CSU Long Beach

Department of Asian and Asian American Studies

Course Syllabus

CHIN 490/590 Special Topic - Advanced Spoken Chinese 

Summer 2008

Meeting times: Daily 8:30a.m.-10:00a.m. Classroom: LA2-104/LAB-305

 

Instructor: Dr. Tim Xie

Office: FO3-315 Phone: 562-985-5278 Email: txie@csulb.edu

Office Hours: by appointment

 

I. Course Description

 

Prerequisites: CHIN 202 or its equivalent as determined by the instructor. Advanced study in modern spoken Chinese and Chinese communication. Designed to develop students’ more advanced speaking ability of Mandarin on a wider range of topics.

 

II. Course Objectives and Measurable Outcome

 

The general objective of this course is to develop students’ oral proficiency at a higher level. The students will reach the Intermediate-Mid level by ACTFL oral proficiency guidelines. The objective will be measured by the oral test designed by Chinese Studies Program and the simulated ACTFL standardized Oral Proficiency Test.

 

In addition to general objectives and outcomes, these are some specific objectives for this course. After taking this course, students will be able to:

 

A. demonstrate the ability to understand conversations of native Chinese speakers on the learned topics.

Developed by: listening to recordings, watching video clips and classroom practice..

Typically measured by: listening comprehension tests.

 

B. demonstrate advanced speaking ability about some important topics in daily life.

Developed by: listening to recordings, watching video clips, role-playing and classroom practice..

Typically measured by: paired conversations and instructor-student Q&A for unit tests.

 

C. demonstrate the ability to narrate events.

Developed by: oral practice in class and composing students’ own narratives

Typically measured by: presentations and evaluation of typed narratives.

 

III. Course Outline

 

The course covers the following topics. For course schedule, please see the handout which will be distributed in class.

 

Unit Topic for CCOL (II)

Supplementary topics in Interactive Spoken Chinese

 

Assignments

Unit 1

Self-Introduction

 

Lesson 1 Self-introduction 自我介绍

Lesson 2 My interests 兴趣爱好

Narrative 1 About myself

Unit 2

My study and future job

 

Lesson 13 Campus life 大学生活

Lesson14 My ideals 我的理想

Narrative 2 What I want to do in the future?

Unit 3

My daily life

 

Lesson 3 Shopping 购物

Lesson 4 Seeing a doctor 看病

Lesson 6 Part-time job 打工

Narrative 3 My day

Unit 4

My hometown

 

Lesson 11 Transportation 交通

Narrative 4 The city where I live

Unit 5 Eating and drinking habit

 

Lesson 7 Food and drink 饮食

Narrative 5 My favorite food

Unit 6

Clothing and wearing

Lesson 8 Clothing and Wearing 穿着

Narrative 6 What to wear?

 

Assignments

 

Students must study and practice dialogues in and out of classroom. Each Unit has an oral presentation (narrative). Students can draft the narratives before presentation. Additional online assignment will be announced in class.

 

IV. Class Schedule

 

Week

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

1

6/23 Introduction and Unit 1

6/24

Unit 1

6/25

 

6/26

 

 

6/27

Review and Test 1

2

6/30

Unit 2

 

7/1

 

7/2

7/3

Review and Test 2

7/4

Independence Day No Class

3

7/7

Unit 3

7/8

 

7/9

 

7/10

Review

7/11

Midterm

4

7/14

Unit 4

 

7/15

 

7/16

 

7/17

7/18

Review and Test 3

5

7/21

Unit 5

7/22

 

7/23

 

7/24

7/25

Review and Test 4

6

7/28

Unit 6

7/29

 

7/30

7/31

Review

8/1

Final exam

 

 

V. Methods of Instruction

 

This course is a language skill development course in nature and it features great amount of listening and speaking activities, student discussions and presentations. It is suggested that students participate extensively in various formats of learning, which may include paired conversation, discussion of topics, and individual presentations. Instructors will give lectures, show students video clips, ask questions and communicate with each other.

 

VI. Textbooks

The following two textbooks will be used for this course:

 

1. Xie, Tianwei. Conversational Mandarin Chinese Online (II). 2007.

 

This textbook is available online. Students can access this program from http://www.csulb.edu/~txie/ccol2. The hard copy of the textbook can be ordered online.

 

2. Sunaoka, Kazuko, Tianwei Xie, Yu Wang, Jinghua Liu and Lijin Li. Interactive Spoken Chinese. Beijing: Foreign Language Research and Teaching Press.  2007.

 

A multimedia CD ROM comes together with the textbook. Students can install it on his/her own computer. The language lab has also installed the program. Students have a free access to the program in the lab.

 

Web sites used for this course

 

Bai Jianhua. Video Clips of Survival Chinese Bai Jianhua http://www2.kenyon.edu/People/bai/VCSC.htm

 

中国网 china.org.cn Learning Chinese http://www.china.org.cn/e-learning/1.htm

 

Oxford University. Chinese Multimedia by Oxford University http://www.ctcfl.ox.ac.uk/Chinese/lessons.htm

 

VII. Methods of Assessment

 

Most assignments for this course are oral. Students use computer to draft dialogues, narration and presentations. Some oral assignments must be recorded and submitted to the instructor through email or designated devices.

 

Students’ achievements are assessed by the following:

Listening comprehension tests

Instructor-student Q&A

Students paired conversation

Oral presentation (narration)

Typed narratives

 

The breakdown for tests and examinations are as follows:

Unit oral tests (4, dialogues or narratives)                      60%

Midterm examination    (dialogue and narratives)           20%

Final examination (dialogue and narratives)                    20%

 

VIII. Course Policies

 

Attendance: attendance is mandatory for this summer program. Any absence from class must be excused in advance by instructor. Leave more than one day must be approved by the Director of the porgrma.

 

Withdrawal: Students may not withdraw from the course without permission from instructor or director of the program.

 

Disability: it is students’ responsibility to notify the instructor in advance of their need for accommodation of a disability that has been verified by the University.

 

IX. References

 

Cai, Yunling. Quasi Advanced Spoken Chinese. Beijing: Beijing University Press. 2004.

 

Chen, Ru. New Chinese Situational Dialogues. Beijing: Beijing University Press.

 

Feng, Yu, Yaohua Shi, Zhijie Jia, Judith M. Amory, Jie Cai. Pop Chinese: A Cheng & Tsui Handbook of Contemporary Colloquial Expressions. Boston: Cheng & Tsui. 2006.

 

Jin , Hong Gang, De Bao Xu, James Hargett. China Scene Textbook and Workbook: An Advanced Chinese Multimedia Course. Boston: Cheng & Tsui. 2001.

 

Jin, Hong Gang, De Bao Xu, John Berninghausen. Chinese Breakthrough: Learning Chinese through TV and Newspapers. Boston: Cheng & Tsui. 1995.

 

Kang, Yuhua and Siping Lai. Conversational Chinese 301 (1) 3rd Edition (English). Beijing: Beijing University Press. 1999.

 

Lian, Ji’e. New Life Chinese: Oral Expression Intermediate (1 & 2). Beijing: Beijing University Press.

 

Lin, Vivian. Under the Bridge Study Guide for Film. Boston: Cheng & Tsui. Beijing: Beijing University Press. 1994.

 

Liu, Delian and Xiaoyu Liu. Intermediate Spoken Chinese. Beijing: Beijing University Press. 2004.

 

Liu, Yuanmei, Xuemei Ren, Shunian Jin. Advanced Spoken Chinese (3). Beijing: Beijing University Press.

 

Liu, Songhao, Xiuli Ma. New Chinese Intermediate Listening Course (Book 1 & 2). Beijing: Beijing University Press. 2005.

 

Ma, Jing Heng Sheng. Learning through Listening. Beijing: Beijing Language and Culture University. 2002.

 

Shi, Shiqing. Learning Chinese Through Watching Movies.  Beijing: Beijing University Press.

 

Sunaoka, Kazuko, Tianwei Xie, Yu Wang, Jinghua Liu and Lijin Li. Interactive Spoken Chinese. Beijing: Foreign Language Research and Teaching Press.  2007.

 

Spring, Madeline K. Making Connections: Enhance Your Listening Comprehension in Chinese (Simplified). Boston: Cheng & Tsui. 2002.

 

Teng, Shou-hsin Teng and Yuehua Liu. Short Chinese TV Plays. Boston: Cheng & Tsui. 1992.

 

Wu, Shuping. Speaking Chinese. Beijing: Beijing University Press. 1999.

 

Xie, Tianwei. Conversational Mandarin Chinese Online (II). http://www.csulb.edu/~txie/ccol2. 2007.

Yao, Shujun. Chinese Advanced Listening Course (Book 1 & 2). Beijing: Beijing University Press. 1999.

 

Web sites

 

Bai Jianhua. Video Clips of Survival Chinese Bai Jianhua http://www2.kenyon.edu/People/bai/VCSC.htm

 

BBC Real Chinese. http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/chinese/real_chinese/

 

中国网 china.org.cn Learning Chinese http://www.china.org.cn/e-learning/1.htm

 

Learn Chinese.  http://www.chinagate.com.cn/e-learn/1.htm

 

Oxford University. Chinese Multimedia by Oxford University http://www.ctcfl.ox.ac.uk/Chinese/lessons.htm