Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Fall 2015
CHN131
LITERACY IN CHINESE
Session 1
(cap 18)
MW 11:45AM - 12:35 PM
Trent 038A
Fu, Wenwen
MW 1:25-2:15 PM
Classroom:
Allen 226
Trent 039
Ma, Wenjia
Ma, Wenjia
Session 2
(cap 18)
Trent 038B
Classroom:
Carr 135
Lin, Mingshan
Fu, Wenwen
Fu, Wenwen
Lin,
B027FC
613-6960
613-
Office hours:
Ma, Wenjia: Monday 2:30-3:30 pm, Wednesday 12:00-1:00 pm
Fu, Wenwen: Tuesday 11-12 am, Wednesday 1-2 pm
Lin, Mingshan: Monday 1-2 pm, Wednesday 1-2 pm
B. Teaching materials
Textbook
Oh, China! by Chih-p'ing Cho, Perry Link and Xuedong Wang,
ISBN9780691153087. Revised edtion
Relevant handouts
Chinese songs
Selected Chinese movies and TV clips
C. Recommended websites
Chinese pronunciation guide:
http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~pinyin/
Pinyin pronunciation for Mandarin:
http://www.ctcfl.ox.ac.uk/Tables/b,p,m,f,d,t,n,l(2).htm
How to write Chinese characters:
http://www.usc.edu/dept/ealc/chinese/character/
Chinese dictionary http://www.zhongwen.com/
http://www.mdbg.net
http://www.yellowbridge.com/
http://www.nciku.com/
http://www.chineseetymology.org
http://www.sinosplice.com/
Chinese dictionary app: Pleco: https://www.pleco.com/
D. Teaching Requirement
Attendance at all sessions is required. If you must miss a class, please
notify the instructor in advance of the class. You are responsible for
material and assignments given during a missed session.
It is essential to prepare for each class in advance, to assure the most
beneficial and rewarding use of contact time with your teacher and
classmates. Hence, preview of new lessons before coming to the
lecture is required. In class, students are expected to have already
familiarized themselves with the new vocabulary, new grammatical
pattern and expressions, and to have listened to the tapes and read
the relevant text.
Learning activities include individual presentations, skits in groups,
projects in relevant cultural context, interviews with native speakers.
Students should follow the Duke Honor Code and act in accordance
with their pledge for the Academic Integrity.
E. Grading:
Test
A dictation and a pattern quiz on vocabulary will be given before &
after each lesson, as well as a comprehensive review test after every
two lessons and the final exam.
Attendsance policy
Attendance and participation: Each absence with no justifiable reason
will result in deduction of 0.5% off your final grade. Students should
also come to class on time. Being late for three times will be counted
as one absence. Missing 3 classes will result in 0 points for class
attendance. Justifiable reasons for absence are: illness, family
emergency, religious holidays, and participation in authorized field
trips, conferences, job interviews, or athletic contests. Students are
obliged to inform the instructor of any of these circumstances at least
24 hours in advance. A make-up quiz or test has to be taken the day
after the illness notification is submitted, otherwise a 20% deduction of
your score will be applied. You may submit an online form as an
excuse of absence for illness, but we generally accept such
notifications up to three times per semester and official notices from
doctors or other parties concerned are required afterwards.
Individual Sessions
If you think you need practice your speaking, you can schedule a
fifteen-minute meeting with instructors to practice oral Chinese outside
of the classroom every other week.
F. Extracurricular activities :
Maximize your learning experience through extracurricular activities
such as (1) Chinese Language Table with students from Chinese Hall in
foreign language dorm (2) the Chinese Language Partner program and
Chinese Conversation Club in International House, (3) film, art
exhibitions and talks on topics related to China on campus are strongly
encouraged.
Meeting with a language partner on the week that you are not meeting
with the instructor for individual session is a great way to increase the
opportunity of using the Chinese language in a meaningful
conversation. You and your language partner can benefit from the
experience of exchanging language and viewpoints through discussing
the topics you learn in class. For the language partner signup sheet
and
details
on
the
I-House
events,
please
visit
http://studentaffairs.duke.edu/ihouse/ihouse-programs. The instructor
will give you the sign-up sheet for Chinese Table and inform you of the
special events on campus by email. A total bonus of 1% adding to
your final grade will be applied. More details will be announced in class
or posted on Sakai later.
I. Policies on Collaboration
Presentations:
Group presentations should be created with equal input from all members of the group;
questions should be addressed to the professor or TAs and sources should be cited.
Papers:
Students can brainstorm preliminary ideas collaboratively, but the entire writing process
should be individual.
Group Projects:
All work on a project must be done together and discussed as a group.