writing. At the end of the
semester,
students are generally expected to have achieved the following
competences:
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a)
Listening
and speaking:
Ability
to
talk in Chinese on simple topics with relative ease, and to be able to
produce and understand syntactically more complicated senternces
(questions,
answers, and statements)
Ability to gather the general ideas within a paragraph-length speech,
as well as being able to narrate and describe with paragraph-length
discourse
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b)
Reading
and writing:
Ability
to
understand short essays with various combinations of approximately
1,200
characters, and to be able to produce compositions ( a letter, astory,
an essay) formulated by comprehensive paragraphs. |
Textbooks
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Qian He, Yenna Wu and
Ying Petersen:“Me and China”, New York:
McGraw-Hill 2008.
ISBN 0-07-338578-6.
Available at UF Campus Bookstore.
Lesson 9 - 16 will be covered this semester.
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Recommended
References
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Concise
English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary, Oxford University
Press,
1986
Far
East Chinese-English Dictionary, NY: U.S.
International
Publishing Inc. 1992.
Far
East English-Chinese Dictionary, NY: U.S.
International Publishing Inc. 2004 (www.usipusa.com)
A Conversion Table of
Simplified Chinese Characters, Fareastern Publications, Yale
University, New Haven 1970
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Course
Requirements
I.
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Prerequisite
Students must have received a grade of "C" or
higher or S
in CHI 2340 Chinese for Heritage Learners I, or passed Chinese
placement test to be admitted in this class.
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Attendance
Since
language learning is a
cumulative process,
it is essential that students attend all classes. Students are allowed
to have four unexcused absences. Each additional
unexcused
absence after the 4th will result in 1 point deduction
from
the final score.
Please be punctual. If
you are late to class, you will not
be given extra time to complete the exams and quizzes. If you are
more than 5 minutes late three times without your instructor's consent,
they will be counted as one absence. If you are more than
30 minutes late, it
will be considered as one absence.
You may be excused from
the class only if you
provide documented evidence, such as a note
from the doctor, accident report, receipt for car repair etc.
If
you are late or miss class for any reason, it is your responsibility to
contact
your instructor or ask your classmates to find out what you have missed
and
what
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Participation
Students
will
be judged by their performance in class. Students are
expected
to preview lessons, and prepare for classroom activities. Since
this is a four-credit course, students are expected to study for at
least 2 hours every day. Cellular phones, sleeping, doing homework, eating
and talking during
the class are
considered
as disengaged from class activities. Any
absence is considered as no
participation on the absent day. Grading criteria for class
participation will be on a 8 point scale:
8
= excellent
performance; high level of fluency and accuracy; great concentration in
class
7 = very good/strong
performance
with some minor weak areas;
memorized most materials;
no need to refer to textbook; very good concentation in class.
6 = good performance with
some weakness; memorized some
materials; occasional need to
refer to text book; good concentration in class
5 = fair performance, weak
in major area; memorized only
limited materials; frequent need to
refer to textbook; somewhat disengaged from class.
4
= poor performance , weak
in most area, refer constantly
to textbook;very
much
disengaged from class activities
3 = completely unprepared or
disengaged from class
activities
0 = absent. or any
interrrupts to the lecturer
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Homework
All homework
is
due at the beginning of class on the due date. If homework is
turned in at the end of class, it will be checked but not graded. No homework will
be accepted after the due dates indicated on your assigment sheet. Any missing homework assignments will
be graded as 0. In case you must miss class on
the day that an assignment is due, turn it in ahead of time.
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Quizzes
and Tests
Students are required to take online quizzes on E-learning website.
There is
No make-up for any on-line quiz. It is the student’s responsibility to
find a working computer to take the on-line quiz. You can do the
on-line quiz at the language lab (M-F, 1317 Turlington).
In-class quizzes will be given from time to time. The instructor
will announce quiz date in class in advance. Normally, there will be a
test after every two lessons.
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VI.
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Sakai
E-Learning
E-learning is an online Course Management System (CMS) to support study
in and outside of class. Students are required to check the E-learning
CMS for the weekly course schedule, class
and homework assignments and Chinese Hour schedule.
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VII.
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Makeup
Policy
All homework, tests,
quizzes and
oral presentations (individual and group) can be madeup with valid
proof of
illness or emergency etc., or pre-arrangement with the
instructor (for official activities only). It
is your responsibility to
contact your
instructor by email before class time and to schedule a make-up within
three days after returning to class.. |
VIII.
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Chinese
Speaking Policy in Class
You are required to
speak only Chinese
in class. You will sign an honor
pledge at the beginning of the semester regarding speaking only Chinese
in
class. You will have to ask permission
to speak English, if it becomes absolutely necessary. |
IX..
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Academic Honesty
Cheating will not be tolerated. Any students found in violation of the
student honor code will be reported to university officials. Please
refer to the University of Florida Student Honor Code.
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Grading
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Class
attendance & participation
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8%
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Homework |
12% |
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Oral Presentations
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5%
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Projects
(project 1 5%, Project II 10%)
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15% |
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In
class quizzes |
10% |
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Online quizzes
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5%
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Chapters
Tests |
25% |
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Final |
20% |
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Grade
93 - 100 = A+
90 - 92 = A
87 - 89 = B+
83 - 86 = B
80 - 82 = B-
77 - 79 = C+
73 - 76 = C
70 - 72 = C-
67 - 69 = D+
63 - 66 = D
60 - 62 = D-
59 or less = E
Important
Note: A grade of C
or better is considered a passing grade. Students receiving grade
below C (including C-,D+,D,D- and E) will not be permitted to move on
to CHI3410 Advanced Chinese 1.
Special Request:
Students requesting classroom accommodation must first register with
the Dean of Students Office. The Dean of Students Office will
provide
documentation to the students who must then provide this documentation
to the instructor when request accommodation.
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