AS 110 ZA Chinese Language & Culture I –
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Online Course Syllabus
(初級中文 I)
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Yuhua Tsui Roosevelt Hall, Room 218B 1200 Commercial Street, Box 4024 Emporia, KS 66801 620-341-5400 |
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Course
Description |
This course is the first of the two-semester sequence of Beginning Mandarin Chinese, designed for students who have no or limited knowledge of the Chinese Language. Students who have one or more than one semester of Chinese exposure should take the next class (Chinese Language and Culture II). This course is aimed at developing knowledge of Mandarin phonological system (pinyin), basic conversational skills, simple sentence structures, and basic reading and writing skills. It is intended that by the end of the first semester students will be able to engage in basic conversations in Mandarin Chinese: to greet others in formal and informal situations, to introduce oneself (including family members, jobs, hobbies, etc.), to invite and accept invitations, to ask favors, and to act appropriately in the cultural settings. Students will also learn approximately 100-150 basic characters to be able to read and write basic information. The focus of this course is to prepare students for real-world language experiences. Knowledge and skills will be assessed cumulatively. 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. Success in this course requires learner’s persistent efforts, including daily review and constant practice. |
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Course Objectives |
It is expected that at the end of this course, students will acquire the ability
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Textbooks |
Required: Integrated
Chinese , Level 1, part 1: Traditional. 3rd ed. Yuehua Liu, Tao-chung
Yao, Nyan-ping Bi, Liangyan Ge, Yaohua Shi. Boston, MA: Cheng & Tsui Co.
(ISBN: 9780887276392) Integrated Chinese Level 1 Pt. 1 Online Workbook. Yuehua Liu, Tao-chung Yao, Nyan-ping Bi, Yaohua Shi, Liangyan Ge. Boston, MA: Cheng & Tsui Co. (ISBN: 9780887277450) Integrated
Chinese Level 1 Pt. 1 Audio CDs, 3rd ed., (Ind). Boston, MA:
Cheng & Tsui Co. (ISBN: 9780887276422 or D9780887276422 for
download version) |
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General Requirements |
Basic computer skills are
necessary to progress normally through this course. Student should know how
to launch a browser, access the Internet, send and receive email, open and
close files, save files, and use the mouse and keyboard. Additional computer
skills of using specific software required: Adobe Connect Professional, voice
recording, Microsoft PowerPoint. You should also have access to a computer on
which you can download Adobe Connect Professional, an audio conferencing
system that will be used in this class. ·
Student must have a headset with earphone and
microphone and access to a computer with a full duplex sound card for
recording voice (at school or at home). ·
In order to progress through this course, students
should have learned such basic computer skills as how to use mouse and
keyboard, open, close, and save files, record voice on the Computer, get
access to the internet, launch a browser, and send and receive e-mails. ·
Students should be able to follow instructions to
install the “traditional Chinese Language Pack” to view web pages written in
Chinese. ·
Additional computer skills to use software are also
required: Blackboard, Adobe Connect Professional, voice recording, and
Voicethread. Online
classes call for a great deal of moral commitment and
self-directedness. Students are required to interact on a regular basis
by submitting quality work. Regular online quality interaction with course
content and class members is automatically recorded for assessment purposes. These
interactions are equivalent to face-to-face attendance in regular
classes. Therefore, ALL ESU graduate and undergraduate course
policies and regulations apply to this class. Please visit the following
links for more information on these policies: http://www.emporia.edu/lifelong/geninfo/policy.htm
and http://www.emporia.edu/grad/pol.htm For
questions or assistance, please call Lifelong Learning 1-877-332-4249; for
technical assistance with web courses, please contact 1-877-341-5555
(toll-free). To access Blackboard, please direct your web browser
to: https://elearning.emporia.edu |
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Course Requirements |
A: Attendance: Attendance means that you are required to log online and practice at least one hour a day on your own (or with your partners/teacher), five days a week. B: Assignment: Students
are expected to submit assignments five times a week on five different days
as if you attend classes five times a week. All assignments must be submitted
electronically, except characters. Late work will receive 10 % penalty
each day unless you have reasonable excuses. There are two ways of learning
characters. You are required to
install Chinese input method on your PC or Mac. Typing the correct characters and being
able to recognize them are our goals for this semester. However, you are also assigned characters
to write. Character sheets should be sent to your instructor via mail monthly
or be faxed to your instructor (620-341-xxxx). C: Unit Quizzes: Unit Quizzes will be given on completion of each unit, normally bi-weekly. E: Lab work: Lab work means that students should plan to listen to and repeat after the audio CD of the target lesson daily so you can get used to the language. Since this on-line course, it is vital for you to constantly listen to the recording. It is recommended that you listen to the language at least 20 minutes a day. You may do it any time (e.g. while you are walking between buildings, driving, eating, surfing the internet, even while you are trying to sleep.) You are also required to finish the listening comprehension tasks on your workbook to verify your progress. F: Chat room: you will be paired with other student(s)/or your instructor to chat online. G: Presentation: Two 5 to 10-minute presentations are required. Topics will be assigned by your instructor. Students are encouraged to incorporate as much of the studied material/ grammar/ vocabulary as possible, but they can be creative in devising form and content of the presentation. For example, the presentation can be a role play, the telling of a story/ experience, the description of a picture or scene, or a re-enactment of the dialogs in our textbook, or interview native speakers on campus. Students are required to submit a draft of the proposed presentation to the instructor one week in advance. Your final product should be videotaped and mailed to send to me. H: Meeting your instructor:
If you are on campus, you can visit me at my office during my office
hours. Otherwise, you may contact your instructor via chat room. |
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Grading Policy |
1. Weekly points 700 points a. Daily attendance and assignment (400) b. Unit Quizzes (300) 2. Midterm and Final
Exams
200
points 100 points each 3. Essay and Oral
Presentations
100
points Two presentation, 50 points each Total possible points
1000
points Grading Scale
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Student Responsibility in Course work |
It is your responsibility to
ask questions of the instructor when you have them so that you fully
understand the course assignments, deadlines, and expectations. Claiming to “misunderstand” any aspect of
the course assignment, deadline, or expectation is not appropriate if you
have not asked for clarification.
Please communicate with me at any time throughout the semester to help
me understand your needs in regard to this course. Also, please respond promptly to the
instructor’s requests posted in “Announcements.” Students
enrolled in coursework need to be aware that dispositions are a part of every
course, as outlined in the conceptual framework of the Teachers College. One such disposition, Commitment to
Professionalism and Ethical Standards, is addressed in the Teachers
College Ethics Policy. Some highlights
of this disposition follow: ·
Attitudes:
Students
are expected to maintain a professional and courteous attitude toward
professors/instructors, other students, and course content. It is important to communicate with
professors/ instructors and peers in a professional manner. ·
Behavior: Students are
expected to demonstrate behavior consistent with a professional attitude both
in traditional classroom settings and online classes. · Responsibility: In order to do quality work as a student, a reasonable amount of time and commitment is required. When you enroll in a course, it is your responsibility to meet the expectations of the course. Weigh your time carefully when determining if your personal and professional responsibilities allow you the time commitment it takes to be successful in online coursework. |
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Faculty Initiated Withdraw |
If a
student's absences from class or disruptive behavior become detrimental to the
student's progress or that of the other students in the class, the faculty
member shall attempt to contact the student in writing about withdrawing from
the class and shall seek the aid of the office of the Vice President of
Student Affairs to help insure contacting the student. The office of the Vice
President of Student Affairs shall provide the student information about the
existing appeals procedures. Upon receiving a written report from the faculty
member, the Vice President of Student Affairs may initiate a student
withdrawal from the class. None of the above implies or states that faculty
members are required to initiate the student withdrawals for excessive
absences. |
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Academic
Honesty |
At The faculty member in whose
course or under whose tutelage an act of academic dishonesty occurs has the
option of failing the student for the academic hours in question and may
refer the case to other academic personnel for further action. To review what constitutes plagiarism, please see the following websites: http://iris.nyit.edu/library/services/NYITMasteringScholarship.pdf “Avoiding Plagiarism, Mastering the Art of Scholarship”, and http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/print/research/r_plagiar.html “Avoiding Plagiarism” by the Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL). |
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Disability
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Course Outline and Schedule |
A detailed schedule will be provided on a weekly or biweekly basis See Schedule |
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