Course Title: LANG-3348-001, Business Chinese Ⅰ

Professor: Xiaoming Ren 任晓明

Term: Fall 08
Meeting: MW, 02:30 – 03:45 pm, CBW1.103

Professor’s Contact Information

Office Phone: 972-883-2939
Other Phone: None
Office Location: JO 5.514
Email Address: xiaoming.ren@utdallas.edu
Office Hours: Thursday, 9:00 – 11:00 am, or by appointment
Other Information: None
General Course Information
Pre-requisites, Co-requisites, & other restrictions:
Chin 1311, 1312, 2311 or same level of language proficiency.
Course Description:
This course trains students to develop their communication skills both in oral and written
forms in order to conduct business in a Chinese language environment. The emphasis is placed on
the usage of business terms in modern Chinese and on language proficiency in a business context
as well as on business related social-cultural awareness. Class will be organized in a conversation
on the basis of communicative function, vocabulary learning, pattern drills, dialogue practice,
role-plays and group projects are also necessary.
Learning Outcomes
Students will learn advanced Chinese grammar, including over 80 commonly used sentence
patterns, about 1000-word vocabulary and 500 Chinese characters.
Students will demonstrate the ability to understand conversational Chinese and Chinese
cultural background in order to construct their own dialogues in business field.
Students will analyze basic grammatical structures and apply them in speech and writing, and
write some short essays on business activity.
Required Texts & Materials
A Practical Business Chinese Reader (Simplified Character Edition)

基础实用商务汉语(简化字版)
Author: Guan Daoziong and Yu Hsiao-jung
Publisher: Beijing: Peking University Press
Suggested Texts, Readings, & Materials
Gateway to Business Chinese
1. Regular Formulas and Etiquette, Audio CD
Peking University Press ISBN 7-301-08541-9
2. Daily Communication, Audio CD
Peking University Press ISBN 7-301-08744-6
Advanced Business Chinese—Social Gatherings, Office Work, Day-To-Day Operations,
Audio CD
Peking University Press ISBN 7-301-09039-8

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Assignments & Academic Calendar
DATES / Course Outline
Aug. 25, 27
/ Lesson One Greetings 打招呼
Textbook, P.7 – 17 (Gateway to Business Chinese 1);
Quiz One on Sep. 03, Monday Sep. 1 is Labor Day
Sep. 03, 8, 10
/ Lesson Two Arrival in China 到达中国
Textbook, P. 1 – 13 (A Practical Business Chinese Reader, the same below);
Quiz Two on Sep.15, Monday
Sep. 15, 17, 22
/ Lesson Three At the Hotel 在旅馆
TB. P. 17 – 26;
Quiz Three on Sep. 24, Wednesday
Sep. 24, 29, Oct. 01
/ Lesson Four Formal Meeting 正式见面
TB. P. 29 – 41;
Oct. 06, on Monday
/ Test One (Lesson 1 to 4)
Oct. 08, 13, 15
/ Lesson Five Itinerary Arrangements 日程安排
TB. P. 44 – 54;
Quiz Four on Oct. 20, Monday
Oct. 20, 22, 27
/ Lesson Six Attending a Banquet 出席宴会
TB. P. 56 – 66;
Quiz Five on Oct. 29, Monday
Oct. 29, Nov. 03, 05
/ Lesson Seven Preliminary Negotiation 初步洽谈
TB. P. 70 – 81;
Nov. 10, on Monday
/ Test Two (Lessons 5 to 7)
Nov. 12, 17, 19
/ Lesson Eight Visiting a Factory 参观工厂
TB. P. 83 – 94;
Quiz Six on Nov. 24, Wednesday
Nov. 24, 26, Dec. 01
/ Lesson Nine Price Negotiation 价格谈判
TB. P. 97 – 107;
Dec. 03, Wednesday
/ Test Three (on Lessons 8 to 9 )
Dec. 08, 10
/ Group Project
Dec. 15, Monday

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 / No class, instructor available for tutoring
Dec. 17, Wednesday, 02:30 pm – 03:45 pm
/ Final Exam

Course Policies
Grading (credit) Criteria
Attendance and class participation 10%
Assignments 20%
Quizzes 25%
Tests (3) 30%
Final Exam 15%
Make-up Exams
No make-up exams or tests except for unusual circumstances, in which case students must arrange
with the instructor before hand. Only one lowest quiz grade can be dropped.
Extra Credit
Extra credit may be granted for students’ special, creative work
Late Work
Students have to hand in their assignments in a timely manner before each quiz day. Late work
will result in a 10% reduction of each total grade.
Class Attendance
Regular attendance is required. Be puncture and consult with the instructor when an absence is
necessary. More than 3 hours of unexcused absences will result in deduction on final attendance
grade.
Classroom Citizenship
All cell phones and pagers must be turned off in the classroom. Students are expected and
encouraged to participate in group work and speak and talk to their partners. At other times, refrain
from personal and private conversation during class time.
Withdrawal from Class
The administration of this institution has set deadlines for withdrawal of any college-level courses.
These dates and times are published in that semester's course catalog. Administration procedures must
be followed. It is the student's responsibility to handle withdrawal requirements from any class. In
other words, I cannot drop or withdraw any student. You must do the proper paperwork to ensure that
you will not receive a final grade of "F" in a course if you choose not to attend the class once you are
enrolled.
Incomplete Grades
As per university policy, incomplete grades will be granted only for work unavoidably missed at
the semester’s end and only if 70% of the course work has been completed. An incomplete grade
must be resolved within eight (8) weeks from the first day of the subsequent long semester. If the
required work to complete the course and to remove the incomplete grade is not submitted by the
specified deadline, the incomplete grade is changed automatically to a grade of F.

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