Course Description for Chinese II - Fall 2003 | EALC 106, Lab Reports of Asian literature

Download Course Description for Chinese II - Fall 2003 | EALC 106 and more Lab Reports Asian literature in PDF only on Docsity! Fall, 2003 EALC 106: Chinese II Instructor: Zoe Wu Office: THH 331K; THH 226A (mailbox) Phone: (213) 821-1264 E-mail: xiuzhiwu@usc.edu Class Meetings: M-Th 11-11:50 in VKC160; F 11-11:50 lab Office Hours: T-Th12-1 and by appointment Program director: Dr. Audrey Li Office: THH 226F; THH 226A (mailbox) Phone: (213) 740-3717 E-mail: audreyli@usc.edu Office Hours: by appointment Texts: 1. Integrated Chinese Level I Part II: textbook (required) 2. Integrated Chinese Level I Part II: workbook (required) 3. Integrated Chinese Level I Part II: character workbook (recommended) Course Objectives: To develop basic to intermediate abilities in listening, speaking, reading and writing in Mandarin Chinese. Class Meetings: Attendance is an essential course requirement. Active participation in classroom activities is expected. In addition to the discussion of the materials from the textbook, classroom activities include practices of vocabulary and patterns, simulated activities and group-based tasks. Please come to class on time. Leaving 10 minutes early or arriving 10 minutes late will be considered as an absence. Absences and lack of participation in classroom activities will definitely affect the final grade. The instructor is not responsible for students not being informed of homework or not receiving the handouts due to absences. Please turn off your cellular phones in the classroom. Quizzes and tests: 1. There are two pre-unit quizzes and one post-unit test for each unit. The pre-unit quizzes are short preparatory quizzes on new vocabulary. The post-unit test is a review test following the completion of each unit. 2. One section in a post-unit test requires writing characters. In other sections, pinyin (including the correct tones) is acceptable, although it should only be used occasionally. 3. Be sure to be on time for the quizzes/tests. If any students miss the listening comprehension part at the beginning of a test, it will not be repeated. 4. The unit quizzes/tests missed will be graded as zero points. Documented emergencies qualify for make-ups with 20% off the points awarded. Make-ups must be made within one week. 1 Fall, 2003 Oral Evaluations: 1. One oral evaluation (after the mid-term) and one final presentation (before the final exam) are required. 2. The oral evaluations involve answering questions and carrying out a dialogue with another student. Several topics will be given one week before the midterm. Students will be evaluated based on the performance of the required task. 3. The final presentation can be a group project involving two or three students. The script for the presentation should be typed and submitted one week before the scheduled presentation time. Discussion of the script with the instructor is required before the oral presentation. Time for each presentation is around three minutes per person. The presentation should be accompanied by effective use of visual aids (photographs, video, drawings, maps, etc.). Students will be evaluated on command of the sentence patterns and vocabulary taught during the semester, as well as on the originality of their presentations. After the presentation, the group will also lead a short discussion on the topic presented (such as asking the audience relevant questions). 4. Conversation lab: some students will be required to meet with the instructor regularly for oral practices. Mid-term and final examinations: 1. One mid-term and one final exam. 2. Documented emergencies qualify for make-ups for mid-term and final exams with 10% off the points awarded. Homework: 1. Regular short assignments a. Character writing practice from the character workbook. Note: if you do not purchase the character workbook, please visit the website below where you can find the necessary character stroke orders. These can be practiced on blank character sheets. http://www.usc.edu/dept/ealc/chinese/newweb/character_page.html b. Homework from the workbook. The listening sections require audiotapes/CD that can be ordered on-line at http://www.usc.edu/go/language. The audio files are also accessible on-line at the same web site. 2. Assignments must be completed and submitted by the due day. 3. Sloppily written homework or homework with too many errors will be returned to students for re-submission, which should be made on the following day. Homework is graded in 6 levels: a. 5 (100%): excellent work submitted on time. b. 4 (90%): good work submitted on time. c. 3 (80%): average work submitted on time. d. 2 (70%): re-submitted work of good quality. e. 1 (60%): re-submitted work of average quality or returned work without re-submission. f. 0 (0%): unacceptable work, missing homework, or homework submitted late. 2