Fall 2019  |  CHN 4007 Section 001: Advanced Modern Chinese I for Graduate Student Research (18276)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option No Audit
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Meets With:
CHN 3031 Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu 11:15AM - 12:05PM
UMTC, East Bank
Science Teaching Student Svcs 144
Enrollment Status:
Closed (1 of 1 seat filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Reading and analysis of 20th-century texts. Meets with 3031. prereq: 4004
Class Description:
This course will be open only to those students who have completed the equivalent of the first 2 years of the Chinese Language Curriculum at the U of M. 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). As in previous years, readings will include selections from May 4th (1920s) Chinese fiction and essays, newspaper readings, and some other selections (academic prose, popular music, classical pieces, etc.). 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.We will use the reader "All things considered" from Princeton University Press.
Grading:
10% Midterm Exam
15% Final Exam
20% Quizzes
20% In-class Presentations
25% Class Participation Other Grading Information: Homework
Exam Format:
Speaking, listening, reading, writing
Class Format:
20% Lecture
60% Discussion
20% Other Style Q & A; role play; group activities; video
Workload:
5-8 Pages Reading Per Week
10 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
Other Workload: Taped speech (once every three weeks)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18276/1199
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
4 September 2007

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