The Evergreen State College

Chinese, Beginning & Intermediate

Syllabus 課程介紹
SPRING, 2010
(Tuesday & Thursday 5:30-7:30, Lib. 1003 and 1005, & Computer Lab)

Course website at: <http://academic.evergreen.edu/curricular/learnchinese/>

Course Description
This Chinese course will continue to emphasize the mastery of standard Chinese pronunciation and the building of useful vocabularies. Students will learn to build on their knowledge of modern Mandarin Chinese through vigorous interactive practice and small group activities. The class is fast-paced with use of internet and computerized software to accelerate the learning. Chinese history and culture will be included as it relates to each language lesson. Both traditional and simplified Chinese characters will be introduced and practiced throughout the course.

Text, Workbook and Online Materials
Integrated Chinese (IC), Tao-chung Yao, Yuehua Liu, Boston, Cheng & Tusi Company, 2009.

The Level 1 Part 1 and Level 1 Part 2 IC are comprised of three volumes: (available at the Bookstore)

• Textbook (Level 1 Part 1; level 1 Part 2 Traditional and Simplified Character Edition)
• Workbook (Level 1 Part 1; level 1 Part 2 Traditional and Simplified Character Edition)
• Character Workbook (Level 1 Part 1; level 1 Part 2 Traditional and Simplified Character Edition)

Online supplementary materials:

• Beginning Chinese Language at <http://trc.ucdavis.edu/msjacob/chn1>: first-year course web site on IC developed by Mary Jacob at U. C. Davis.
• Integrated Chinese website at <http://eall.hawaii.edu/yao/ICUsers/>.http://eall.hawaii.edu/Yao/ICUsers/

Online supplementary materials:

• Integrated Chinese at <http://www.language.berkeley.edu/ic/>.
• Integrated Chinese website at <http://eall.hawaii.edu/yao/ICUsers/> & <http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/chinese/ICL1P2.html>.
• UC Davis has a great page on Tips for Learning Chinese for beginners.  If you need to set up your personal computer to view Chinese, use the resources listed on this program web site, such as http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/chinese/ChineseXP.htm. For animated Chinese characters writing check out University of Southern California's page on Download Chinese Character writing.

Objectives
The goal of this program is to help students acquire Chinese communicative skills and to introduce students to Chinese Culture. In addition to cover the lessons in Integrated Chinese, a broad spectrum of life in Chinese societies will be introduced as we proceed with each lesson. Cultural notes and media programs regarding Chinese traditions and customs will also be incorporated. Please check out course website for links to various web resources. Web site at: <http://academic.evergreen.edu/curricular/learnchinese/>.

Attendance Policies and Credits

• For language learning, every class is important. The pace of the class will be fast and steady. You should not miss any class. You will receive full credits based upon satisfactory and on-time completion of all course requirements and assignments. Credit denial decisions will be made by the faculty. Partial credit will rarely be awarded. Plagiarism, failing to complete one or more assignments, completing more than one assignment late (without having made special arrangements in advance of the due date) or more than two non-excused absences, may constitute automatic denial of credit.

Tapes & Assignments

• You can check out audio recorders/players or digital audio recorders and headphones from Media Loan to aid in your practice. Additional supplemental materials, resources and CDs are available for your use on the reserve shelf in the TESC Library and the Language Lab.

• Assignments will be reviewed and checked in class by the faculty or authorized teaching assistants. Your effort and participation will be recorded.

• You should always hand in homework on time. I will accept late homework assignments, but only with prior communication from you.

SPRING SCHEDULE

辅助教材 Resources for Supplementary Materials

In addition to the textbook, other materials (stories, poems, articles, news broadcasts, films and songs, etc.) will also be used. Some are selected from other textbooks; some can be found from the following Internet sources:

1.      银视网WECTV: This site includes many Chinese Internet broadcast channels providing on-line access to live and pre-recorded programs produced by major TV and radio stations from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and U.S. Web site at <http://www.wcetv.com/new/main.asp>.

2.      Univ. of Virginia Chinese Language and Literature: This site includes a variety of reading materials, from student compositions, magazine articles to classical poems and stories, developed by Anne Behnke-Kinney and Helen Shen at Univ. of Virginia. Web site at <http://faculty.virginia.edu/cll/>.

3.      Learn Chinese Fables: Listen to Chinese fables and learn the idioms online, developed by Marlowe Shaeffer and Annie Yang, Jing-Heng Ma, Chinese Department, Wellesley College. Web site at <http://www.wellesley.edu/Chinese/Chinese_Fables/title/title_page.html>.

4.      中时电子报ChinaTimes Interactive: A daily news magazine, this site provides current news from all sectors of Taiwan. Web site at http: <//news.chinatimes.com/>.

5.      光华杂志Sinorama Magazine: A monthly magazine from Taiwan, with in-depth articles on topics of all interests. Web site in Chinese at: <http://www.sinorama.com.tw/ch/>. Web site in English at <http://www.sinorama.com.tw/en/>.

6.      中华网CHINA.COM: A weekly news magazine, this site provides current news from all sectors of China. Web site at <http://chinese.china.com/zh_cn/>.

7.      人民网People’s Daily Online: The nation-wide newspaper from PRC. Web site at <http://www.peopledaily.com.cn/>.

8.      中国大全迷津指点ChinaSite.Com A complete reference to China/China-related web sites with links, descriptions and ratings. A good starting point for web research. Web site at <http://www.chinasite.com/>.

 9.      Sending and receiving email in Chinese: http://www.chinesecomputing.com/internet/email.html

10.    Chinese news media and more: http://chinastudygroup.org

11.    The TESC library has the following resources:

Chinese  Encyclopedia Collection of more than  12,000 books  <http://www.twinbridge.com/detail.aspx?ID=27>  

    & Chinese Poetry Collection of more than  50,000  poems  <http://www.twinbridge.com/detail.aspx?ID=31>

12.   Some easy download Pinyin input: http://www.google.com/ime/pinyin/, http://www.liewcf.com/archives/2007/04/download-google-chinese-pinyin-input-method/, & http://www.pinyinjoe.com/index.html

字典 Dictionary

1.      Concise English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary, Revised, Oxford University Press.

2.      Online Chinese Dictionaries: Four reliable online dictionaries are listed on our web site. Try: http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/Lindict/ or http://www.nciku.com/

For a complete list of online dictionaries visit Prof. Tianwei Xie’s link at <http://www.csulb.edu/~txie/online2.htm#dictionary>.