Note: The Department Waitlist policy for all courses is 2 - Go to the department office to get on a waitlist, and then attend the first class meeting. Policies and procedures for handling the waitlist will be explained there.
Students wanting to begin language study, at a level other than first year, must take a placement exam to be held on September 2.
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101. Beginning Chinese. Native
or near-native speakers of Chinese are not eligible for this course. (5).
(LR).
Chinese 101 is an introductory course for students who do not understand
or speak any Chinese. (If you speak Chinese at home, this is not the right
course for you. Take the placement exam in the fall for Chinese 301/302.)
In this course, students are expected to achieve control of the sound system
(especially the four tones), basic sentence patterns, aural comprehension,
and daily conversations. Starting with the fourth week, students will learn
to read and write the "traditional" Chinese characters (Fan-ti
zi). Students will learn 100 characters in Chinese 101. Almost every
week, students will be required to do their homework at the computer sites
and will be required to perform skits in front of the class. A written quiz
or test will be given every Thursday. Class is held one hour per day: Tuesdays
and Thursdays are lectures; Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays are recitations.
Students are required to register for both a lecture section and a recitation
section. Attendance will be taken everyday. Textbooks: (a) John DeFrancis,
Beginning Chinese (Yale Univ. Press); (b) John DeFrancis, Beginning
Chinese Reader, Part I and II (Yale Univ. Press). Materials covered:
Beginning Chinese, Lessons 1-13. Beginning Chinese Reader,
Lessons 1-12. No visitors are allowed. WL:2
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301. Reading and Writing Chinese. Assignment
by placement test and permission of instructor. No credit granted to those
who have completed or are enrolled in Chinese 101, 102, or 361. (4). (LR).
This course is designed for students with native or near-native speaking
ability in Chinese, but little or no reading and writing ability. Chinese
301 focuses on reading and writing Chinese and will cover the regular 101-102
reading materials. Students will be graded on the basis of daily classroom
performance, daily quizzes, periodic tests, and homework assignments. The
basic text is Beginning Chinese Reader by John DeFrancis. WL:2
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