Course Overview
This course is an
introduction to Chinese language. Students will be able to learn
the fundamentals of spoken Chinese and written Chinese as well
as knowledge of culture essential for their communication.
Theme:
Welcome to Chinese Class
Topic 1: Introduction Weeks
1-2
Objectives
Students will be able to:
a) use the pinyin
system to pronounce words
b) give and follow
simple classroom instructions in classroom and /or cultural activities
c) describe the
pinyin system and Tone Marks when words and name are spelled
d) interpret and
present useful classroom expressions
e) describe the
difference between spoken Chinese-dialects and the writing system
f) recognized
spoken numbers and numbers written as words
g) tell their
name in Chinese
Topic 2: Getting Acquainted Weeks
3-10
Objectives
Students will be able to:
a) engage in introductory
conversations
b) use numbers
to exchange telephone numbers and to tell age
c) interpret basic
introductory conversations
d) explain the
use of Chinese pinyin system
e) pronounce words
with pinyin system
f) interpret personal
data on forms
g) provide, obtain
and present information about self and others
h) identify the
different components in written Chinese characters
Topic 3: Classroom Weeks
11-19
Objectives
Students will be able to:
a) exchange, recognize
and use information related to classroom expressions
b) recite and
use numbers in context (time, date, month , year)
c) list basic
classroom items
d) describe the
location of classroom items
Text: Far East Chinese for Youth, Level
1.
Grading Policy
The following policies
are consistent with the new MCPS Grading and Reporting policy
as outline in Learning, Grading and Reporting Guidelines (MCPS,
2006):
Assessments:
90%
Assessments include
graded assignments, quizzes, projects, unit tests, classroom participation
and the use of target language, and oral presentations.
Homework
and practice: 10%
Homework and practice
include assignments graded for completion only.
Late and
missing work
Each assignment
will have a due date. This is the date by which
the student is expected to submit the assignment. Grades will
drop one letter grade if the assignment is not turned in by the
due date. The deadline is the last day an assignment
will be accepted for a grade. In some cases, the due date and
the deadline may be the same. Work not turned in by the deadline
will be considered missing. Missing work will be recorded in the
grade book as a zero.
Reassessment
Some formative
assessments (i.e., quizzes) may be taken a second time; the second
of the two scores will be counted. In order to retake an assessment,
the student must attend a tutoring session with the Chinese Honor
Society or the teacher and must have completed
all homework assignments leading up to that quiz. The student
is responsible for attending the tutoring session and for demonstrating
proper homework completion before retaking the
formative assessment. Deadlines after which retakes
may not be taken will be announced in class.
Each
student can only retake quizzes twice for each
quarter.
Summative
assessments (i.e., unit tests, projects, final exams) may not
be retaken.
Extra credit
MCPS grading policy
does not allow extra credit.
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