First Year Chinese

Course Number:
CHN103
Transcript Title:
First Year Chinese
Created:
Aug 04, 2022
Updated:
Aug 04, 2022
Total Credits:
5
Lecture Hours:
50
Lecture / Lab Hours:
0
Lab Hours:
0
Satisfies Cultural Literacy requirement:
No
Satisfies General Education requirement:
Yes
Grading Options
A-F, P/NP, Audit
Default Grading Options
A-F
Repeats available for credit:
0
Prerequisites

CHN 102

Course Description

Emphasizes effective communication skills in both written and spoken Mandarin Chinese. Builds on language skills introduced in CHN 101 and 102. Provides an understanding of practices of native Chinese culture.  Helps beginners with language proficiency as well as cultural awareness. The third term of a three-term sequence. Prerequisite: CHN 102. Audit available

Course Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. Exchange daily greetings and communicate with appropriate etiquette and vocabulary when interacting with native Chinese speakers.
  2. Apply common cultural understandings and recognize cultural values when interacting with native speakers of Chinese.
  3. Use the understanding of more complex Chinese syntactic system to read and compose simple Chinese texts in Chinese characters to interact with their Chinese friends.

Alignment with Institutional Learning Outcomes

Major
1. Communicate effectively using appropriate reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills. (Communication)
Major
2. Creatively solve problems by using relevant methods of research, personal reflection, reasoning, and evaluation of information. (Critical thinking and Problem-Solving)
Not Addressed
3. Extract, interpret, evaluate, communicate, and apply quantitative information and methods to solve problems, evaluate claims, and support decisions in their academic, professional and private lives. (Quantitative Literacy)
Major
4. Use an understanding of cultural differences to constructively address issues that arise in the workplace and community. (Cultural Awareness)
Not Addressed
5. Recognize the consequences of human activity upon our social and natural world. (Community and Environmental Responsibility)

To establish an intentional learning environment, Institutional Learning Outcomes (ILOs) require a clear definition of instructional strategies, evidence of recurrent instruction, and employment of several assessment modes.

Major Designation

  1. The outcome is addressed recurrently in the curriculum, regularly enough to establish a thorough understanding.
  2. Students can demonstrate and are assessed on a thorough understanding of the outcome.
    • The course includes at least one assignment that can be assessed by applying the appropriate CLO rubric.

Minor Designation

  1. The outcome is addressed adequately in the curriculum, establishing fundamental understanding.
  2. Students can demonstrate and are assessed on a fundamental understanding of the outcome.
    • The course includes at least one assignment that can be assessed by applying the appropriate CLO rubric.

Suggested Outcome Assessment Strategies

  1. Active participation in interactive class activities, including individual, pair or group activities
  2. Individual presentations
  3. Contextual written tasks to assess reading, writing, cultural and aural competencies
  4. Oral interviews with partners or instructor
  5. Multimedia aids to improve listening skills, including short audio clips or films
  6. Class discussions to enhance cultural awareness and knowledge

Course Activities and Design

The determination of teaching strategies used in the delivery of outcomes is generally left to the discretion of the instructor. Here are some strategies that you might consider when designing your course: lecture, small group/forum discussion, flipped classroom, dyads, oral presentation, role play, simulation scenarios, group projects, service learning projects, hands-on lab, peer review/workshops, cooperative learning (jigsaw, fishbowl), inquiry based instruction, differentiated instruction (learning centers), graphic organizers, etc.

Course Content

Include all or most of the following:

  1. Vocabulary
    • Telephone conversation
    • Dining out, ordering food
    • Weather descriptions
    • Seeing a doctor
    • Attending social events
    • Requests and responses
    • Academic subjects
    • School days
    • Shopping
    • Clothing
    • Colors
    • Locations and directions
  2. Pronunciation
  3. Grammar structures
    • Statements
    • Affirmative and negative responses
    • Interrogatives: confirmative and informative questions
    • Personal and demonstrative pronouns
    • Complex word orders
    • Conjunctions
    • Modals
    • Prepositions
    • Descriptive complements
    • Directional complements
    • Adverbs
    • Particles
    • Topic-Comment sentences
    • Comparative sentences
    • Resultative complements
    • Time duration
    • Reduplication of adjectives
    • Employ proper sentence conjunctions in complex sentences
    • Personal and demonstrative pronouns
    • Adverbs
    • Understand more complex Chinese syntactic system and phonetic symbols
    • Compose level-appropriated sentences and short paragraphs in Chinese characters
    • Read edited level-appropriated Chinese texts
    • Employ proper sentence conjunctions in complex sentences
  4. Chinese characters: Reading/Writing
  5. Conversation Themes
    • Attending social events
    • Weather
    • Seeing the doctor
    • Introductions and leave takings
    • Gratitude and apology
    • Family
    • Time and dates
    • Invitations: acceptance and rejection
    • Locations
    • Giving Directions
  6. Chinese Culture
    • Gift giving
    • Food culture