Chinese - CHN

Description:  This is the first semester of a two-semester sequence in first-year modern Standard Chinese (Mandarin) for undergraduate students who are non-heritage speakers of Chinese. Students are introduced to the sounds of Mandarin, basic grammar, vocabulary, and the Chinese writing system. The course consists of two lectures and five recitation classes per week. By the end of the first semester, students are expected to be able to write about 270 Chinese characters, recognize about 400 characters, conduct a basic conversation, read simple texts or conversations, and write some correct sentences in Chinese. Textbook: "Integrated Chinese," Level One, Part One, Tao-chung Yao, et. al., Cheng & Tsui Company / 1997

Class URL:  http://www.all.umn.edu/chinese_language

Class Time: 30% Lecture, 70% Discussion.

Work Load: 6 exams. Listening, recording, written homework

Grade: 10% mid exam, 15% final exam, 15% quizzes, 20% laboratory evaluation, 25% other evaluation. Homework; 15% Tests

Exam Format: Listening, reading, writing, and oral inteview

Instructor:  Wang,Ling

Description:  Student may contact the instructor or department for information.

Instructor:  Li,Chi-Ping

Description:  CHN 3031 Advanced Modern Chinese Prerequisite: 3022 or equiv or instructor consent, 4 credits. This course will be open to students who have completed two years of Chinese language curriculum at the University of Minnesota and the equivalent. The focus will be on improving reading skills, building vocabulary, mastering new sentence structures and expressing one's ideas and opinions (especially about the readings) in both spoken and written Chinese. Both prepared and unprepared (spontaneous) responses to the written materials will be focused on in classroom sessions (i.e. memorization of short passages, sight reading and Q&A sessions).Teaching materials are all related to contemporary issues in China and a modern Chinese movie. We will attempt to develop a sense of spontaneity and confidence in dealing with the type of contingent situations confronted daily when one is in a foreign-language environment. To this end, significant stress will be placed on teaching students to use the Chinese they know as a tool for mastering the Chinese they don't know. Textbook: All Things Considered (Advanced Reader of Modern Chinese). Edited by Chih-ping Chou, Yan Xia and Meow Hui Goh. Princeton University Press Movie: To Live ( By Zhang YiMou)

Class URL:  http://www.all.umn.edu/chinese_language/

Class Time: 25% Lecture, 55% Discussion, 5% Small Group Activities, 5% Student Presentation, 5% Demonstration, 5% Web Based.

Work Load: 5-8 pages reading per week, 8-10 pages writing per term, 2 exams, 10 homework assignments, 5 quizzes.

Grade: 20% mid exam, 20% final exam, 20% written homework, 20% additional semester exams, 10% attendance, 10% class participation.

Instructor:  Li,Chi-Ping

Description:  A beginning course in Chinese Calligraphy. Chinese language background is NOT required. Lectures include introducing various Chinese Calligraphy techniques and exposing students to Chinese Calligraphy history and the cultural background in general. Students will be taught to develop a sense of self-cultivation through the art of Chinese Calligraphy. Practicing in the class will give students hands-on experience of proper use of Chinese brush and ink to write Chinese characters. Students will also have the opportunity to write Chinese Couplets, Chinese poems and to learn the literature and meaning of the calligraphy projects. The Calligraphy book written by the instructor will be used.

Class Time: 30% Lecture, 10% Discussion. Classroom exercises, with instructor's coaching students individually

Work Load: 1-2 pages of Chinese Calligraphy per week (approx. 16 characters per page)

Grade: 50% class participation, 50% other evaluation. Homework assignments and special projects

Instructor:  Zhang,Hong

Description:  Student may contact the instructor or department for information.

Instructor:  Wang,Ling

Description:  Prerequisite: 1012 or 1015 or equivalent or instrctor consent. Instructors: Jiahong Quan, Chiping Li, Jiangang Huang This is the first half of a two-semester sequence in second year modern standard Chinese (Mandarin). It is designed for students who have completed Chn 1012 or 1015 at the U of M, or the equivalent. It will help students improve their ability to understand, speak, read, and write Chinese, and particularly aims at helping students enlarge their vocabulary and learn more complex sentence structures. Students will also be trained to write good compositions to express their views. Those who have not completed Chn 1012 or 1015 at the U of M, but wish to enroll in this course, need the instructor's approval. Textbook: "Integrated Chinese", by Yuehua Liu, et al, Cheng & Tsui Company, 1997. Class URL: http://www.all.umn.edu/chinese_language No. of credits: 5 Class time: 40% lecture, 60% discussion Work load: 5-10 pages of reading per week, 5-8 pages of writing per semester, 2-4 exam(s), Weekly quizzes, homework Grade: 15% class participation, 25% Homework, 5% Voca Quizzes, 20% Quizzes, 15% mid-semester exam(s), 20% final exam(s). Exam format: Listening, translation, reading, writing If you have any question regarding this course, please contact the instructor by sending an email to the instructor or by calling Quan Laoshi at (612)624-2366.

Instructor:  Quan,Jiahong

Description:  CHN 3031 Advanced Modern Chinese Prerequisite: 3022 or equiv or instructor consent, 4 credits. This course will be open to students who have completed two years of Chinese language curriculum at the University of Minnesota and the equivalent. The focus will be on improving reading skills, building vocabulary, mastering new sentence structures and expressing one's ideas and opinions (especially about the readings) in both spoken and written Chinese. Both prepared and unprepared (spontaneous) responses to the written materials will be focused on in classroom sessions (i.e. memorization of short passages, sight reading and Q&A sessions).Teaching materials are all related to contemporary issues in China and a modern Chinese movie. We will attempt to develop a sense of spontaneity and confidence in dealing with the type of contingent situations confronted daily when one is in a foreign-language environment. To this end, significant stress will be placed on teaching students to use the Chinese they know as a tool for mastering the Chinese they don't know. Textbook: All Things Considered (Advanced Reader of Modern Chinese). Edited by Chih-ping Chou, Yan Xia and Meow Hui Goh. Princeton University Press Movie: To Live ( By Zhang YiMou)

Class URL:  http://www.all.umn.edu/chinese_language/

Class Time: 25% Lecture, 55% Discussion, 5% Small Group Activities, 5% Student Presentation, 5% Demonstration, 5% Web Based.

Work Load: 5-8 pages reading per week, 8-10 pages writing per term, 2 exams, 10 homework assignments, 5 quizzes.

Grade: 20% mid exam, 20% final exam, 20% written homework, 20% additional semester exams, 10% attendance, 10% class participation.

Instructor:  Li,Chi-Ping

Description:  Prerequisite: 3-4 years of college Chinese or equivalent or instructor consent Instructor: Zou, Zhen In the fall semester, the contents of the Chinese 5040 course include contemporary Chinese short stories, novelettes, and prose written since 1950 to the present, especially in the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s, a peak time of Chinese literature since China?s reform and open to the world. These literary works explore various aspects of contemporary Chinese society, history, and culture, including social prejudices against the mentally and physically disadvantaged, the Cultural Revolution, the drug problem, male-female relationship, education, parental love (and lack thereof), traditional Chinese view of life, rape and sex, and hot issues discussed in Taiwan. Class discussion will focus on the use of the language, the social interpretation of the texts, and the Chinese cultural and philosophical messages found in those works. The course will be taught in standard modern Chinese (Mandarin). Class time: 65% Discussion, 30% Lecture, 5% Lab, film and internet. Work load: 10-20 Pages of reading per week, quizzes, 2 exams, oral reading presentation, and a final essay. Grade: 15% class participation, 15% quizzes, 20% midterm exam, 20% final exam, 10% reading presentation, 20% final essay. Exam format: Short answers and essay questions.

Class URL:  http://www.all.umn.edu/chinese_language

Instructor:  Zou,Zhen (CLA-Work Group Outstdg Svc Awd)

Description:  Student may contact the instructor or department for information.

Instructor:  Zou,Zhen (CLA-Work Group Outstdg Svc Awd)