Chinese 121 Chinese I fall 2013 syllabus | Item # 1426
Instructor: XIAOJING SHEN
Time: 11:30 am-12:20 pm @ D274B
E-mail: xj.shen@bellevuecollege.edu
Office location: A245F
Office Hour: 12:30 pm -1:30 pm (Tuesday) & by appointment
Course Information:
Course description and outcomes
Develops basic functional language ability in spoken and
written Chinese. Students practice sounds and tones, vocabulary, and
grammatical constructions. Students learn both traditional and simplified
characters and practice using Chinese in authentic situations.
Course
outcomes:
http://bellevuecollege.edu/cps/proposals/lo.aspx
Books and Materials Required
ActiveChinese is our eBook.
Make sure to enter the email address that is going
to be used as login when prompted during the payment process. The on-line
access will be provisioned by ActiveChinese customer
service within 48 hours. A confirmation email will be sent to the student.
Use your BC E-mail:
All communications between student and staff or faculty will
be required to use the BC Student E-mail. Here is the online instructions link:
http://bellevuecollege.edu/students/email/
GRADING
Attendance 20%
Arriving late, leaving early, or behaving disruptively will lower your grade. You should have at least two classmates as your study
group. When you miss a class, your group can help you catch up. It will be your
own responsibility to find out what you have missed and the assigned homework.
Homework 20% In
order to receive full points, homework needs to be turned in on time and to be fully corrected afterwards. Late or unfinished homework will only get 5 out of 10 points.
Class
performance 10% Includes Class Work
Preparation and Classroom participation.
It is important to practice speaking in class.
Tests and
presentation 30% We will have 2 tests
and 1 presentation. If you miss a test, you will get a chance to
make it up. However, you won’t get a chance to make up the oral part of a test.
You may lose 10-20% of your results of this quiz
Final Exam 20% The sections of the final exam are
similar to every lesson’s tests, and it will be comprehensive of the whole
quarter’s work. It may consist of Listening, Reading, and Writing. Therefore, coming to class and doing
your homework is very important.
Grading
System:
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A : 94% - 100% |
A- : < 94% - 90% |
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B+ : < 90% - 87% |
B : < 87% – 84% |
B- : < 84% – 80% |
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C+ : < 80% – 77% |
C : < 77% – 74% |
C- : < 74% – 70% |
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D+ : < 70% – 67% |
D : < 67% - 64% |
D- : < 64% - 61% |
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F : < 61% - 0% |
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Tutoring
Center:
Find
the group tutoring schedule at www.bellevuecollege.edu/tutoring
Tutoring Center is in D 204
We also have BC Chinese Culture Clubs and Language Exchange
Program. Students can help you to practices your pronunciation. They are
Chinese students at BC and UW. I will post the detailed information on the
class site.
The Calendar
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Week 1 |
Pinyin and Chinese character writing system. Starts Lesson
1 |
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Week2 To Week 10 |
We have 8 lessons to cover during 9 weeks. Test one: lesson 1,2 and 3 Test two: lesson 4,5 and 6 When we finish one lesson, you will need to turn in your
homework for this lesson on the next day. |
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Week11 |
Presentation Review |
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Week 12 |
Final Exam |
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This schedule may change due to class progress. |
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Important Links
Bellevue College E-mail and access to Canvas.
The Language Lab – A244 - is opened for all world language
students. The open hours are posted on the door.
All students registered for classes at Bellevue
College are entitled to a network and e-mail account. Your student
network account can be used to access your student e-mail, log in to computers
in labs and classrooms, connect to the BC wireless network and log in to MyBC. To create your account, go to: https://bellevuecollege.edu/sam
.
BC offers a wide variety of computer and learning labs to
enhance learning and student success. Find current campus locations for all
student labs by visiting the Computing
Services website.
Optional
Materials:
Free learning websites:
Canvas site questions:
Distance Education Office: 425-564-2438,
email at disted@bellevuecollege.edu
liz.anderson@bellevuecollege.edu
Online at http://bellevuecollege.edu/distance
ActiveChinese.com HELP DESK:
Office: 866-417-4265
Email: support@activechinese.com
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Bellevue College Academic Calendar is separated into two calendars. They provide
information about holidays, closures and important enrollment dates such as the
finals schedule.
This calendar gives you the year at
a glance and includes college holidays, scheduled closures, quarter end and
start dates, and final exam dates.
Classroom Learning Atmosphere
Classroom
Environment:
Please read the Arts & Humanities Division Policy:
http://bellevuecollege.edu/ArtsHum/policy.html
for full details on your classroom responsibilities.
Part of your classroom responsibilities involves
professional behavior toward the instructor, colleagues, and the class
itself. Disruptive behavior is disrespectful behavior.
When you are in doubt about any behavior, consult your
instructor during office hours: we recognize the judgment of the
instructor as the final authority in these matters.
When disruptive behavior occurs, instructors will speak to
or e-mail the students concerned. Those students are then responsible for
ending the disruptions at once. Failure to do so may result in removal of
the students from class.
Please feel free to contact me with any concerns you have
regarding this class.
Please find the division statements:
Affirmation of
Inclusion
Bellevue College is committed to maintaining an
environment in which every member of the campus community feels welcome to
participate in the life of the college, free from harassment and
discrimination.
We value our different backgrounds at Bellevue College, and
students, faculty, staff members, and administrators are to treat one another
with dignity and respect. http://bellevuecollege.edu/about/goals/inclusion.asp
Student Code
“Cheating,
stealing and plagiarizing (using the ideas or words of another as one’s own
without crediting the source) and inappropriate/disruptive classroom behavior
are violations of the Student Code of Conduct at Bellevue College.
Examples of unacceptable behavior include, but are not limited to: talking out
of turn, arriving late or leaving early without a valid reason, allowing cell
phones/pagers to ring, and inappropriate behavior toward the instructor or classmates.
The instructor can refer any violation of the Student Code of Conduct to the
Vice President of Student Services for possible probation or suspension from
Bellevue College. Specific student rights, responsibilities and appeal
procedures are listed in the Student Code of Conduct, available in the office
of the Vice President of Student Services.” The Student Code, Policy
2050, in its entirety is located at:
http://bellevuecollege.edu/policies/2/2050_Student_Code.asp
Disability Resource Center (DRC)
Students with disabilities who have accommodation needs are
required to meet with the Director of the Disability Resource Center(in the
Library Media Center) to establish their eligibility for accommodation.
The Disability Resource Center serves students with a
wide array of learning challenges and disabilities. If you are a student who
has a disability or learning challenge for which you have documentation or have
seen someone for treatment and if you feel you may need accommodations in order
to be successful in college, please contact us as soon as possible.
The DRC office is located in the Library Media Center
or you can call our reception desk at 425.564.2498. Deaf students can
reach us by video phone at 425-440-2025 or by TTY at 425-564-4110.
Please visit our website for application information into our program and
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The Public Safety website is your one-stop resource for campus emergency
preparedness information, campus closure announcements and critical information
in the event of an emergency. Public Safety is located in K100 and on the web
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