10th Grade Beginning Chinese 初级中文Spring 2019巴德高中，克利夫兰分校

(.5 CMSD Credits)

Prof. Ling-Ling Shih 施玲玲教授Email via Jupiter or lshih@bhsec.bard.edu

Office办公室: Classroom 教室#312Class meeting times for 2nd period: 9:55-10:45 (MTRF)Class meeting times for 6th period: 12:50-1:40 (MWRF)

Course Description课程介绍This course is a beginning level course (III). You will obtain a basic foundation in listening 听, speaking 说, reading 读, and writing 写. You will participate in listening, speaking, reading, writing exercises, complete grammar exercises and learn dialogues of progressive length and complexity. Besides Integrated Chinese textbooks and workbooks, this course will also incorporate materials such as a play, beginning-level picture books, simple news, songs, poems, tongue twisters, jokes, movies may be added to help you learn the Chinese language. You will also gain Chinese cultural knowledge and an international perspective.

Pre-requisites: Beginning Chinese I—Novice Low 初级中文 II

Learning Objectives 学习目标By the end of this course, you will be able to use Chinese to: 

Name common hobbies, ask about someone’s hobbies, and make plans for weekend with friends.

Perform such tasks as answering or making a phone call; setting an appointment with a teacher on the phone, asking someone to return your call, asking for a favor.

Comment on how well one’s performance in certain activities, such as sports, skills (singing, writing, reading, speaking, etc.), exams, etc.

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Present information to your class, for example, describing your visit to a friend, sharing your experience in learning Chinese.

By the end of this course, you will be able to read Chinese to: Decode signs and simple words that relate to daily tasks. Recognize new characters and vocabulary around course themes in dialogues and

short pieces of text. Comprehend the dialogues in the textbook and translate the main ideas in reading

passages and puzzle out simple messages, personal notes, short narratives

By the end of this course, you will be able to acquire the following writing skills in Chinese:

Write a message to ask someone to return your call. Write classroom rules. Write a narrative describing your visit to a friend. Write a narrative describing your experience in learning Chinese. Write a brief letter in the proper format.

By the end of this course, you will also learn about Chinese cultural topics with reference to specific themes covered in class.

Required Texts/ materials课程教材 Integrated Chinese 中文听说读写, Level 1, Part 1, Third Edition, Yuehua Liu

and Tao-chung Yao, et al. Boston: Cheng & Tsui Company. 2009. o Textbook (Simplified Characters)o Workbook (Simplified Characters)o Character Workbook (Simplified and Traditional Characters)

You can expect regular supplementary materials in addition to the textbook. Keep a journal--Bring a spiral-bound notebook for this class. Bring this notebook

to every class. This journal will be collected during the mid-term and final exam for participation grades.

Have a binder to keep all returned HW, in-class work, quizzes, and tests. (Keep them to study for your mid-term/final exam; they can also be used for proof of work if there is any dispute concerning a grade).

Bring a black/blue Pens, a red pen, and a pencil An earphone headset for the computer lab 3x5 cards for vocabulary flash cards

Reading and Resources Class Website: ling-lingchinese.com. It is important you check regularly to keep

updated about homework, upcoming assignments, quizzes, and tests. You will also find a lot of resources to help you learn Chinese.

Handouts and worksheets: to be distributed in class or/and posted on the website: https://ling-lingchinese.com/worksheets/

Free Chinese-English Dictionaries and other Chinese language tools: Chinese Language Tools

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A complete list of Chinese learning resources is available on my website: Ling-LingChinese.com on the page of Chinese Learning Resources

Schedule 课程安排Please note that the following schedule may change to accommodate unexpected opportunities or unplanned events, as well as other needs.

Note: In addition to Integrated Chinese lessons specified below, additional Material will be added throughout the semester to enrich the curriculum.

Week #第#星期 Date日期 Learning Modules学习单元1 Jan 7 (4day

week) Learn the play for Chinese New Year.

2 Jan 14 Lesson 4 Hobbies（第四课 爱好）o Name common hobbieso Ask about someone’s hobbieso Make plans for the weekend with friends

Review L4D1 Discussing Hobbies（复习第四课会话一谈爱好） Learn L4D2 Let’s Play Ball（学习第四课会话二我们打球吧！）

3 Jan 21 (4 Day week)—No school Monday Martin Luther King Day

Learn L4 D2 Let’s Play ball（学习第四课会话二我们打球吧！）Workbook L4D2 due on Friday

4 Jan 28 Lesson 5 Visiting Friends（第五课 看朋友） Learn L5D1 Visiting a Friend’s Place

（学习第 五课会话一去朋友家玩儿）5 Feb 4 (4 day

week—Wed 02/07 early dismissal at

Learn L5D1 Visiting a Friend’s Place（学习第 五课会话一去朋友家玩儿）

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12:45Open house 7-7

6 Feb 11 (4 day week—No students Friday 02/15, PD)

Learn L5D1 Visiting a Friend’s Place（学习第 五课会话一去朋友家玩儿）Workbook L5D1 due on Friday

7 Feb 18 (4 day week—No school Monday President’s Day 2/18)

L5D2 Narrative—At a Friend’s Place（学习第 五课短文：在朋友家）

8 Feb 25 Rehearse for Chinese New Year Play.

9 March 4 L5D2 Narrative—At a Friend’s Place（学习第 五课短文：在朋友家）Workbook L5D2 due on Friday

10 March 11 (4 day week—No students Friday 03/15, PD)

Lesson 6 Making Appointments 约会 Learn L6D1 Calling Your（学习第六课会话一打电话给老师）

11 March 18 (4 day week—No school Thursday 03/21, Parent Teacher Conferences 12:30-7)

Learn L6D1 Calling Your（学习第六课会话一打电话给老师）

Spring Break

March 25-29th)

No School

12 April 1 Learn L6D1 Calling Your（学习第六课会话一打电话给老师）

Workbook L6D1 due on Friday

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13 April 8 Learn L6D2 Calling a Friend to Help（学习第六课会话二打电话给朋友找他帮忙）14 April 15 (4

day week—No school Friday 04/19)

Learn L6D2 Calling a Friend to Help（学习第六课会话二打电话给朋友找他帮忙）Workbook L6D2 due on Friday

15 April 22 (4 day week—No school Monday 04/22)

Test L6 考第六课Lesson 7 Studying Chinese 学中文

L7D1 How Did You Do on the Exam（第七课会话一你考试考得怎么样？）16 April 29th L7D1 How Did You Do on the Exam（第七课会话一你考试考得怎么样？）17 May 6th L7D1 How Did You Do on the Exam

（第七课会话一你考试考得怎么样？） Workbook L7D1 due on Friday

18 May 13th Watch a movie 看电影 复习第四课到第七课会话一 Project due

May 20th Finals Week & Presentation Week Final Exam 期末考 Test on L4 to L7D1 考第四课到第七课会话一

o One lesson has two dialogues/parts. Each dialogue has one vocabulary list. We have a vocabulary quiz for each dialogue and one test for each lesson. Each dialogue has character sheets and workbook assignments to be collected as homework.

Evaluation You will be assessed on the following:

Oral Performances 15%Assignments 20%Quizzes 15%Tests 15%Final Exam 15% (Oral: 30%; Written: 70%)Final Project 10%

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Class Participation & Attendance 10%Total 100%

Oral Performances: We will have one oral performance for every dialogue; that means two oral performances for one lesson. An assignment sheet will be given for each oral performance task and a separate rubric sheet will be given for self-evaluation. You will work together with a partner to come up with a script and perform WITHOUT READING the script in class. Each participant will need to turn in the following:

The self-evaluation form based on the rubric The entire written script written by each participant.

Some oral performance may be presentational requiring a visual aid (e.g., a poster, PowerPoint, video) and done without a partner.

Assignments: All homework and assignments should be turned in on time at the beginning of class. Do not use class time to write homework assignments; do not use machine translation for your assignment. Violation of these rules will require you to redo the entire homework. Turn in after class is considered late. Late homework and assignments will receive a reduced grade. 10% if one day late, 20% if two days late, and so on. An assignment turns in more than 10 days will result in 0 credits.

In-class work will be collected and given credit by the instructor. If you miss classes, you will miss credits for the in-class work and cannot be made up unless you are officially excused.

Quizzes: These are quizzes on the vocabulary list from each dialogue. These quizzes include flash card quizzes and written quizzes (dictation) for each dialogue (There are two dialogues in each lesson). The lowest score will be dropped.

Tests: We will have a test after learning each lesson.

Final Exam: It will be a comprehensive exam. This final exam has two sections: The Oral Section (30%) and Written Section (70%).

Final Project: Instructions/expectations will be distributed separately. You will expect a written instruction sheet and rubrics for the final project during the semester. Students who have performed solo or in a very small group (2 to 3) for Chinese New Year Celebration can use their performance to satisfy this requirement.

Participation & Attendance: It is based on your class participation and quality of your journal. More information on this category is specified on Expectations and Policies.

Grading Scale

The grading scale for high school courses follows the Cleveland Metropolitan School District’s grading scale of:

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A 90.0 - 100.0%B 80.0 - 89.9%C 70.0 - 79.9%D 60.0 - 69.9%F 0.0 - 59.9%

Expectations and Policies1. Attendance : Attendance is mandatory. You are expected to attend classes on time.

If you are late for the class, please go to the office to obtain a late pass before attending the class. Absences without valid reasons and tardiness will affect your participation grade. Absences will result in 0 grade for in-class work. Regardless of the reason for your absence, it is the individual student's responsibility to find out the assigned homework for that day. Too many absences will affect your participation grade.

2. Participation : I expect all students to participate in classroom activities. Those who pay attention in class and actively participate in class will do better than those who don’t and will receive a good participation grade. If you miss too many classes, you won’t get a good participation grade. Besides class participation, your journal will also be used as part of your participation grade.

3. Makeups . Make-up oral performance/quizzes/tests/exam will only be granted for emergencies or extenuating circumstances. If you know you will be absent on a certain date, you should come to see me and make arrangement ahead of time; otherwise, a make-up should be arranged as soon as possible, if you have an excused absence.

4. Academic integrity . All work at BHSEC Cleveland must be original, used for only one class, and be written by the student being given credit. All work must correctly attribute all citations and sources. Failure to adhere to these standards will results in a zero for the assignment. Subsequent instances of plagiarism will result in an automatic “F” in the class. Please refer to the BHSEC Cleveland Student Contract for the full academic honesty policy for additional details.

Please refer to the Expectations and Policies Addendum for more detailed information.

Cell Phone Use Policy

Cell phones should be silenced and put away in the bag before class begins. In Chinese class, no one should use a cell phone or any other electronic devices without teacher’s permission.

As per school policy, inappropriate use of cell phones or other electronic devices will result in the device being confiscated. For the first infraction, you can pick up the device from Dr. Williams at the end of the day. Second and third infractions will require a parent, guardian, or caretaker to acquire the device from Dr. Williams.

Office Hours and Academic Support

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You should follow your progress through Jupiter and also feel free to come in for extra support if you need extra help or explanation.

Office Hours: 办公室时间 Office Hours: M & W 3:30-4:20 or by appointment (at Room #312)

If you would like to discuss other academic support option, you are welcome to contact both me and/or the Dean of Studies.

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