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 California State University, Northridge - Modern And Classical Languages & Literatures Welcome to Elementary Mandarin Chinese 101
Instructor: Li-Bu Larson, M.A. in ESL Time & Place: M W 4:20 PM - 5:35 PM; W 5:40 PM - 6:30 PM; JR 203 Tel: Ex. 3467 (message only); Ex. 2019 (office) Office Hours: M 5:35 PM - 6:00 PM; W 6:30 PM – 6:45 PM
Office: ST 432 libu.larson@csun.edu URL: http://www.csun.edu/~ll51106/libu.html
Course Description and Objective:
Chinese 101 is a course of elementary Chinese for non-native Chinese speakers. The students with prior knowledge of Chinese are not eligible for taking this course. It aims at developing students' elementary communicative skills and knowledge of the Chinese language and culture. In this semester, students will learn the Chinese phonological system, the basic conversational topics, vocabulary and grammar. They will also learn how to read and write Chinese characters. The proficiency level that the students will reach by completing this course is Novice Mid based on the ACTFL's (the American Council on Teaching Foreign Languages) proficiency guidelines. About 14 lessons will be covered in the first semester. The number of characters students will learn is approximately 150. The teaching schedule and content may be changed based on students' learning ability and progress. Any schedule and content changes will be posted on the class web page. Chinese word processing ability is one of the objectives of this course. Students will learn how to type Chinese texts using Chinese word processor. The class time will be used for instructor's lecturing and students' activities including listening, speaking, reading and writing. Students are expected to complete the assigned homework and study the covered contents after class. In order to learn how to write characters, students can take advantage of the Workbook, or the computer aided multi-media learning software CyberChinese or Learning Chinese Online web page (see below).
Required Textbook:
*Practical Chinese Reader Book I ( Simplified character edition) by Beijing Language Institute, The Commercial Press LTD.
*FUN with PCR, by Peggy Wang, EALS, 2000
* Chinese Character Writing Sheets (http://www.uvm.edu/~chinese/characte.htm), Book I and II or
Practical Chinese Reader I & II: Writing Workbook (Traditional character edition) edited by Teng, Shou-hsin. Boston: Cheng & Tsui Company, 1990.
*CHIN 101 Study Guide and Homework (including character practice sheets and homework sheets), available online (http://www.csun.edu/~ll51106/101.html)
Recommended Learning Tools:
* Dictionary: Concise English-Chinese/Chinese-English Dictionary, The Commercial Press & Oxford University Press, 2002.
* Software and CD ROM:
o Pinyin Master I, II (CD Rom) by Prof. Li Sanpao & Jeff Winters, in JR 316 (Language Lab.)
o IMC Chinese Word Processor , installed in JR 316 (Language Lab). It can also be downloaded from (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/recommended/ime/install.asp)
o CyberChinese - a multimedia CD-ROM program for learning PCR. It contains 30 lessons with video and audio clips. ( Order information )
o Chinese software for Windows
o Web sites:
+ Chinese 101 class page - http://www.csun.edu/~ll51106/101.html
+ E-mail, chat and etc. in Chinese - http://www.langoo.com/
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