CHINESE 3002: COURSE INFORMATION AND SYLLABUS

Modern Languages and Comparative Literature, Baruch College ， Spring 2018

Class Information
Instructor: Guozhi Liu
Time: Tu./Th. 2:55-4:35 PM
Classroom: A-17 Lex 1015
E-mail: guozhiliu06@yahoo.com

Information Distribution
Please check your email and Blackboard frequently for announcements, class
information and material updates.

Course Materials
Required to purchase at the Baruch College Bookstore:
Chih-p’ing Chou, Anything Goes: An Advanced Reader of Modern Chinese.
Princeton University Press.

Please bring a USB flash drive to the first class for copying class materials. Some
supplementary materials are available on the Blackboard under “Course
Documents.” More materials will be announced when necessary.

Location of the Language Lab: VC 6-120

www.baruch.cuny.edu/slas/departments/modern_languages/language.html

Course Description
This course is designed for students who have completed Chinese 2005 and 2006, or
for students whose Chinese is at native or near native levels. Even if you read, write
and speak Chinese very well, you can still take this course for refinement and better
cultivation. At this level, more advanced grammar and rhetorical methods are
taught and article-level compositions are practiced. Students are taught how to
deal effectively with more advanced topics including argumentation, persuasion,
negotiation and reasoning in Chinese. Students will have opportunities to read
famous historical and romantic narratives, as well as poems and allegories. Video-
and audio-tapes of Chinese movies and cultures will be used. Students who have
successfully completed this course will be considered well-educated and highly
proficient in Chinese.

Learning Goals
• To advance the four language skills: comprehension, speaking, reading and
writing along an introduction to important aspects of the Chinese-speaking
cultures
• To foster and enhance the knowledge of essential structures and vocabulary
• To develop and enhance the methods of communication in real-life situations
• To develop students’ abilities to participate in interpersonal, interpretive, and
presentational communication
• To foster a better understanding and appreciation of cultural products and
practices and to develop their capacity to reflect on the perspectives that
underlie these products
• To enhance knowledge and new perspectives of the Chinese language
• To foster students’ capacity to take the language beyond the classroom in real-
world interactions with native and heritage speakers

Academic Integrity
The Department of Modern Languages and Comparative Literature fully supports
Baruch College's policy on Academic Honesty, which states, in part: "Academic
dishonesty is unacceptable and will not be tolerated. Cheating, forgery, plagiarism
and collusion in dishonest acts undermine the college's educational mission and the
students' personal and intellectual growth. Baruch students are expected to bear
individual responsibility for their work and to uphold the ideal of academic integrity.
Any student who attempts to compromise or devalue the academic process will be
sanctioned." Please note that a report of suspected academic dishonesty will be sent
to the Dean of Students office.

Additional information can be found at

http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/academic/academic_honesty.html

Ground Rules
1. Students must arrive to class on time and sign in. One absence will cost a
student 2 points. One lateness will cost 1 point.
2. Absences can be excused only for religious reasons or by presentation of a
note from your doctor stating a valid medical cause. Alternatively, in
exceptional circumstances, the student can provide the professor with
compelling reasons for necessary absence in advanced writing.
3. At the beginning of each class, the professor will conduct a roll call. If a
student is late at that moment, the student will be first marked as absent. It
is the student’s responsibility to report to the professor on his or her
attendance with lateness. Otherwise, the absence mark will become
permanent.
4. If you are tardy more than three times, the instructor will no longer be
responsible for including you in drills or answering your questions regarding
missed lessons in class.
5. No make-ups will be given for tests or quizzes. If you are ill with a note from
your doctor or observing a religious holidays, you will be excused from test
or quiz. The grade for the excused test or quiz will be assigned based on your
average result from other assessments.
6. Once class begins, you will not be able to get up, so please take care of all
business ahead of time (telephone calls, restroom, etc.)
7. Read and follow all the rules and requirements published by Baruch College
concerning this course, including if this course is linked to another class.
8. Please purchase your own textbooks and other required materials. Do not try
to borrow any materials from your instructor, whose limited copies are used
solely for the entire class and potentially other classes.
9. 请上课的时候请关闭所有的电器。禁止使用电脑、手机、阅读器来阅读课文。

Suggestions for Effective Studies

1. Submit assigned homework ON TIME.

2. Be fully prepared BEFORE coming to classes.
3. Pay close attention to the standard MANDARIN PRONUNCIATION.
4. Be ACTIVE in classroom discussion.
5. ELIMINATE lateness and absence.

Grading System* (Curved up or down)

Items Points
Attendance 20
Class participation
Homework; Quiz; The amount of effort spent on 20
learning
Test 1 30
Test 2 (Final) 30

*Approximately 25% of students will receive an A (including A-). The remaining will
depend on the curve.
 Class Schedule for Chinese 3002: Spring 2018
Total 28 Mont Date Day Lesson Extra Grammar
h
1 Jan. 30 Tu 课程介绍
2 Feb. 1 Th L6 言论自由与爱国
3 6 Tu S1 容忍与自由
4 8 Th L22 请为女学生就业铺路
5 13 Tu
6 15 Th L23 挡不住的西潮
7 22 Th S2 国医 时时、一时
8 27 Tu L24 孩子，你是我亲生的吗？
9 Mar. 1 Th
10 6 Tu L25 疯娘 差一点
11 8 Th S3 慈幼的问题 却，但是
12 13 Tu L26 中国农村女人千奇百怪的禁忌
13 15 Th 好啊
14 20 Tu Test1 借代与比喻
15 22 Th L25 现当代的中国文学
16 27 Tu
17 29 Th L26 法制与道德
18 Apr. 10 Tu 水里，水中
19 12 Th L27 谈谈孝道 差点，差点没
20 17 Tu
21 19 Th L30 经济发展会带来道德进步吗？ 名词的三个概念
22 24 Tu 交文章
23 26 Th L31 中国人与酱缸
24 May 1 Tu
25 3 Th L32 中国无道德生活场景 对他向他
26 8 Tu
27 10 Th 大学生救人溺亡捞尸者手牵绑尸绳谈价 向朝往
28 15 Tu

See the College's Test 2 (Final)。课堂内容可能根

schedule 据课堂需要调整。
 3002 中文课的作文要求

1. Good writing has the following characteristics: (1) It has a clearly defined
purpose; (2) It makes a clear point; (3) It supports that point with sufficient
specific information; (4) The information is clearly connected and arranged; and
(5) The words are appropriate, and the sentences are clear, concise, emphatic,
and correct.

2. Use only 8.5x11 sized paper and staple the package on the upper left corner. On
the upper right corner of the 1st page, please clearly indicate your name, your
serial # given in this class, class info, kind of assignment, title of your work, and
due date

3. 请阅读有关的文章，然后：
一、在第一页上，把文章写成约为半页长的概要
二、重新另起一页（第二页），开始自己的论文：
（1）针对文章中的观点论据，谈谈你的看法；
（2）明确地提出自己的观点；
（3）为了有力地支持自己的观点，请有条理地、并充分地阐述自己的理论
根据和事实证据；
（4）客观合理地认识自己理论可能的缺陷，以及解决这些问题的大概方法

请要把文章写成自然段落，而不要用一、二、三式的条例形式。