BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE

The City University of New York

Department of Modern Languages

Title of Course: CHI 105/ Elementary Chinese I Instructor: Dr. Ling Luo Class hours: 4
Office Phone: 212-776-6632 E-mail: lluo@bmcc.cuny.edu
Office Hour: M. 10:00:00-10:30 F904 and W. 9:00-10:30 S601E

Course Description
This course is for students who have no previous background in Modern Chinese (Mandarin). The pronunciation is
that of Peking. Skills in comprehension, reading, and writing are developed, but emphasis is on speaking.

Prerequisites

No prerequisites are needed. CHI 101 is a beginner’s course.

Course Student Learning Outcomes (Students will be able to…) Measurements (means of assessment for student
learning outcomes listed in first column

1. Students will be able to identify, pronounce and spell out Chinese 1. Quizzes, homework exercises, in-class exercises,
sounds by using the pinyin system. group conversations, simple compositions

2. Students will be able to apply concepts of radicals, strokes, and 2. Quizzes, homework exercises, in-class exercises,
stroke orders in recognizing Chinese characters. group conversations, simple compositions

3. Students will be able to recognize around 250 Chinese characters. 3. Quizzes, homework exercises, in-class exercises,
group conversations, simple compositions

4. Students will be able to carry out simple dialogues about daily life 4. Quizzes, homework exercises, in-class exercises,
such as greetings, family, time, hobby, etc…. group conversations, simple compositions

5. Students will be able to construct sentences by applying 5. Quizzes, homework exercises, in-class exercises,
grammatical rules that have been learned in class group conversations, simple compositions

Required Text Materials (Available at BMCC Bookstore)

Chinese Link, Level 1/ Part 1, Simplified Character Edition Textbook. 2 nd Edition. By Sue-mei Wu et al. (ISBN: 978-0-
205-63721-8)

Evaluation and Requirements of Students

1. Class participation 15%

2. Assignments: 25%
3. Mid-term: 25%
4. Quiz: 10%
5. Final: 25%

Note: No late work can be accepted. Exceptional circumstances should be discussed with the instructor
(same day notice). NO extra credit will be provided.
Outline of Topics

Week Contents Homework/ Quiz

01 − Syllabus and Introduction; Pinyin & Stroke; Homework
− Useful Expressions, Exchange Greetings preview of Lesson 1
02 Pinyin cont. Quiz
03 Lesson 1: Greetings Homework
− Sentences with 是 (shì)
− Questions ending with 呢 (ne)
− Questions ending with 吗 (ma)
− The negative adverb 不(bù)
− The adverb 也(yě)
04 Lesson 1 cont. Quiz 1
05 Lesson 2: Names Homework
− 您贵姓
− Verbs: 姓 (xìng), 叫(jiào)
− The possessive particle ‘de’
− Question Pronouns
06 Lesson 2 cont. Quiz 2
07 Lesson 3: Nationalities and Languages Homework
− Names of countries and people
− Using 哪 to ask about nationality
− 说 and 语言
− 一点ㄦ
− The conjunction 和
08 Lesson 3 cont. Quiz 3
09 Review+ Midterm
10 Lesson 4: Studies Homework
− The demonstrative pronoun 这 and 那
− Measure word (1)： 本
− The adverb 很
− The suffix 们
11 Lesson 4 Cont. Quiz 3
12 Lesson 5: Introductions Homework
− Sentences with 有 and 沒有
− The question word 几
− The adverb 都
− 都 with 不/ 都 with 也
− word order with 也,都,常, 很
13 Lesson 5 cont. Quiz 4
14 Review
15 Final exam

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