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Chin 122

This document provides information on Chinese 122, a 4-credit course that further develops proficiency in Mandarin Chinese. [1] The course continues practicing reading, writing, listening and speaking through discussions of Chinese culture. [2] Upon completing the course, students will be able to have basic conversations and demonstrate understanding of Chinese vocabulary, grammar, and culture. [3] The course involves daily quizzes, tests every two lessons, and a final exam to assess skills developed.

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Chin 122

This document provides information on Chinese 122, a 4-credit course that further develops proficiency in Mandarin Chinese. [1] The course continues practicing reading, writing, listening and speaking through discussions of Chinese culture. [2] Upon completing the course, students will be able to have basic conversations and demonstrate understanding of Chinese vocabulary, grammar, and culture. [3] The course involves daily quizzes, tests every two lessons, and a final exam to assess skills developed.

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CHINESE 122

BASIC PROFICIENCY IN MANDARIN CHINESE

BULLETIN INFORMATION
CHIN 122: Basic Proficiency in Mandarin Chinese (4 credit hours)
Course Description:
Practice and further development of essential listening, reading, speaking, and writing skills.
Admission only by successful completion of Chinese 121. Offered in spring
Prerequisites: CHIN 121

SAMPLE COURSE OVERVIEW


This course is the second of two elementary Chinese language courses. We will continue to
practice and further develop reading, writing, listening and speaking skills necessary to basic
competence in Mandarin Chinese. We will also continue to introduce Chinese culture through
our language study by learning to discuss aspects of life in China such as holidays like the spring
festival, and unique aspects of daily life in China such as Chinese food and the transportation
system. Upon completion of the course students will show substantial improvement in the four
skills and be able to carry on basic conversations about daily life.

ITEMIZED LEARNING OUTCOMES


Upon successful completion of Chinese 122, students will be able to:
1. Recall and reproduce the vocabulary introduced in each lesson, both in speaking and
writing.
2. Recognize the vocabulary in listening and reading.
3. Develop their familiarity with Chinese culture through exposure to the language.
4. Demonstrate understanding of unique aspects of life in China, such as the Chinese
zodiac and Chinese holidays.
5. Demonstrate understanding of and actively use an increasing variety of grammar forms
and sentence patterns.
6. Demonstrate increased understanding of the “radicals” system of classifying Chinese
characters.

SAMPLE REQUIRED TEXTS/SUGGESTED READINGS/MATERIALS


1. Integrated Chinese, Level 1, Part 1: Textbook (3rd edition, simplified characters);
Workbook (simplified characters); Character workbook.
2. Integrated Chinese, Level 1, Part 2: Textbook (3rd edition, simplified characters);
Workbook (simplified characters); Character workbook. (This edition of Level 1, Part 2
will also be used in Chinese 221 in Fall 2012.)

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SAMPLE ASSIGNMENTS AND/OR EXAMS
We will spend approximately five classroom hours on instruction of each lesson, and have
lesson tests after two lessons have been completed. We will also have a final exam, as well as
daily quizzes. Doing well in a language class requires consistent effort. If you budget your time
outside of class to make sure you practice regularly, you will succeed. Students are expected to
spend between one and two hours a day to be well prepared for all class meetings, which
means: learning the new vocabulary and characters at the beginning of each lesson, being able
to ask questions about the new lesson, and getting ready for quizzes and tests. This will allow
you to make the best use of class time in developing your language skills. If you save all the
work until right before the lesson tests you will not only do poorly on your daily class
participation and quizzes, you will also quickly forget everything you crammed for, leading to a
crisis at final exam time. Because of the nature of the subject, cramming at the last minute will
almost surely lead to unsatisfactory performance in Chinese – in other words, don’t fall behind!
1. Quizzes: We will have a character quiz at the beginning of every class. There will be no
make-up character quizzes under any circumstances. The four lowest quiz scores
(including zero) will be dropped.
2. Lesson tests: A lesson test will be given after every two lessons. Lesson tests are
examinations of vocabulary, grammar, and the cultural content introduced through
language use. For example, by composing short essays on the exams students show
their retention of vocabulary and grammar, as well as the creative description of
situations that occur through life in a Chinese speaking environment. Make-up tests are
not permitted except in cases of unexpected illness or emergency. Students must
present written proof to re-schedule and must take the test within three days of the
original test date.
3. Assignments: Homework assignments are due in class on the due date.
4. Exams: There will be three lesson tests, written and oral, and a final exam.

SAMPLE COURSE OUTLINE WITH TIMELINE OF TOPICS, READINGS/ASSIGNMENTS,


EXAMS/PROJECTS
Weeks 1-3: Shopping
Cultural Content: Using Chinese for purchases, Chinese Currency,
Bargaining
Grammar Patterns to be tested: yao, Measure Words, de, duo,
gen…yiyang

Weeks 3-5: Transportation


Cultural Content: Use Chinese to learn about transportation in Chinese
cities, express gratitude for a favor, New Year wishes
Grammar Patterns to be tested: Topic-comment sentences, huozhe and
haishi, xian…zai…, mei…dou, yao…le

Weeks 5-6: Weather

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Cultural Content: Discuss the weather, compare weather, talk about what
you might do in bad or nice weather
Grammar: Comparative Sentences with bi, the particle le, the modal verb
hui, yi dian’er, you, adj/v + shi +adj/v, + keshi/danshi …

Week 7-8: Dining


Cultural Content: Chinese food, paying for a meal, getting change,
discussing dietary preference, talking to wait staff
Grammar Patterns: yi … dou…bu, duo/shao + V, Resultative
Complements, reduplication of adjectives, the verb lai

Week 9-10: Asking Directions


Cultural Content: Giving Directions, Locations and Landmarks, Greeting
Strangers
Grammar: Direction Words, Comparative Sentences with mei, dao + place
+ qu + action, guo, reduplication of verbs, yi…jiu

Week 11-12: Birthday Party


Cultural Content: Asking a friend to go to a party, age, birthdays, and
Chinese zodiac, describing a person
Grammar: ne, verbal phrases used as attributives, time duration, shi…de,
hai, you…you…

Week 13-14: Seeing a Doctor


Cultural Content: Discuss illness, allergies, medication, and visiting a
doctor
Grammar: si indicating an extreme degree, times of actions, qilai, the ba
construction, dui, yuelaiyue, zaishuo

HOMEWORK SCHEDULE:
NOTE: CW = CHARACTER WORKBOOK, WB = WORKBOOK
Homework is assigned by Lesson and Dialogue, so, for example, the character workbook for
Lesson 9 Dialogue 1 is titled: 9.1 CW Due

Week 1: Review and Lesson 9, Lesson 9 Dialogue 1, 9.1 CW due

Week 2: Lesson 9 Drills, 9.1 WB Due, 9.2 CW Due, Lesson 9 Dialogue 2

Week 3: Lesson 9 Dialogue 1 and 2, 9.2 WB Due, Lesson 9 Drill, Cultural Enrichment Day
(Chinese Calligraphy), Lesson 10 Dialogue 1, 10.1 CW Due

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Week 4: Lesson 10 Dialogue 1, Lesson 10 Drill, 10.1 WB Due, Lesson 10 Dialogue 2, 10.2
CW Due, Lesson 10 Dialogue 2, 10.2 WB Due

Week 5: Lesson 10 Dialogue 2, Review of Lessons 9 and 10, FIRST LESSON TEST OVER
LESSON 9 AND 10, Lesson 11 Dialogue 1, 11.1 CW Due, Lesson 11 Dialogue 1

Week 6: Lesson 11 Dialogue 2, 11.1 WB Due, 11.2 CW Due, ORAL EXAM, 11.2 WB Due

Week 7: Lesson 12 Dialogue 1, 12.1 CW Due, Lesson 12 Drill, 12.1 WB Due, Lesson 12
Dialogue 2, 12.2 CW Due

Week 8: Lesson 12 Dialogue 2, 12.2 WB Due, Review 11 and 12, LESSON TEST OVER
LESSONS 11 and 12, Cultural Enrichment Day (Tang Poetry)

Week 9: Lesson 13 Dialogue 1, 13.1 CW Due, Lesson 13 Drill, 13.1 WB Due, Lesson 13
Dialogue 2, 13.2 CW Due

Week 10: Lesson 13 Dialogue 2, Lesson 13 Drill, 13.2 WB Due, ORAL EXAM

Week 11: Lesson 14 Dialogue 1, 14.1 CW Due, Lesson 14 Drill, 14.1 WB Due, Lesson 14
Dialogue 2, 14.2 CW Due

Week 12: Lesson 14 Dialogue 2, Lesson 14 Drill, 14.2 WB Due, Lesson 14 Dialogue 2,
Cultural Enrichment Day

Week 13: Review, LESSON TEST OVER LESSONS 13 and 14, Lesson 15 Dialogue 1, 15.1 CW
Due, 15.1 WB Due

Week 14: Lesson 15 Dialogue 2, 15.2 CW Due, Oral Exam 3, Lesson 15 Dialogue 2, 15.2 WB
Due, Review

Week 15: Review

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