Chinese 260 Daily Class Schedule


CHIN 260: ADVANCED ORAL EXPRESSIONS
This course aims focuses on oral fluency in Chinese through class discussions utilizing topics presented in online resources
and media materials and their illustration of language in a cultural context.

WEEK 10 Mar 20 – Mar 24, 2023

 

Week 10

Course Material & Class Activities

Preparation & Work Due
(after class)

Monday
(3/20)

Review midterm grade (check individual Jamboard link)

BBC 中文: “内卷”与“躺平”之间挣扎的中国年轻人 Part 1

√ This is a news article from BBC 中文 – our attempt to read an authentic writing aimed for native speakers of Chinese
√ We will look for key words, and also for general comprehension
√ This is the first part of the article and we will read the second part later
√ Expect to take good notes and work collaboratively

Week 10 Student Work & Evaluation:

Evaluation Rubrics
√   5% Class Attendance
√ 10% Class Participation
√ 35% HW10 + class discussions
√ 50% HW11 (take-home writing/quiz)

Week 10 Assignments and Due Dates:

HW10: Annotation & English Translation
Due Wednesday at the end of day
√ Annotation: List all the underlined words in the BBC article | see sample format ( 认为：rènwéi; to think, to believe)
√ English Translation: Provide an English translation of the article – make sure your English is grammatically correct and readable
√ Share in Google doc 260HW10_名字and share with
perry@pugetsound.edu and ohsieh@pugetsound.edu

Quiz 7/HW11: Summary in Chinese
Due Sunday at the end of day
√ Chinese Summary: complete HW10 by adding a short summary of the article in Chinese (about 200-250 characters)
√ List vocabulary and annotate new phrases you use in your summary
√ Share in Google doc 260HW11_名字and share with
perry@pugetsound.edu and ohsieh@pugetsound.edu

Film Screening on Friday Night:
How Everything Everywhere All At Once translated in Chinese | Watch 媽的多重宇宙Trailer in Chinese | showing tonight Upper Marshall Hall

Wednesday
(3/22)

BBC 中文: “内卷”与“躺平”之间挣扎的中国年轻人 Part 1
Q&A HW10 | Check annotation and translation progress

Questions:
1. 请解释“内卷”和“平躺”的意思
2. 孙珂和很多年轻人一样，希望自己努力， 能实现什么目标？
3. 孙珂和朋友用什么方法来赚钱？他们成功了吗？
4. 从这个故事，我们可以学到中国社会的一个什么现象？

Friday
(3/24)

BBC 中文: “内卷”与“躺平”之间挣扎的中国年轻人 Part 1
Q&A HW10 | Check annotation and translation progress

In-class writing HW11

 

Next week (WK11) we will continue into:
BBC 中文: “内卷”与“躺平”之间挣扎的中国年轻人 Part 2

Week 12: Prepare for Wk12 interview with Oliver
Interview Topic: about movies
談談電影：
1.你喜歡看什麽樣的電影？
2.一般大學生活你的朋友喜歡哪種電影？
3.介紹一個有代表性的美國電影