JULY 7-AUGUST 13
MTWTH 6:15-8:45
SCOTT HALL 219
PREREQUISITE: Elementary Chinese, 165:101, or equivalent.
Continuation of Elementary Chinese, 165:101.
R. VanNess Simmons
2. REQUIRED: Practical Chinese Reader I: Patterns and Exercises (Traditional Character Edition), by Madeline Men-li Chu, published by Cheng & Tsui Co.[referred to in the syllabus as PE1]
3. REQUIRED: Practical Chinese Reader Companion (Traditional Character Edition), Volumes A & B --Lessons 1-35, by Yihua Wang, published by Cheng & Tsui Co. [referred to in the syllabus as CP]
4. REQUIRED: Practical Chinese Reader I & II: Writing Workbook (Traditional Character Edition), edited by Shou-hsin Teng, published by Cheng & Tsui Co. [referred to in the syllabus as WW]
5. OPTIONAL: Audio Tapes for Practical Chinese Reader, Books One & Two, Beijing Language Institute. Also available at Cheng & Tsui Co.
All the above materials are available from the University Bookstore
at One Penn Plaza, opposite the New Brunswick train station, and also probably
from New Jersey Books, 108 Somerset St.
While purchase of the audio tapes for the text is optional, you are still ALSO REQUIRED to work with the audio tapes of the lessons. Language Lab tape assignments are given italicized inside brackets "[ ]" in the syllabus on the dates you should start listening to the tapes of a lesson. If you do not purchase them, you may work with the tapes in the Language Lab--we receive a record of your attendance there. The Language Lab is also authorized to make personal copies of a current lesson if you do not purchase the tapes but still wish to work with them at home. NOTE: If you have tapes made for work at home, you must still sign the attendance sheet each time you pick up a tape and indicate you are taking a tape for work at home; if you purchase the tapes, you should let us know so that you are not penalized for not attending the Language Lab.
Note: While you can access the site from any computer connected to the Internet, if the computer is not set up to display Chinese characters, you might only be able to view the English and pinyin on the site and the Chinese will appear as nonsense text. However you can easliy view the Chinese on the computers in the Rutgers Asian Languages and Cultures Computer Lab in 340 Scott Hall and in the Rutgers New Brunswick Language Labs, all of which are set up to display Chinese. Some of the more recent versions of MS Internet Explorer might automatically enable Chinese display. If not, to learn how to set up your own computer to display and type Chinese, you may follow the links under http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~rsimmon/#Learning Chinese.
DIGICLASS: In addition to RMCTS, the Chinese language program also participates in the Rutgers Digiclass language site at http://fas-digiclass.rutgers.edu/. The Chinese section of this site contains interactive exercises that are geared to the RMCTS lessons and include vocabulary, reading and listening drills and practice. To encourage your participation, we will give extra credit to students who use the site often and regularly submit the exercises to their section instructor via e-mail.
Please explore RMCTS and the Chinese Digiclass and visit them often this semester. We urge you to come to us anytime with questions, comments, and criticism regarding the RMCTS and Digiclass sites.
For more information, visit the program web page at http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/%7Eeasian/lang-culture/announcements/nanjing.html.
Students in the program last year had a grand time and learned a lot.
We encourage all our students to join us in Nanjing next summer and reinforce
all that you will learn this semester in an exciting native environment.
2. You are allowed only one free, unexplained or unexcused absence. Any further unexcused absences will not be tolerated. We will make daily note of your attendance and your final grade will be reduced by three percentage points for each day you are absent after the first time. Absences can be excused only for religious reasons or by presentation of a note from your doctor stating a valid medical cause.
3. If you are tardy more than three times, the instructor will no longer be responsible for including you in drill or answering your questions regarding missed lesson in class.
4. All assignments should be handed in before the class begins. Exercises handed in on time will be corrected, graded, and returned to you promptly. Late assignments will be noted but will NOT receive grades.
5. Your final grade will be calculated as follows:
7. Please feel free to come to our office hours when you have questions that cannot be satisfactorily solved during class time, or simply when you need extra help. But you should not get in the habit of missing class and then trying to make up what you missed during our office hours.
Finally: Welcome to class! We hope you continue to enjoy learning Chinese and discovering the world that the language opens up for you.
In the Language Lab, these tapes are catalogued as
TAPE SERIES: CHINESE 101-102 E
PCR BOOK ONE
WEEK 1
M7/7 Course intro and begin PCR
16
T7/8 PCR 16
W7/9 PCR 16 & 17
Th7/10 PCR 17 and Review
WEEK 2
M7/14 Test (PCR 16-17) and begin
PCR 18
T7/15 PCR 18 & 19
W7/16 PCR 19 & 20
Th7/17 PCR 20 and Review
WEEK 3
M7/21 Test (PCR 18-20) and begin
PCR 21
T7/22 PCR 21 & 22
W7/23 PCR 22 & 23
Th7/24 PCR 23 & Review
WEEK 4
M7/28 Test (PCR 21-23) and begin
PCR 24
T7/29 PCR 24 & 25
W7/30 PCR 25 & 26
Th7/31 PCR 26 & Review
WEEK 5
M8/4 Test (PCR 24-26) and
begin PCR 27
T8/5 PCR 27 & 28
W8/6 PCR 28 & 29
Th8/7 PCR 29 & Review
WEEK 6
M8/11 Quiz (PCR 16-30 vocabulary)
PCR 30
T8/12 Review
W8/13 Final (PCR 15-30)