Tables of Contents
1. Mandarin Course Syllabus Sample
2. Intermediate Mandarin Course Outline Sample
3. Beginning Chinese Course Outline Sample1. PPAS Mandarin Course Syllabus Fall 2010
Course Description:
This is an intensive, skills-based and beginners’ course. It focuses on the development of competence in the use of the Chinese language in terms of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. It aims to build a solid foundation for students to further progress into higher levels of Chinese study.
Major Objectives & Requirements:
By the end of the fall semester, learners are expected to achieve the following Chinese language competence and to be able to
• Understand the main characteristics of the Chinese language and the differences between the Chinese language and Roman languages.
• greet people and respond to another person’s greetings
• Introduce themselves, their family members and a third person.
• distinguish and spell some Chinese phonetic sounds when hearing them
A Note on Attendance
1. Please be seated quietly as soon as you enter the classroom, and work on “Do Now.”
2. Students are required to come to class on time. Please do not stand in the hallways talking before you enter the classroom.
3. Required text materials must be brought to the class for handy use. A special folder/ring-binder for organizing your course materials and a notebook to take notes are needed for this course.
4. Daily HW must be handed in daily and be marked. All HW must be neatly written on loose paper or notebook. Place the HW on your desk at the beginning of the class.
5. If you miss a class, you are responsible for the HW from the class.
6. One person goes to bathroom at a time.
7. It is highly valued that students demonstrate respect for the learning environment by active participation in the learning activities as instructed.
8. Please turn all electronic devices off upon entering the classroom, and keep it off until the class is over.
9. Your performance will be rated daily. At the end of the week, you are required to show your weekly rating to your parents, get their signature, and bring the signed rating-slip back and returned it to me. This will become part of your final grade.
10. Every two weeks we will have a unit quiz.
Grading Scheme
1. Daily performance 50%
4. Quizzes: 25%
5. Final exam: 25%
Required Text Materials:
Practical Chinese Textbook Level 1, Creative World Enterprises Inc. (2000) ISBN 0-9705631-0-8
Practical Chinese Workbook Level 1, Creative World Enterprises Inc. (2003) ISBN 0-9723405-6-4
This is an intensive, skills-based and beginners’ course. It focuses on the development of competence in the use of the Chinese language in terms of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. It aims to build a solid foundation for students to further progress into higher levels of Chinese study.
Major Objectives & Requirements:
By the end of the fall semester, learners are expected to achieve the following Chinese language competence and to be able to
• Understand the main characteristics of the Chinese language and the differences between the Chinese language and Roman languages.
• greet people and respond to another person’s greetings
• Introduce themselves, their family members and a third person.
• distinguish and spell some Chinese phonetic sounds when hearing them
A Note on Attendance
1. Please be seated quietly as soon as you enter the classroom, and work on “Do Now.”
2. Students are required to come to class on time. Please do not stand in the hallways talking before you enter the classroom.
3. Required text materials must be brought to the class for handy use. A special folder/ring-binder for organizing your course materials and a notebook to take notes are needed for this course.
4. Daily HW must be handed in daily and be marked. All HW must be neatly written on loose paper or notebook. Place the HW on your desk at the beginning of the class.
5. If you miss a class, you are responsible for the HW from the class.
6. One person goes to bathroom at a time.
7. It is highly valued that students demonstrate respect for the learning environment by active participation in the learning activities as instructed.
8. Please turn all electronic devices off upon entering the classroom, and keep it off until the class is over.
9. Your performance will be rated daily. At the end of the week, you are required to show your weekly rating to your parents, get their signature, and bring the signed rating-slip back and returned it to me. This will become part of your final grade.
10. Every two weeks we will have a unit quiz.
Grading Scheme
1. Daily performance 50%
4. Quizzes: 25%
5. Final exam: 25%
Required Text Materials:
Practical Chinese Textbook Level 1, Creative World Enterprises Inc. (2000) ISBN 0-9705631-0-8
Practical Chinese Workbook Level 1, Creative World Enterprises Inc. (2003) ISBN 0-9723405-6-4
2. Fordham University Intermediate Mandarin Course Outline and Description for Fall 2010
1. Required Textbooks
Integrated Chinese, Level 1, Part 2: (Textbook, workbook and character workbook available at the campus bookstores.)
References and Recommended Learning Websites
Basic Chinese: A Grammar and Workbook by Yip Po-Ching and Don Rimmington (2003); ISBN 0-415-16037-5.
Liu, Xun. New Practical Chinese Reader, Volume 2, Beijing Language and Culture University
Xu, Caihua. Learning Chinese with Me, Book 2, People’s Education Press, 2004
Wu, Zhongwei. Contemporary Chinese, Volume 2, Sinolingua, 2003
(PowerPoint Slides for new words of lessons) http://eastasia.hawaii.edu/yao/icVocPP/default.htm
(Printable flash cards for the lessons) http://eall.hawaii.edu/yao/ic1flashcards/
(Character writing) http://www.uvm.edu/~chinese/characters/
(Chinese Reading World) http://www.Chinesereadingworld.org (Online Reading
2. Course Description and objectives
This class is designed for students who have successfully completed Mandarin 1001 & 1501 or equivalent. A good command of the Chinese phonetic pronunciation system (pinyin) as well as mastery of 400 Chinese characters is the prerequisites of this class. The class will continue to focus on training students in these four language skills--speaking, listening, reading, and writing with a gradually increasing emphasis on basic reading. The detailed class goals are discussed below.
Phonetics Although pinyin is no more a main focus of this class, continual attention will be paid to the correct use of the four tones in speaking and oral reading, as well as to assigning the correct tone graphs to each syllable.
Vocabulary Students are expected to learn about 300 new words and to analyze new characters in terms of their sound, shape, and meaning. In order to achieve more efficient vocabulary learning, students are required to take quizzes as well as to make word cards on a weekly basis. Failure to bring the vocabulary cards to the class will result in partial loss of class credit.
Speaking and listening In this class, students are expected to continue to learn common expressions that are used in basic daily conversation and use them in their own daily speaking. For the listening comprehension, students are required to complete a series of listening comprehension drills related to daily life activities. At the end of this course, students are expected to reach the proficiency levels of intermediate-mid in speaking and intermediate high in listening stated in the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines.
Schedule of Each Lesson
1st session 75 minutes | Before Class: Prepare vocabulary flash cards Preview dialogue 1 In class: Introduction to the new lesson Lecture/ practice on difficult characters/grammar (Bring vocabulary cards to the class) Oral drills for dialog 1 of the week’s lesson After class: Practice dialogue 1 and characters Work on character workbook. (Workbook assignment for previous lesson due by 5:00 pm.) |
2nd Session 75 minutes | Before Class: Preview dialogue 2 In class: Review dialogue 1 Oral drills for dialog 2 of the week’s lesson After class: Practice the dialog 2 and characters Prepare for next week character quizzes Prepare for next week in-class oral quiz |
Week of | Lesson | Preparation/Quiz/assignment |
W1 09/01 (1 session) | Course syllabus Lesson 16 Vocabulary Language background survey | Vocabulary flashcards for L16 Lesson 16 character workbook |
W2 09/05 (1 session) | Lesson 16 Dialogue 1 & 2 oral drills | (No class on Monday) Practice dialogue L16 Dialog 1 & 2 Prepare for next week character quizzes Prepare for next week oral quiz |
W3 09/12 (2 sessions) | L16 character quiz 1&2 L16 oral quiz L 16 Review & Grammar L16 Listening | Complete L16 Workbook assignment Prepare vocabulary flashcard for L17 |
W4 09/19 | L17 Vocabulary L17Dialogue 1 & 2 oral drills | L16 Workbook Assignment due. Lesson 17 character workbook Prepare for next week character quizzes Practice dialogue L17 Dialog 1 & 2 Prepare for next week oral quiz |
W5 09/26 | L17 character quiz 1&2 L17 oral quiz L17 Review & Grammar L17 Listening | Complete L17 Workbook assignment Prepare vocabulary flashcard for L18 |
W6 10/03 | L18 Vocabulary L18 Dialogue 1 & 2 oral drills L18 Grammar L18 character quiz 1 | L17 Workbook Assignment due. Lesson 18 character workbook Prepare for next week character quizzes Practice dialogue L18 Dialog 1 & 2 Prepare for next week oral quiz |
W7 10/10 (1 session) | Lesson 18 vocabulary quiz 2 Lesson 18 oral quiz Lesson 18 listening | (No classes on Monday.) Complete L18 Workbook assignment Prepare for next week mid-term exam |
W8 10/17 | Review & Mid-term exam on L16.17.18 | L18 Workbook assignment due. Mid-term exam Prepare vocabulary flashcards for L19. |
W9 10/24 | L19 Vocabulary L19 Dialogue 1 & 2 oral drills | Lesson 19 character workbook Prepare for next week character quizzes Practice dialogue L19 Dialog 1 & 2 Prepare for next week oral quiz |
W10 10/31 | L19 character quiz 1&2 L19 oral quiz L19 Review & Grammar L19 Listening | Complete L19 Workbook assignment Prepare vocabulary flashcard for L20 |
W11 11/07 | L20 Vocabulary L20 Dialogue 1 & 2 oral drills | L19 Workbook assignment due. Lesson 20 character workbook Prepare for next week character quizzes Practice dialogue L20 Dialog 1 & 2 Prepare for next week oral quiz |
W12 11/14 | L20 character quiz 1&2 L20 oral quiz L20 Review & Grammar L20 Listening | Complete L20 Workbook assignment |
W13 11/21 (1 session) | Review on L16 | 感恩节快乐！ L20 Workbook assignment due. |
W14 11/28 | Review on Lesson 17&18 | |
W15 12/05 | Review on Lesson 19&20 | Prepare for the final exam. |
W16 12/12 | Final week | Final exam on L16-20 |
Schedule of Each Lesson
1st session 75 minutes | Before Class: Prepare vocabulary flash cards Preview dialogue 1 In class: Introduction to the new lesson Lecture/ practice on difficult characters/grammar (Bring vocabulary cards to the class) Oral drills for dialog 1 of the week’s lesson After class: Practice dialogue 1 and characters Work on character workbook. (Workbook assignment for previous lesson due by 5:00 pm.) |
2nd Session 75 minutes | Before Class: Preview dialogue 2 In class: Review dialogue 1 Oral drills for dialog 2 of the week’s lesson After class: Practice the dialog 2 and characters Prepare for next week character quizzes Prepare for next week in-class oral quiz |
3rd session 75 minutes | In class: Character quiz 1 Review and Grammar/reading/writing of the week’s lesson After class: Prepare for next session character quiz and oral quiz |
4th session 75 minutes | In class: character quiz 2 *In-class Oral quiz (pair work) Listening practice and activities. After class: Work on workbook assignment (Character workbook assignment of the week’s lesson due by 5pm.) |
3. BMCC CHI 101-121 Daily Schedule (fall 09)
Week 1
Monday, 8/31
1) Brief introduction to China
2) Brief introduction of Chinese language: Its formation and development, characteristics.
3) Introduction to Pinyin & tones
4) Greetings. Names. Self-introduction.
Textbook Lesson 1 你好
Wed, 9/2
1) Introduce people with various identities.
2) Family members.
3) Possessives and adjectives.
Textbook Lesson 2 你好吗；Supplemental materials 这是谁，这是什么
Week 2
Monday, 9/7 Labor Day, college closed. No class.
Wed, 9/9
1. Self-introduction presentation. Submit ID with personal info.
2. What do you eat? What do you like to eat?
3. Buy food in store and order food in restaurant
Textbook Lesson 3 你吃什么; Supplemental materials 我喜欢/不喜欢
Week 3
Monday, 9/14
1. Continue “What do you like” and “What do you like to eat”
2. Sports: What sports do you like?
3. What do you not like?
4. Review Lesson 1, 2 and 3
Textbook Lesson 3 你吃什么; Supplemental materials 我喜欢/不喜欢
Wed, 9/16
1. Review Lesson 1, 2 and 3
2. Quiz (cover lesson 1, 2 and 3)
Week 4
Monday, 9/21
) Numbers and measure words. Sing songs about numbers.
2) Date, month and year. Birthday.
3) Application of numbers in various settings: Telephone numbers, card numbers
Textbook Lesson 4 多少钱
Wed, 9/23
Application of numbers in various settings: Room numbers, birthday, make a bid, buy at a vegetable market.
Supplemental materials 数字
Week 5
Monday, 9/28: No class.
Wed, 9/30
Textbook Lesson 6 我来介绍一下
Week 6
Monday, 10/5
Textbook Lesson 6 我来介绍一下
Wed, 10/7
Textbook Lesson 7 你身体好吗？
Quiz 2
Week 7
Monday, 10/12: Columbus Day, school closes. No class.
Wed, 10/14
1. Textbook Lesson 7 你身体好吗？
2. Midterm exam
Week 8
Monday, 10/19
Nationality
Textbook Lesson 8 你是哪国人 (It is a review of all the classes before)
Wed, 10/21
Nationality and languages.
Textbook Lesson 8 你是哪国人 (It is a review of all the classes before)
Week 9
Monday, 10/26
1) Have or do not have something.
2) Careers and jobs: What do you do for living? What job do you have? What family members do you have?
Textbook Lesson 9 你家有几口人;
Wed, 10/28
1. Careers, relationships, daily life.
2. Quiz 3
Textbook Lesson 9 你家有几口人
Week 10
Monday, 11/2
Bargining
Textbook Lesson 13 您给我介绍介绍
Wed, 11/4
Bargining
Textbook Lesson 13 您给我介绍介绍
Week 11
Wed, 11/11
1. Time: What time is it now? Read clock.
2. Make an appointment.
Textbook Lesson 10 现在几点
Monday, 11/9
1. Continue numbers: Date, month, year, time.
2. What time do you do something?
Textbook Lesson 10 现在几点. Supplemental materials: Time
Week 12
Monday, 11/16
1) Locations: Where is the place?
2) Distance: Is place A far away from place B?
3) The position of the phrase that expresses location in a sentence
4) Sing a Chinese song: Where is my friend?
Textbook Lesson 5 图书馆在那里
Wed, 11/18
Locations: Directions. 方位：上下左右前后里外
Textbook Lesson 11办公楼在教学楼北边; supplemental: rhymes with body movements
Quiz 4
Week 13
Monday, 11/23
Continue location: Describe locations and directions.
Textbook Lesson 11办公楼在教学楼北边
Wed, 11/25
Continue location: Ask and find locations and directions.
Week 14
Monday, 11/30
Writing: My travel plan / My impression of China
Wed, 12/2
Presentational project: My dream
Week 15
Monday, 12/7
Review
Wed, 12/9
Review
Week 16
Monday, 12/14
Wed, 12/16: Last class
Week 17
Monday, 12/21 Final exam
