This is a course in intermediate Chinese. It has a two-fold purpose: to enable students to speak and understand Mandarin Chinese at the intermediate level, and to help students recognize and write basic Chinese characters.

This course is designed to prepare students for real-world language experiences. Cumulative implies that knowledge and abilities acquired in one phase of the learning process will continue to actively be used in later phases, infused with new material.

It is expected that at the end of this course, students will acquire the ability to
       1.  pronunce the Chinese words and sentence with 80% accuracy,
       2.  orally express their thoughts in basic sentence with 90% accuracy,
       3.  react appropriately to other's oral behavior,
       4.  write 200 characters and read sentences containing those characters

Da Tuan Chen, Perry Link, Yih-jian Tai, & Hai-tao Tang. Chinese Primer. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ.

Attendance:  Class attendance is a required component of your grade.  You should understand that frequent and extended absences will not allow you to develop your oral skills and will therefore influence the instructor’s evaluation of your in-class performance.  If you miss a class, it is your responsibility to find out what material was covered during your absence.  If you are sick, you should show the doctor’s note to your instructor.  If you cannot make it to class, tell the instructor in advance.  If something unexpected happens, you should call the instructor on that day.  Reasons or excuses which are brought up after you come back will not be considered.

Homework:  All assignments must be submitted at the beginning of the class on the day it is due.  Late work will not be accepted.

Quizzes:  Daily/Weekly quizzes, tests and dictations cannot be made up unless you have a doctor’s note or the instructor’s approval in advance.

Lab work: You should plan to attend lab regularly to listen to the tape of the target lesson.

Tutorial: Individual hour will be assigned for each student once or twice a week.  Tutorial sessions are mandatory.  This will enable you to get individual attention from your teacher.

Attendance, Daily Performance  (5 points per class attendance)           200 points

Daily/Weekly Quizzes (20 points per quiz)                                           200 points

Homework                                                                                         200 points

Midterm and Final Exams (150 points each)                                        300 points

Essay and Final Presentation                                                                100 points

Total possible points                                                                           1000 points