Instructor: Xiang Jian
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EALC 106 Chinese II Fall 2014 /5 
Instructor: Xiang Jian E-mail: xjian@usc.edu Office: THH 356H Phone: (434) 515-8302 Class meetings: T/Th 4:00-5:50 pm, THH 115 Office Hours: M&W 2:00-3:30 pm or by appointment
• Liu, Yao, et al. Integrated Chinese, Level 1 Part 2: Textbook (3rd Ed.). Boston, MA: Cheng & Tsui, 2009. • Liu, Yao, et al. Integrated Chinese, Level 1 Part 2: Character Workbook (3rd Ed.). Boston, MA: Cheng & Tsui, 2009. • Liu, Yao, et al. Integrated Chinese, Level 1 Part 2: Workbook (3rd Ed.). Boston, MA: Cheng & Tsui, 2009. 
The primary goal of this introductory course is to help you further solidify your standard (Mandarin) Chinese language skills, attaining approximately the Intermediate Low to Mid level on the ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) proficiency scale. Specifically, you are expected to achieve the followings. • Listening: Understand sentence-length utterances which consist of recombination of learned elements in a number of content areas. Comprehend a considerable range of topics such as getting meals, receiving simple direction, instruction, and commands. • Speaking: Manage a variety of communicative tasks in straightforward social situations, including dinning, shopping, and asking direction. Express personal meaning by combining and recombining known elements and conversational input to make utterances of sentence length and some strings of sentences. • Reading: Identify about 600 characters that allow the understanding of simple connected texts and specially-prepared discourses for informative purposes, such as brief messages, personal notes, and short narratives. • Writing: Write simple sentences with fixed expressions and memorized materials together with some recombination thereof. Combine sentences into short paragraphs on familiar topics involving individual preferences, daily routines, and social events. 
• Class Preparation & Participation: It is important to prepare for each class in advance according to the schedule to ensure the most beneficial and rewarding use of contact time with your instructor and classmates, and to establish proper habits for effective language learning. Accordingly, be sure to preview new material before coming to class and review previously learned material frequently. During class, you should actively participate as much as possible. Please turn off your cell phones and other electronic devices in the classroom. • Accept correction: Because tones determines word-meaning in Mandarin, we will emphasize accurate pronunciation and tones primarily through tonal correction. That means that you should expect the teacher to correct your tones everywhere - that is the only way that you can attain native-like pronunciation. • Attendance & Evaluation: Regular attendance is required and essential for your success in this course. If for any reason you are unable to attend class, you must inform the instructor in advance and provide supporting documents to be excused. Frequent absences without legitimate excuses will negatively affect your grade. For every eight hours you are absent without any legitimate excuse, your final grade will be downgraded by one grade level (e.g. from an A to an A-). If you miss 40 percent or more of total class time during the semester, you will automatically receive an F, regardless of your performance in the class. • Absences: If you have to be absent from a class because of religious observance, you must inform the instructor within the first two weeks of the semester. If you are a member of a USC athletic team, marching band or the like, you should submit the schedule of the competitions/events along with a letter from the department of Athletics or the director of the band within the first two weeks of the semester. • Please come to class on time. Arriving 5 minutes late or leaving 5 minutes early is considered an absence. If you come late or leave early, you are responsible (and not the instructor) for making sure that your own attendance is recorded. • All announcements will be made in class. Pay attention to all class announcements and check your email regularly for any changes in schedule or activities. The instructor is not responsible for you not being informed of changes due to your failure to pay attention to class announcements. When in doubt, please ask. 
• Assignments must be completed neatly and by the due date. Late homework assignments will be accepted as late as the next class meeting and will only receive half credit. Students will receive a grade of zero for all assignments later than the next class meeting. Assignments later than the next class meeting will not be accepted. Sloppy assignments, incomplete assignments, or assignments with too many errors will not be accepted under any circumstance and must be redone by the next class meeting in order to receive half credit. Please refer to the Assignment Guidelines for the rules, requirements, and grading criteria. • Manage your time carefully! Online homework found at speak.usc.edu are all made available well in advance of the due date. The speak.usc.edu system cannot accept late submissions for online exercises. Be sure to complete all online assignments in advance of the due date. 
• There will be one cumulative test following the completion of every two lessons and two vocabulary quizzes for each lesson. Be sure to be on time for all quizzes and tests. Quizzes and tests missed will be graded as zero point. Quizzes are usually administered at the beginning of the class meeting and cannot be made up for any reason. Listening comprehension passages are played at the beginning of tests and will not be repeated for tardy students. • Tests not taken at the scheduled time may be made up only if arrangements have been made with the instructor in advance, or only if supporting documents for a valid emergence are received. A makeup test must be completed within 7 days. They will have 10 percent deducted from the score earned. • Tests will have one or more writing sections in which you can either type Chinese characters using your laptop or write them by hand. For the former option, a point will be deducted for every two wrong characters. For the latter option, a point will be deducted for every ten wrong characters. 
• There will be individual, pair, and group oral evaluations and assignments throughout the semester. In particular, there will be two official oral presentations. Students will be evaluated on their command of grammar, pronunciation, fluency, tones, and task, as well as the originality of their presentations. Discussion of the script with the instructor is required before the oral presentation. Please refer to the Grading Rubrics and Assignment Guidelines for the rules, requirements, and grading criteria. 
• Academic Integrity and Plagiarism: University policies concerning academic dishonesty will be strictly enforced, and students are responsible for familiarizing themselves with these policies. • Academic dishonesty (such as plagiarism, unauthorized collaboration, falsification of documents, cheating on quiz/test/exam, etc) will not be tolerated and subjected to an appropriate sanction for the violation set forth in the Student Conduct Code, which may include expulsion or suspension from the university. It is your responsibility to know and observe these rules. For a detailed description of plagiarism and other types of academic dishonesty and the sanctions pertaining thereto, please refer to the latest edition of SCampus student guidebook. • It is also advisable for you to read and familiar yourself with The Trojan Integrity Guide (http://www.usc.edu/student-affairs/SJACS/forms/tio.pdf) and An Undergraduate Guide for Avoiding Plagiarism provided by Student Judicial Affairs and Community Standards (http://www.usc.edu/student-affairs/SJACS/forms/tig.pdf). • Accommodation for students with disabilities Students who need to request accommodations based on a disability are required to register each semester with the Disability Services and Programs (DSP) office (Student Union, Room 301.) In addition, a letter of verification to the course instructor, from the Disability Services and Programs office is needed for the semester in which you are enrolled for this course. If you have questions concerning this procedure, please contact both the instructor of the course and the Disability Services and Programs office at (213) 740-0776.
• Character workbook 5% • Written assignment 10% • Speaking 15% • Reading & Listening 10%
• Quizzes 10% • Chapter tests 20% • Final exam 10% Final Exam Time: Saturday December 13, 2014 8:00-10:00 am Oral Evaluations-------------------------------------------------------- 10% Total 100% 
A 94.0-100 A- 90.0-93.9 B+ 87.0-89.9 B 84.0-86.9 B- 80.0-83.9 C+ 77.0-79.9 C 74.0-76.9 C- 70.0-73.9 D+ 60.0-69.9 Pass: C- or above F below 60 *Your being officially enrolled for the course will be taken as confirmation that you have read and understood this syllabus, and agree to its requirements and other relevant conditions stated therein. |
