We will continue to emphasize functional everyday spoken Chinese in an American college setting. By the end of this semester, the students will have been introduced to most of the important grammatical structures of spoken Chinese and a vocabulary of about 900 lexical items. With the language skills acquired during the first year, the students should be able to survive through most of the simple daily conversational situations in Chinese. In order to continue to take the second level Chinese, the students have to get a minimum B- before exiting this program.
Attendance is mandatory.
Classroom performance will be recorded. Half a point will be taken off for each absence. No vocabulary quiz make-up will be given under any circumstances. Three lowest scores will be dropped at the end of the semester. Character writing exercises, twice a week.