CHN 101-021 Course Outline F2019 Qian Wu PDF

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CHN101 “Introductory Chinese I” Fall 2019 Dates: Sep 3rd – Dec 2nd 2019 CHN101, Sec. 021

Wednesdays 2-3pm Thursdays 2-4pm

POD 367 TRS 2164

Instructor: Dr. Qian Wu 吴茜 Wú Qìan [吴老师 Wú Lăoshī] Office Hours: JOR 526 Monday 2-5pm, before and after class, and by appointment Email: [email protected] Only Ryerson or Gmail e-mail accounts are to be used for communication between faculty and students in this course. Note: All hotmail.com e-mail will be deleted without being opened. Please put CHN101 in the Heading. Course Description This course is designed to help a novice with no prior background in the Chinese language to develop basic functional communication abilities in all four language skills in spoken and written Mandarin Chinese. By using the standard Hànyŭ Pīnyīn phonetic system, students will learn to make statements, ask questions, respond to questions and create conversations. Learning Outcomes At the end of the course, students will be able to greet someone in Mandarin Chinese, ask about a person’s name, make statements about family members, talk about today’s date, talk about a desire such as drinking tea, ask about where a person works, ask permission to do something, ask about the time, ask about the weather, make a statement about what a person is doing right now, and make statements about shopping. In addition, students will able to recognize the Simplified Chinese characters that they have learned in the course. This is a Lower Level Liberal Studies elective course. The Ryerson Approach The Ryerson uses both a Collaborative and Communicative Approach to learning. Studentteacher and student-student interaction play a significant role at this stage of development as a learner. Practicing Introductions [of self and others] as well as creating Oral Skits [giving simple

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懷雅遜大學/怀雅逊大学 Huáiyăxùn Dàxué

English Translation: “Cherish the Elegant and Respectful University”

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culturally appropriate language] not only enrich the student’s learning experience but also increase the student’s confidence in speaking Mandarin. In class we use the 汉语拼音 Hànyŭ Pīnyīn Romanization Phonetic System because it is used in China as well as all over the world to teach Chinese as a Foreign Language [CFL] in universities and colleges. It is also used in the Library of Congress, the United Nations, and the Chinese Language Teachers Association. D2L for the course Weekly reference to D2L [formerly Blackboard] is required for the course. Please get a Ryerson University e-mail address and password. With your ID card, you have access to D2L where many useful handouts, exercises, Chinese character handouts, etc. are posted. Both In-class and Out-of-class exercises should be written on this Chinese Grid Sheet Paper, and each character should be written in Chinese Simplified characters with Hànyŭ Pīnyīn below each character. Students may write in Traditional Characters in addition to Simplified Characters. Credit is not given for writing in Traditional Chinese characters. The exercises on D2L will provide materials for practicing the language in the classroom. For more information, go to www.ryerson.ca/accounts Required Textbooks Jiang, Liping. Standard Course HSK 1. Beijing: Beijing Language and Culture Press, 2013 [1 MP3 CD Included]. These texts are available in the Ryerson University Bookstore. • Textbook: ISBN: 978-7-5619-3709-9 (for daily in-class work) • Workbook: ISBN: 978-7-5619-3710-5 (for out-of-class work) HSK Learning Resources: https://www.confuciusinstitute.manchester.ac.uk/study/testing/hsk/hsk-learning-resources/

Optional Reading Chai, May-Lee and Winberg Chai. China A to Z: Everything you need to know to understand Chinese customs and culture. NY: Plume, (2007) 2014. ISBN: 978-0-14-218084-6. Cheung, Hung-nin Samuel. A Practical Chinese Grammar. Hong Kong: the Chinese University Press, 2002. ISBN: 962-201-595-6. Highly Recommend. First-Year Chinese. Seligman, Scott D. Chinese Business Etiquette. NY: Warner Books, 1999. Highly Recommend. ISBN: 978-0446673877. We will talk about Chinese Etiquette in class. Yip, Po-Ching. Basic Chinese: A Grammar and Workbook. NY: Routledge, 2009. Even though (虽然) this edition is a little expensive, (但是) it is very helpful for those interested in increasing their vocabulary, clarifying sentence patterns, and improving their Chinese. Expectations Attendance: Attendance and Active Participation in each class is a key factor to becoming Page 2 of 7

successful as learner of a foreign language. Listening to the CDs and preparing the lessons before coming to class is also very important. In addition, we will always have In-Class Work [dictation, reading from the text, answering questions orally and in written form, quizzes, etc.] that requires active class participation. There are no make-up quizzes or in-class Work. Active Participation is defined as having a textbook, studying it before class, answering questions in each class session, handing in all the Out-of-class Written Work assigned in class as well as posted on D2L, and always being prepared for each class. Time Required: During the spring and summer, the course meets twice a week for 6 weeks. Therefore, to do well in the course most students should review, practice and study at least 3-4 hours before EACH (3-hour) class session. The Final Written Exam is on Wednesday, June 19th. It is ideal to listen to the CD for an hour a day, two days a week, in preparation for each class session. Exemptions: Those who have studied Chinese previously and can read and write more than 150 Chinese characters (Traditional or Simplified) will NOT be allowed to take this course for credit. You may qualify for CHN201 or higher. Students who take a course below their proficiency level in a foreign language is perceived of as Academic Misconduct by the university, and a student is dropped from the course and a letter is placed in the student’s academic record. I am sure that will apply to anyone in this class. If you have any question at all, please consult the instructor on the first day of the course. Permission to take the course All students studying a foreign language at Ryerson, should have taken a placement assessment, and have been placed into a course. On the first day of class, submit to your instructor your email from the placement test. Only students with this written permission will be allowed to stay in the course. If you have not done so, visit the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures website, take the placement test, print it out and submit it to your instructor. The placement test is on https://www.ryerson.ca/llc/futurestudents/placement_tests/. Please contact the instructor for the most appropriate course to take. Evaluation In-Class Work (in each class session) (1) 4 quizzes = 10% (2) In-class exercises = 10% Out-of-Class Work [Workbook Lesson 1-15; All Chinese characters should have Hànyŭ Pīnyīn, written BELOW each character. Keep all the graded work in your Portfolio] Mid-term Test [Bring your portfolio to class to be graded] Final Oral Exam [Write and perform a skit during Final Exam Period] Final Written Exam

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Grades for tests, oral final exams and written final exam will be posted on D2L. Grades for all Written Work (In-class and Out-of-Class) will NOT be posted because all this material will have been graded and returned to the students. It is expected that each student will keep a Course Page 3 of 7

Portfolio with all the graded work in it in the event the student and instructor would like to review the work done in the course. Note: In general, all work will usually be returned to the students about a week after it has been received. Also, all students will have a one-week grace period for submission of all written work. After the grace period, the work will NOT receive credit. All quizzes and written work usually receive a generous grade in order to encourage making more progress in this difficult language. The Mid-term Exam and Final Written Exam will be the most objective evaluation in the course because no outside resources are allowed. Course Outline

Week 1 Sep 4, Sep 5

Week 2 Sep 11, Sep 12

Week 3 Sep 18, Sep 19 Week 4 Sep 25 Sep 26 Week 5 Oct 2, Oct 3 Week 6 Oct 9, Oct 10 Oct 12 - 18 Week 7 Oct 23,

Each student must submit a Written Permission to take the course Introduction to the course (go over course outline and course requirements) Lesson 1 Hello Learn the basic structure of a Chinese sentence Introduction to Chinese Phonetics [Hànyŭ Pīnyīn] and characters In-Class Exercise # 1 (Sep 4) In-Class Exercise # 2 (Sep 5) Lesson 2 Thank you Lesson 3 What’s your name Learn to write Chinese characters Learn Chinese Phonetics [Hànyŭ Pīnyīn] In-Class Exercise # 3 (Sep 11) In-Class Exercise # 4 (Sep 12) Lesson 4 She is my Chinese teacher Learn to write Chinese characters Learn Chinese Phonetics [Hànyŭ Pīnyīn] In-Class Exercise # 5 (Sep 18) Quiz #1 on L1-4 (Sep 19) Lesson 5 Her daughter is 20 years old Lesson 6 I can speak Chinese In-Class Exercise # 6 (Sep 25) In-Class Exercise # 7 (Sep 26) Lesson 6 I can speak Chinese (cont’d) Lesson 7 What’s the date today In-Class Exercise # 8 (Oct 2) In-Class Exercise # 9 (Oct 3) Lesson 8 I’d like some tea In-Class Exercise # 10 (Oct 0) Quiz #2 on L5-8 (Oct 10) Fall Study Week/Thanksgiving Holiday – NO CLASSES 感恩节快乐 Gǎn’ēnjié kuàilè Lesson 9 Where does your son work In-Class Exercise # 11 (Oct 23) Page 4 of 7

Oct 24 Week 8 Oct 30, Oct 31 Week 9 Nov 6, Nov 7 Week 10 Nov 13, Nov 14 Week 11 Nov 20, Nov 21 Week 12 Nov 27, Nov 28

Final Exam Period

Mid-term on L1-L8 (Oct 24) Lesson 10 Can I sit here Lesson 11 What’s the time now In-Class Exercise # 12 (Oct 30) In-Class Exercise # 13 (Oct 31) Lesson 11 What’s the time now (cont’d) Lesson 12 What will the weather be like tomorrow In-Class Exercise #14 (Nov 6) Quiz #3 on L5-8 (Nov 7) Lesson 12 What will the weather be like tomorrow Lesson 13 He is learning to cook Chinese food In-Class Exercise # 15 (Nov 13) In-Class Exercise # 16 (Nov 14) Lesson 14 She has bought quite a few clothes Lesson 15 I came here by air In-Class Exercise # 17 (Nov 20) In-Class Exercise # 18 (Nov 21) Review Lessons 1-15 to prepare for the Written and Oral Final Exams Use class time to practice the Oral Skit and respond to questions about the final Quiz #4 on L12-15 (Nov 27) Quiz #5 on HSK Level 1 simulated test (Nov 28) Final Oral Exam Final Written Exam (The Written Final Exam is comprehensive and covers all the grammar, vocabulary, and sentence patterns in Lessons 1-15, 20 Chinese Radicals, the Measure Words: 口，个，本，位，杯，plus 150 Chinese characters.)

Missed Classes and/or Evaluations When possible, students are required to inform their instructors of any situation which arises during the semester which may have an adverse effect upon their academic performance, and must request any consideration and accommodation according t the relevant policies as far in advance as possible. Failure to do so may jeopardize any academic appeals. •

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Health certificates – If a student misses the deadline for submitting an assignment, or the date of an exam or other evaluation component for health reasons, they should notify their instructor as soon as possible, and submit a Ryerson Student Health Certificate AND an Academic Consideration Request form within 3 working days of the missed date. If you are a full-time or part-time degree student, then you submit your forms to your own program department or school; otherwise, you submit your forms at the front desk of the Chang School of Continuing Education. Religious, Aboriginal and Spiritual observance – If a student needs accommodation because of religious, Aboriginal or spiritual observance, they must submit a Request for Accommodation of Student Religious, Aboriginal and Spiritual Observance AND an Academic Consideration Request form within the first 2 weeks of the class or, for a final Page 5 of 7

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examination, within 2 weeks of the posting of the examination schedule. If the requested absence occurs within the first 2 weeks of classes, or the dates are not known well in advance as they are linked to other conditions, these forms should be submitted with as much lead time as possible in advance of the absence. Both documents are available at http://www.ryerson.ca/senate/forms/relobservforminstr.pdf. If you are a full-time or part-time degree student, then you submit the forms to your own program department or school. If you are a certificate or non-certificate student, then you submit the forms to the staff at the front desk of the Chang School. Academic Accommodation Support – Before the first graded work is due, students registered with the Academic Accommodation Support office (AAS) should provide their instructors with an Academic Accommodation letter that describes their academic accommodation plan.

Academic Integrity Ryerson’s Policy 60 (the Academic Integrity policy) applies to all students at the University. Forms of academic misconduct include plagiarism, cheating, supplying false information to the University, and other acts. The most common form of academic misconduct is plagiarism – a serious academic offence, with potentially severe penalties and other consequences. It is expected, therefore, that all examinations and work submitted for evaluation and course credit will be the product of each student’s individual effort (or an authorized group of students). Submitting the same work for credit to more than one course, without instructor approval, can also be considered a form of plagiarism. Suspicions of academic misconduct may be referred to the Academic Integrity Office (AIO). Students who are found to have committed academic misconduct will have a Disciplinary Notation (DN) placed on their academic record (not on their transcript) and will normally be assigned one or more of the following penalties: • •

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A grade reduction for the work, ranging up to an including a zero on the work (minimum penalty for graduate work is a zero on the work) A grade reduction in the course greater than a zero on the work. (Note that this penalty can only be applied to course components worth 10% or less, and any additional penalty cannot exceed 10% of the final course grade. Students must be given prior notice that such a penalty will be assigned (e.g. in the course outline or on the assignment handout) An F in the course More serious penalties up to and including expulsion from the University

The unauthorized use of intellectual property of others, including your professor, for distribution, sale, or profit is expressly prohibited, in accordance with Policy 60 (Sections 2.8 and 2.10). Intellectual property includes, but is not limited to: Slides, Lecture notes, Presentation materials used in and outside of class, Lab manuals, Course packs and Exams.

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For more detailed information on these issues, please refer to the Academic Integrity policy and to the Academic Integrity Office website. Important Resources Available at Ryerson The Library provides research workshops and individual assistance. Inquire at the Reference Desk on the second floor of the library, or go to www.ryerson.ca/library/info/workshops.html Student Learning Support offers group-based and individual help with writing, math, study skills and transition support, and other issues.

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