Week 2
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Class Topics/Activities
(Click links for course
material & worksheets)
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Work Due
(in-class assignments or HW
assigned)
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Preparation
(after today’s class and before
next period)
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Monday
(9/9)
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Complete Quiz 1
Intro to
Tang Poem
Assign HW2:
1. Click
this LINK to
create an account on Voicethread under
Chinese @UPS
2.
Upload a headshot of you as avatar
3. Go to this Tang Poem Voicethread, practice with sample
recordings and post a recording of your best try
This course is not on Canvas; learn to navigate the
Course Website.
Questions? Email Sun Laoshi <perry@pugetsound.edu>
or text her @ 253-376-7728.
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Complete during class
1.
Practice reading Li Bai’s Poem
2. Set up a Voicethread account - click this LINK to
create a new account
Complete HW2 before Wednesday’s Class:
√ Once set up an account, click this Tang Poem Voicethread (slide 1) to listen to sample
readings of this Tang Poem
√ Practice reading by listening to samples and repeat aloud
√ Record your own on Tang Poem Voicethread slide 2 or slide 3 - record
multiple times, & keep the best one
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Due
before Wednesday’s Class this week:
20 min. Learn more
about Tang Poetry and the Poet Li Bai who composed this Tang Poem;
see additional recourses about Li Bai below (read the New Yorker article here)
20 min. Complete HW2 Listen and practice reading
on Tang Poem Voicethread
10 min. Watch this video:
learn about the Pinyin Rules with Sun Laoshi
10 min. Check out the Supplementary
cultural topics & linguistic info Links below
 
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Week 2
Self-Paced
Lab Work
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Sign up for a Weekly Speaking Practice Session
– MANDATORY and GRADED
Tentative Wk#3 schedule - START NEXT WEEK
TO BE CONFIRMED
Tuesday 9/17 Sessions 1 Tuesday 3:30-4:20
Tuesday 9/17 Sessions 1 Tuesday 4:30-5:20
Wednesday 9/18 Session 2 Wednesday 1:00-1:50
Wednesday 9/18 Session 3 Wednesday
2:00-2:50 (or another time?)
50 min. For this week’s self-study lab
work, complete HW3:
Due before class next
Wednesday - share your work online via
your Puget Sound Google Drive:
1.
Watch Video on More About Characters
2. Take
notes while you watch presentation
3. Share 3 KEY TAKEAWAYS (200-250 words) on Chinese writing system and other
characteristics you have learned
4. Complete typing your HW in a Google Doc and share; follow the naming
convention: 101HW3_YourGivenName (example
101HW3_John) with perry@pugetsound.edu and aou@pugetsound.edu.
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Wednesday
(9/11)
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Warm up Listen
to Ben Hedges
Review #1-100 | Random Number
Game
Introduce 20 basic radicals -
know Character/English from this list of 40
Radicals (print copy distributed in class)
Review Tang Poem Voicethread
Assign HW3 Self-paced lab work
101A & 101B Student Names in Chinese
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Due Before
Class:
1. Work on HW2
Voicethread recording
2. Confirm
Weekly Practice Session:
Wk#3 Speaking Practice
schedule (TBA)
During
& After Class:
2. Set up Skritter and start practicing 1-20 in this list of 40 Radicals
on your Skritter IC Radical List or use print copy
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45 min. Work on Skritter Radicals (1-20): recognize each one and know its
corresponding English meaning. Do not worry about the Pinyin for these
radicals.
√ Practice 40 Radicals
(HARD COPY)
√ Set up the following:
Skritter (check email for
authorization code and instructions)
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Friday
(9/13)
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Review Class Roster Names in Chinese
101A & 101B Student Names in Chinese
Discuss Naming in
Chinese Culture
Cultural Notes on Suhsi’s Calligraphy
Read & Study 40 Radicals
Review HW3
FluencyLInk set up
Skritter Set up? Join Skritter
Classroom?
Experiential Learning Project
#1
2024 Tacoma Moon Festival
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Before Class:
1. HW3 (shared in Google Drive w/ both
Sun Laoshi and Hendrix)
3. Practice 1-20 in this list of 40 Radicals
(HARD COPY)
During Class:
e-Text FluencyLink
(check your emails for course token)
Skritter (check email for authorization code and instructions)
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60 min. Study for Quiz 2 (scheduled NEXT Friday):
1. Learn these 40 Radicals (on Skritter IC
Radicals List/Deck) can recognize each radical and know its meaning in
English| Read: 人Rén -> Write: person
(NO NEED TO LEARN PINYIN)
30 min Practice
handwriting your name in characters
2024 Class Roster with Chinese Names
(to be posted)
30 min. Work
on Skritter IC Radicals (1-40)
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Monday
(9/16)
NO CLASS
Speaking sessions start Week 3
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Attend Tacoma Moon Festival in lieu of Monday (9/16)
class:
Class on next Monday (9/16) is cancelled. In
lieu of it, please attend the Tacoma Moon Festival on Saturday (Sept.
14) to complete at least ONE of the following tasks:
1. Join the Puget Sound volunteer group. Volunteer events will occur on
Thursday, Friday and during the festival on Saturday this week.
2. Attend the Festival on Saturday as a festival goer.
You are provided with an immersion opportunity to participate in a
community-based outdoor cultural event to learn more about different heritage
traditions. Volunteers at the festival will have the opportunity to enjoy the
festival as well. You can watch a mainstage performance, go to the Ting for
tea tasting, take (or give) a history tour, try a mooncake, interact with
other festival goers that might share different heritage backgrounds, etc…)!
Get a ride from a classmate; ask a friend to go with you. Learn more about
the Tacoma Moon Festival.
If you cannot attend any of the above events, please speak to Prof. Perry and
explain your reason(s). An alternative assignment would be visit the online National Museum of Asian Art
and share your notes and reflection by next Wednesday’s class in
a Google Doc (about 500 words) using this name: 101Calligraphy_名字
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To-do List by the end of Week 2:
§ Purchase
online use this E-Text LINK -
FluencyLink Integrated Chinese (Traditional
Version) 4e Student Account for 1 year online. Check email for classroom
token to join this course.
§ Make
sure you can access all online resource pages and tools. If not, try
another browser and/or update your browser.
Tips on Studying
Chinese:
§ Read and
follow course schedule closely and keep track of homework deadlines and quiz
schedule.
§ Use
class time as STUDY time! Eliminate possible distraction during class time to
allow your full and attentive participation.
§ Work on
course material DAILY for about 30 minutes.
§ Make
sure all the required online tools and mobile apps work for you. Ask for help
ASAP if you need tech support.
Cultural topics & linguistic info covered in Week 2
(articles, video clips and additional reading):
§ Tips for Reading and
Translating Tang Poetry, East
Asia Student.
§ Skritter
review: Boosting your Chinese character learning, Hacking
Chinese.
§ The 6 Types of
Chinese Characters, MandarinBluePrint.com.
§ A basic guide to Chinse
names, Asian Media Center, Asia New Zealand Foundation.
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