Chinese - Susan Butler

XUE SHUO HAN YU 102 & 103

Chinese 102 & 103 - Elementary Chinese
10:30 daily 

Instructor:

  Su Rui/Susan Butler
Office: Old Main 215B 
E-mail: SButler@scc.spokane.edu
Phone: Phone: 533-7473 

China Study Abroad StudyAbroad Program
http://www.scc.spokane.edu/fac/SButler/StudyAbroad/

Materials Needed for Chinese 102:

  • Kershul, K. (1999). Chinese in 10 minutes a day. Seattle: Bilingual Books, Inc.

  • Tan, H. P. (2000). What's in a Chinese character? Beijing: New World Press.

  • Williams, P. F. C., & Wu, Y. (1999). Chinese: The easy way. New York: Barron's Educational Series, Inc. 

Objectives/Outcomes:

This high-intermediate class will concentrate on real-life situations and teach you how to maneuver through them utilizing spoken Chinese. We will have Character Week, Poet Week, Folk-Tale Week, Movie Week, Map Week, and Research Week. 

During Spring Quarter session of this course, we will review fundamentals of Chinese grammar and vocabulary. In order to increase your ability to read and write Chinese, we will continue to learn the fun characters. 

Taijiquan (Tai-chi) will be introduced and taught on Fridays (starts from week 2). 

Requirements, Assignments, and Grading:

You are expected to attend class daily from 10:30a.m. - 11:20a.m. During our one-hour meeting, there will be lecture, group activity, culture appreciation, and humor in China. If you "go fishing for three days and dry the nets for two," this Chinese saying means lack of perseverance, you will miss in-class assignments. You must complete all the assignments and have them ready on the day they are due.

  • Late work will be reduced by ten percent (10 %) each day late.
  • Assignments will not be accepted after the fifth day (5 days) late.
  • No Shou ji (cell phones) are allowed to be on during the class.
cell phone user Qing guan diao shou ji, xie xie.

You don't need to call me if you miss a day of class. If you miss one week of class or more, call the number listed above and leave a message. It is your reponsiblility to get missed notes and assignments from your classmates. 

Cheating on tests and turning in work which is not your own is not allowed at Spokane Community College and will not be tolerated. Allowing another student to see your test paper during a test is also cheating. Please don't allow yourself to be put in the position of being accused of cheating and possibly losing credits.

You will receive grades in attendance and participation (15%), mid-term (15%), quizzes (15%), lab work (10%), essay writing (15%), and final assessment (test) (30%). 

This class is graded on a 4.0 scale. Your grade will be based on the following:

% Points % Points
100--4.0
99--4.0 		 75--2.5
74--2.4
98--4.0
97--3.9		 73--2.3
72--2.2
96--3.8 
95--3.8 		 71--2.1
70--2.0
94--3.7 
93--3.7		 69--1.9
68--1.8
92--3.6 
91--3.6		 67--1.7
66--1.6
90--3.5 
89--3.5		 65--1.5
64--1.4
88--3.4 
87--3.4 		 63--1.3
62--1.2
86--3.3 
85--3.3 		 60--1.0
59--.9
84--3.2 
83--3.2 		 58--.8
57--.7
82--3.1
80--3.0 		 56--.6
55--.5
79--2.9 
78--2.8 		 54--.4
53--.3
77--2.7 
76--2.6 		 52--.2
51--.1
 (below .7 is considered failing by the Registrar's Office)
Numeric Grade Letter Grade Equivalent
3.8-4.0 A (Superior Achievement)
3.5-3.7 A-
3.2-3.4 B +
2.9-3.1 B (Above Average)
2.6-2.8 B-
2.3-2.5 C+
2.0-2.2 C (Average Achievement)
1.6-1.9 C-
1.3-1.5 D+
1.0-1.2 D (Minimum Achievement)
0.7-0.9 D- 
0.0-0.6 F (Failure) 

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