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READINGS
IN STORIES AND ESSAYS
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CHI 3501, Fall 2006 |
Dr. Lan (Office: 334 DIF) |
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1:25-2:15 PM, MWF, 212 DIF |
Office Hours: 2:30-3:30 PM, MWF) |
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Department of Modern
languages |
flan@mailer.fsu.edu (Tel:
644-8389) |
OBJECTIVES
This course is designed for students who have had two years of
Chinese at the college level or equivalent preparations. While this
course continues to put emphasis on consolidating students’ language
skills in listening and speaking, it aims to help students to bring
their mastery of written Chinese to a more advanced level of
proficiency by further developing their knowledge of Chinese grammar
and increasing their grasp of vocabulary used in professional and
social contexts. Organized around a number of issues crucial to
contemporary China, the course uses language materials selected from
publications in China, which will enable students not only to learn
updated language but also to obtain a better awareness of
contemporary Chinese society.
ONLINE STUDY
We will use Blackboard to enhance our learning efforts. Besides
utilizing the online multimedia-hypertextual facilities of
Blackboard for practice and exercises, every two weeks we will have
one class meeting (mostly Friday class) conducted online at our
Blackboard course site. Such online study, apart from helping with
language learning, will also give students valuable experience in
basic skills in Chinese computing, such as word processing,
e-mailing, and reading online in Chinese.
ATTENDANCE AND REQUIREMENTS
Attendance is mandatory. No absence will be excused unless it falls
into one of these four categories: 1) religious observance, 2)
university-sponsored athletic or scholastic activity (official
absence form required), 3) illness (doctor’s note required), or 4)
death in the immediate family. A student who incurs an absence
should present the written permission to be excused from class no
later than two weeks from the day of the missed class and make up
all work missed during the absence. After two unexcused absences,
each additional unexcused absence will cause the deduction of one
point from your percent score.
This course adheres to the Academic Honor Code as described in the
Student Handbook. Students with disabilities needing academic
accommodations should register with the Student Disability Resource
Center (SDRC) and bring a letter from the SDRC to the instructor.
This should be done in the first week of class.
Because of the fast pace of this course, students are expected to
fulfill the following requirements in advance of each new lesson: 1)
get familiar with all new words for that lesson and prepare for an
in-class quiz on vocabulary 2) read the text at least twice; 3)
write down the questions you have and bring them to class; 4)
preview grammar explanations for that lesson.
GRADING
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1. Attendance and participation:
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15% |
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2. homework:
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20% |
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3. Quizzes and Tests:
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40% |
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4. Final Exam |
25% |
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(A = 95; A- = 90-94; B+ = 86-89; B = 82-85; B-
= 80-82; C+ = 76-79; C = 72-75; etc. F = 59 )
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REQUIRED COURSE MATERIALS
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Irene Liu. A Text for a Modern China. Boston: Cheng & Tsui,
1998.
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Shining Zou and Feng Lan, Supplementary Workbook for A
Text for a Modern China. Boston: Cheng & Tsui, 2001.
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Audio materials for
the textbook are available in the Language Lab (130 DIF) and will
be made available online at our Blackboard course site.
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Additional materials from Chinese magazines, newspapers, and
electronic publications on the Internet.
SCHEDULE
A Day-by-Day
Schedule of every two lessons will be distributed before a new
lesson as well as posted at the Bb course site. Study the
Day-by-Day Schedule carefully so that you know exactly what to
prepare for each class.
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