中文 102: Elementary Mandarin Spring 2017

ELEMENTARY MANDARIN (CHINESE 102)

Meets MTWF 11:30-12:20, Moore 202

Section：004
Instructor: Reed Riggs 芮尚勤 Ruì Shàngqín (Graduate Assistant, PhD student)
Email: rsriggs@hawaii.edu Office: Moore 375
Office hours: Wednesday 10:30-11:30 a.m. (Moore 375) or by appointment

This class will meet four times a week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday for 50
minutes each day.

Student Learning Outcomes:

Students will gain listening, speaking, reading and writing skills in standard (Mandarin) Chinese,
attaining approximately the Novice High level on the ACTFL proficiency scale in the four skills
listed below. Specifically, students will be able to achieve the following:

Listening Be able to understand sentence-length utterances that consist of recombinations of

learned elements (words and sounds) in a limited number of content areas, particularly if
strongly supported by the situational context. Can understand topics beyond a variety of
survival needs. Comprehension areas include such basic needs as getting meals, lodging, and
transportation, and receiving simple instructions and routine commands in class.
Speaking Be able to handle successfully a variety of uncomplicated, basic, and communicative
tasks and social situations. Can talk simply about myself and perform such tasks as ordering
a meal, asking directions, and making purchases. Can ask and answer questions and
participate in conversations on topics on the most immediate needs, e.g., personal history,
leisure time activities, and simple transactions.
Reading Be able to read, for basic survival and social needs, simple connected, specially-
prepared discourse for informative purposes and can puzzle out pieces of some authentic
material with considerable difficulty and/or to high-frequency oral vocabulary and structure.
Be able to understand main ideas in materials and puzzle out simple messages, personal notes
and very short letters that are written by native speaker used to dealing with foreigners.
Writing Be able to meet a number of practical writing needs, including writing short messages,
postcards, simple letters, and taking simple notes. Be able to create statements involving
personal preferences, daily routine, everyday events, and other topics grounded in personal
experience. Material produced consists of recombination of learned vocabulary and structures
into simple sentences on very familiar topics.

In addition, the broader UH Institutional Learning Outcomes can be found at the following link:
http://www.uhm.hawaii.edu/ovcaa/ilo/

Office Hours and Tutorials:

Tutoring sessions are available upon request. If you want to arrange a time to meet to go over
any materials from class, or further practice as needed, please email your instructor 24 hours
in advance. We offer an individual 15 minutes for every two students upon request,
customized for each student’s learning needs. Extra credit may be assigned, based on
participation (ask your instructor).

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Text & Materials:

 Integrated Chinese (Level I, Part I), Textbook (Traditional or Simplified Character Edition,
Third Edition), Tao-chung Yao and Yuehua Liu. Boston: Cheng & Tsui Company. 2008.
 Integrated Chinese (Level I, Part I), Workbook (Traditional or Simplified Character Edition,
Third Edition), Tao-chung Yao and Yuehua Liu. Boston: Cheng & Tsui Company. 2008.
 Integrated Chinese (Level I, Part I), Character Workbook (Traditional and Simplified
Character Edition, Third Edition), Tao-chung Yao and Yuehua Liu. Boston: Cheng & Tsui
Company. 2008.
 Audio CDs for Integrated Chinese (Level I, Part I). Available at PC and Mac labs (Moore
153A & 153B)
 Integrated Chinese (Level I, Part II), Textbook (Traditional or Simplified Character Edition,
Third Edition), Tao-chung Yao and Yuehua Liu. Boston: Cheng & Tsui Company. 2008.
 Integrated Chinese (Level I, Part II), Workbook (Traditional or Simplified Character Edition,
Third Edition), Tao-chung Yao and Yuehua Liu. Boston: Cheng & Tsui Company. 2008.
 Integrated Chinese (Level I, Part II), Character Workbook (Traditional and Simplified
Character Edition, Third Edition), Tao-chung Yao and Yuehua Liu. Boston: Cheng & Tsui
Company. 2008.
 Integrated Chinese BuilderCards: Much more than vocabulary flashcards, Haidan Wang and
Song Jiang. Boston: Cheng & Tsui Company. 2010. (Optional)
 http://eall.hawaii.edu/yao/icusers/

The recordings of the textbooks and workbook are available in computer lab (Moore 153A) for free.
If you prefer to have a personal copy, you may purchase your own copy on Cheng & Tsui's website
or on Amazon.

Participation in ongoing project for research:

Your instructor is helping conduct research this semester for a research project lead by
Dr. Jiang Song in the UH Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures. The purpose of
this research is to find out what students, like you, in your first year Chinese courses at UH
Manoa, need in terms of language skills, course topics, tests, homework, practice and more.
Knowing more about this, we can better design the classes we teach here to meet your and your
classmates' needs in learning. We are now asking for your permission ("consent") to help take
part in this project because you are among the age-group, language level, and learning
environment that we hope (and we hope for more teachers) to better understand. For the most
part, we will do nothing different from our regular class activities, other than a few extra surveys
during and after the course. If you choose to participate in this research project (by signing a
separate Research Consent form), we will look at the work you do for this class, and some
assessment videos of you speaking, and you can choose to use a fake name to hide your identity.
If you choose to not participate in this research project (by not signing the Research Consent
form), then we will not look at your work or videos (and you can choose on Page 3 of this form
what you want to allow us to look at). Choosing not to participate in this research project will not
affect your grade or normal treatment as a student in the class. You retain the right to choose
whether or not to participate.

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Student Responsibilities:

1. Attendance and Participation: Attendance is mandatory. Absences without valid reasons will
reduce your grade. Coming after the start of class will mark you down 1 point for that day; 5
minutes late or more will mark you down 2 points. Students who are more than 15 minutes late
to class will be regarded as absent for that session and receive zero points for participation that
day. All students are expected to participate actively in the day’s language tasks and activities.
Class participation and performance will be evaluated daily and a final score will be given at
the end of each class period, using the following scale:
4 = On time, well prepared, and shows active participation
3 = On time, somewhat prepared, and shows some participation
2 = Attended and participated, but was not actively involved in the lesson
1 = Present or under 15 minutes late, but with almost no participation
0 = Absent or more than 15 minutes late
2. Homework and assignments: All homework and assignments must be turned in on the due day.
Late homework and assignments will be accepted for partial credit. You are expected to
go to language lab to practice listening and reading in the workbook EVERY DAY. Practice
writing characters EVERY DAY! No language can be acquired overnight. You need to build
up your Chinese language proficiency gradually through constant practice.
3. Quizzes and tests: Every effort should be made to take quizzes and tests at the specified times.
If you know you must miss a class ahead of time, tell the teacher before that class. Quizzes or
tests cannot be made up unless arrangements are made BEFORE being absent from class. No
one is allowed to make up a missed test without a valid, written excuse.

Please keep in mind that each student’s background, interests, learning style, difficulties and goals
are different. Please be patient with each other and do not hesitate to see one of the teachers for
extra help or explanation.

Conduct:
Students will observe the provisions of the UH Mānoa Student Conduct Code. Please see details at
http://www.studentaffairs.manoa.hawaii.edu/policies/conduct_code/

Special Needs:
If you are in need of special accommodation for assignments or exams, please communicate this to
the instructor at the beginning of the semester to assure that we can accommodate to your needs.
In order to guarantee the necessary accommodation, including for stress, anxiety and any other
issues, please contact the KOKUA Program (the UH Mānoa office for students with disabilities
and other needs): http://www.hawaii.edu/kokua/, 808-956-7511.

Grading:
Final course grades will be based on the results of:
1. Attendance and Participation: 25%
2. Quizzes (10%) and Tests (10%): 20%
3. Homework and Assignments: 25%
4. Midterm (5% plus oral 5%) 10%
5. Final (10% plus oral 10%): 20%
Final grade: 100-98 =A+, 97-94 = A, 93-90 = A-, 89-87=B+, 86-84= B, 83-80=B-, 79-77=C+, 76-
74=C, 73-70 = C-, 69-67=D+, 66-64=D, 63-60=D-, 59 and below =F.

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