Chinese 101 Daily Class Schedule

WEEK 3 | Sept. 16 – 20, 2024

 

Week 3

Class Tasks & Activities
FluencyLink Integrated Chinese Textbook

Preparation & Work Due
(after today’s class and before next period)

Monday
(9/16)
NO CLASS

Class on Monday (9/16) does not meet. If you could not the TMF events, please 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_Name

It’s time
to purchase textbook on fluencyLink and set up a Skirtter account!
See to-do list below and check email from Porf. Perry for instructions.
Legend of Chang’e in 60 seconds
Video Mid-Autumn Festival (7:00) | Mid-Autumn Festival Vocabulary

 

Did you complete last week’s self-paced work:
20 min. Watch Video & Practice: Work with Sun Laoshi on Tones in Combination
40-60 min. HW 3
Watch Video on More About Characters: take notes while you watch this lecture; share 3 KEY TAKEAWAYS (200-250 words) Google Doc: 101HW3_GivenName (example 101HW3_John) with perry@pugetsound.edu & aou@pugetsound.edu


Complete before Wednesday’s class:

Purchase FluencyLink Integrated Chinese
Set up Skritter Account; learn to use IC Radicals (1-40)


Prepare for Quiz 2 on Friday  
60 min. Study for Quiz 2 in-class quiz
Part 1: Learn these 40 Radicals (on Skritter IC Radicals List/Deck) can recognize each radical and know its meaning in English| Read: Rén -> Write: person
(NO NEED TO LEARN PINYIN; NO NEED TO WRITE)

Complete before next Monday’s class:
10 min. Read Naming in Chinese Culture
20 min. Skritter: L1 D1 and
TB: P. 24 practice with online 1.1 Flashcards | L1 D1 Vocabulary on Purple Culture

40 min. HW4 Voicethread recording on tonal combination
1. Listen to first set of
Tonal Combination

2. Practice and can read Tonal Combination with confidence
3. Record on
VT Slides

 

You can work with Peer Tutor Rhae in CWL (Howarth 105) during Sunday’s Open Drop-In hours 6:00-8:00 PM. No need to make an appointment. Stop by any time and stay for 10 minutes or any length to do homework or chat with Rhae about their experience learning Chinese!

Weekly
Speaking
Practice
Session

PRACTICE & SPEAKING SESSION  - START THIS WEEK
Tuesday 9/17 Session 1 meet 4:30-5:20 pm @ Wy206
Maria, Sequoia, Campbell, Seamus, Beckett, Chris
Wednesday 9/18 Session 2 meet 1:00-1:50 pm @ Wy209
Cade, Henry, Sydney, Bailey, Max, Jonah

Thursday 9/19 Session 3 meet 2:00-2:50 pm @ Wy209
Coda, Andrew, Sophia, Zoe, Emma, Caylah

 

We will work on the following:

Warm-up: Say Your Name 101A & 101B Student Names in Chinese
Practice Tonal Combination
Drill L1 D1 Vocabulary on Purple Culture
Can You Access FluencyLink Lesson 1?

Wednesday
(9/18)

Warm up Activity: all 40 in 40 Radicals
Tech Use: learn to text in Chinese
on Android | on iOS | Can type:
孫老師
你好!我叫XX。謝謝。再見。
Lesson 1 | PPT | 1.1 Vocab Worksheet

During Class:
Learn to address using titles
Can distinguish
xìng, jiào, & míngzi
Practice more texting in characters
Tech Use: learn to type/text in Chinese
on Android | on iOS

Friday
(9/20)

Quiz 2
Lesson 1 | PPT | Drill on vocabulary
1.1 Vocab Worksheet
Join VT Class Group
Assign HW4 VT tone recording
Get to know FluencyLink e-Text and Workbook
Work on the following Lesson 1 Dialogue 1 Workbook assignments: Reading Comprehension; Pinyin Tone




Before class

Join FluencyLink Classroom and work on assigned workbook exercises

Join Skritter classroom group

During class
Work on names in character writing
Join
VT Class Group


To-do List Week 3:

§   Purchase textbook online use this E-Text LINK - FluencyLink Integrated Chinese (Traditional Version) 4e Student Account for 1 year online. Use this token njCUFNA0 to join the class group. For those who would like to purchase the 6-month subscription, please use this 6-month link. 

§   Set up Skritter; see email for authorization code and instructions sent by Prof. Perry.


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 at least 30-60 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 3 (articles, video clips and additional reading):

§   Chinese Expressions for Greetings and Goodbyes, Vivid Chinese: Infographics for Learning Chinese, March 22, 2020.

§   It’s all in the name, Jonathan Hwang, April 11, 2008.

§   Chinese students fighting racism, BBC News, March 9, 2017.

§   Chinese Students Say Their Names After Racist Vandalism At Columbia University, Huff Post, March 9, 2017.