Course CHIN-2311-001, Intermediate Chinese I

Professor Wenqi Li 李文绮

Term Fall 2010
Meetings TuTh 04:00 – 05:15 pm, CB3 - 1.312

Professor’s Contact Information

Office Phone 972-883-6287

Other Phone 972- 612- 2169 (H)
Office Location JO5.109
Email Address Wenqi.li@utdallas.edu
Office Hours TuTh, 02:30 – 03:30 pm, or by appointment
Other Information I do not read e-learning mail.

General Course Information

Pre-requisites, Co-
requisites, & other Chin-1311 and Chin-1312, or the same level of language proficiency
restrictions

This course is designed for students who have successfully completed

the First Part of Integrated Chinese, Level One and those who have
acquired the same level of language proficiency or above. Students will
Course Description continue to develop their verbal communication skills with expanding
vocabulary and sentence structures to be able to function in various social
settings. In reading and writing, more emphasis will be shifted from
pinyin to authentic Chinese writing system – the characters.
.

Students will reinforce and expand their ability to understand spoken Chinese.
Students will expand functional Chinese vocabulary and apply them in verbal
communication.
Learning Outcomes
Students will write 600 characters and be able to apply them in reading and
writing.

3nd edition of the following books:

中 文 听 说 读 写 3nd Edition
1.Integrated Chinese, Textbook , Level One, Part Two
Required Texts &
Materials 2.Integrated Chinese, Character Workbook, Level One, Part Two
3.Integrated Chinese, Workbook, Level One , Part Two
4.Audio CD attached to the Workbook
Author: Tao-chung Yao and Yuehua Liu
Publisher: Boston: Cheng &Tsui Company

Suggested Texts, Concise English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary

Readings, & The Commercial Press and Oxford University Press ISBN 0195840488

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 Materials
Assignments & Academic Calendar

DATES Course Outline

--- Introduction
Aug. 19, 24, 26, 31, --- Lesson Eleven Talking about the Weather 谈天气
(Quiz 1 on Aug. 31) --- Vocabulary and Text
--- Grammar and Language Practice …. HW: WB p.1 - 22

Lesson Thirteen Asking Directions 问路

Aug. 31, Sept. 2, 7, 9 --- Vocabulary and Text
(Quiz 2 on Sept 9) --- Grammar and Language Practice …..HW: WB p. 47 – 67

Sept. 14, 16, 21, 23 Lesson Fourteen Birthday Party 生日晚会

(Quiz 3 on Sept. 23) --- Vocabulary and Text
--- Grammar and Language Practice ….. HW: WB p. 69 - 90

Sept. 23, 28, 30, Lesson Fifteen Seeing a Doctor 看病

Oct. 5 --- Vocabulary and Text
(Quiz 4 on Oct. 5) --- Grammar and Language Practice …..HW: WB p. 91 – 110

Mid-term Test
Oct. 7, Thursday

Lesson Sixteen Dating 约会

Oct. 12, 14, 19, 21, --- Vocabulary and Text
(Quiz 5 on Oct. 21) --- Grammar and Language Practice …. HW: WB p. 117 – 136

Lesson Seventeen Renting an Apartment 租房子

Oct. 21, 26, 28, Nov.2 --- Vocabulary and Text
(Quiz 6 on Nov.2) --- Grammar and Language Practice ….. HW: WB p. 137 – 158

Lesson Eighteen Sports 运动

Nov. 4, 9, 11, 16, --- Vocabulary and Text
(Quiz 7 on Nov.16) --- Grammar and Language Practice HW: WB p. 159 - 178

Nov. 16, 18, 23 30 Lesson Nineteen Travel 旅行

(Quiz 8 on Nov.30) --- Vocabulary and Text
Nov.25 Thanksgiving --- Grammar and Language Practice HW: WB p. 179 - 202

Review
Dec. 2
No class day
Dec. 7
Dec. 9, Thursday
Final Exam
2:00 – 4:00

Course Policies
Grading (credit) Attendance and class participation 10%
Criteria Assignments 45%

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 Quizzes 25%
Mid-Term Test 10%
Final Exam 10%

No make-up exams or tests except for unusual circumstances, in which case students
Make-up Exams must arrange with the instructor before hand.

Extra credit may be granted for students’ special, creative work

Extra Credit
Students have to hand in their assignments in a timely manner. Late work will result
Late Work in a 10% reduction of each total grade.

Regular attendance is required. Be puncture and consult with the instructor when an
absence is necessary. More than 3 hours of unexcused absence will result in
Class Attendance
deduction on final attendance grade.

All cell phones and pagers must be turned off in the classroom. Students are expected
Classroom and encouraged to participate in group work and speak and talk to their partners. At
Citizenship other times, refrain from personal and private conversation during class time.

Please go to the following URL address of the web page to review

University policies and procedures
(http://provost.utdallas.edu/home/syllabus-policies-and-procedures-text )

These descriptions and timelines are subject to change at the discretion of the Professor.