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Summer 2009

Follow-Up 1

INSTRUCTIONS FOR SCHEDULING SKYPE VIDEO AND TELEPHONE APPOINTMENTS THROUGH OSU INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTION

Instructor: Hui Si Zhao (Zhao laoshi)

Email:  zhao huisi [huisizhao@hotmail.com]

Phone:  (614) 596-8089  - BUT EMAIL IS PREFERRED

TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT: Sujan Manandhar Manandhar.1@osu.edu (614) 247-2048 (8am-5pm M-F)

The direct phone number to the front desk of the II Center is (614) 292-7060.


We expect all of you to have completed the Follow-Up I of the Academy portion (4 individual appointments) by Saturday, August 15, 2009.    You may begin scheduling appointments for your 4 Follow-up 1 Sessions Sunday morning July 12, 2009.

Go to the II scheduling homepage http://www.osuii.org


Click on ÒRegents Academy StudentsÓ under the "students" column and then "Log In." You will see a prompt asking you for your username and your password. Your login name is your first initial then last name as one word, all lower case, (for example, jsmith).  Your password is the first four letters or characters of your registered email address. (If your last name has an apostrophe, please include it in your user name)


Appointments are generally available two weeks in advance, with appointments for each new week made available by Sunday morning.

The first time you sign in, you will be asked to read the instructions and accept the scheduling systemÕs rules. Please note that the DELETE button in your ÒMY APPOINTMENTSÓ is irreversible, so be careful when you are scheduling appointments.  Scroll to the bottom and click the ÒAcceptÓ button to continue.

The first page will have the instructions on how to use the buttons at the top of the page.

You will be making appointments with MAKE APPOINTMENTS and viewing your schedule with the button MY APPOINTMENTS.

When you click on MAKE APPOINTMENTS, you will be able to choose available appointments with your instructor.

PLEASE GIVE YOUR INSTRUCTOR AT LEAST 24 HOURS NOTICE (VIA THE II SCHEDULING SITE) FOR ANY APPOINTMENT OR CANCELLATION.

If you have questions initially, please feel free to email your instructor or Annett Krause in II at tesuark@yahoo.de  Tech help or passwords:  Sujan Manandhar 614-247-2048, or Manandhar.1@osu.edu


Notes about appointments:

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Syllabus

Students will have four follow-up sessions. All will be conducted in the ACT format. The content for those sessions is as follows:

Session #1:

Class Activity

Unit 2, Stage 8

Perform dialog. Do exercises based on dialog and Drills 1-6.

Materials

CCC, Unit 2, Stage 8

Preparation Items

Work with the DVD until you can perform all roles of the dialog fluidly and accurately. Listen and respond to the coaching and rehearsal audio files. Know and be able to use all new vocabulary. Complete Drills 1-6 and practice using the new patterns/structures introduced in those drills.


Session #2:

Class Activity

Pronunciation and Romanization Review. Do drills and activities based on P&R stages in CCC Units 0, 1 and 2.

Materials

CCC, Unit 0, Stages 6 and 9; Unit 1, Stages 5 and 8; Unit 2, Stages 5 and 9

Preparation Items

Listen to the Pronunciation and Romanization exercises in CCC again. Prepare to do exercises based on them with the instructor.


Session #3:

Unit 2, Stages 6-8

Performance Check and Review. Perform dialogs. Do exercises based on dialogs and Drills Stages 6-8.

Materials

CCC, Unit 2, Stages 6-8

Preparation Items

Refine your performance of the dialogs for Stages 6-8. Work on the areas that gave you trouble or you were corrected on. Be ready to perform at a more sophisticated level.


Session #4:

Class Activity

Written Transfer Performance Check and Review. Do reading and writing exercises based on Written Transfer Units 1 and 2.

Materials

Chinese Written Transfer, Units 1 and 2

Preparation Items

Practice reading and writing using everything you have learned. Be prepared to take dictation in Chinese.

 
Syllabus Instructions

1. About the Course
Welcome to Chinese Individualized Instruction (II). Chinese Individualized Instruction (II) for RCA participants is designed to allow students to complete the remaining one module necessary to receive credit for having completed Chinese 101. Students will be expected to schedule four required appointments (usually 20 minutes each) to complete the requirements of the course.  These appointments will be conducted virtually via desk-top to desk-top videoconferencing or phone. 

We expect all of you to have completed the follow-up portion of the Academy by Saturday, August 15, 2009. 

This will allow you to have all of your Follow-Up 1 work done before the beginning of the academic year, since we know that you have heavy academic and extracurricular schedules.  You will do most of the learning on your own in II. The following pages contain important information relevant to this program. If you have questions after reading this handout, please consult your instructor for further information.

2. What is Expected of Students
The goal of this course is to teach students to communicate in a culturally coherent manner using the Chinese they have studied. For spoken Chinese, this means being able to use appropriate expressions quickly, smoothly, and correctly. For

reading, this means being able to read rapidly, smoothly, and accurately. You should also be able to understand and tell others what you are reading. For writing, this means being able to write the characters you have studied correctly and reasonably quickly. You are expected to be able to communicate with the material that you have studied. This cannot
be achieved by just reading the lessons. Every point must be studied, practiced, reviewed, and practiced again. If, for example, you are required to memorize a dialog, you must practice it - perform it out loud - until you can do it fluently and accurately. And donÕt just recite the dialog—perform it as if you were playing a part in a movie.


Most of the learning in the speaking courses is done with the audio programs. As with classroom instruction, the audio programs are the primary materials for instruction. The textbooks are secondary. To use the audio materials
efficiently, you must practice each dialog and drill in a normal speaking voice until you can perform it smoothly. Do not move on until you can respond to each drill in the time allotted on the tape. Some of the drills are easy, some are
difficult, but all are manageable. Concentrate especially hard on imitating the voice, accent, and tones of the native speakers on the tape.


We expect that you will develop skills in Mandarin to communicate across ethnic, cultural, ideological and national boundaries and to acquire an understanding of Chinese interpersonal behavioral culture and related thought patterns. At the end of each course, you should be able to perform in the language and culture at a level suitable for continuing on to the next course in the sequence or, at the higher levels, to engage directly and successfully in Chinese society in Chinese.

3. Materials

The books and materials that you need for the individualized option are the same that you used in the three-week class. 

4. The 20-Minute Session

You will be meeting with your instructor for 20-minute ACT sessions. In an ACT session you will have an opportunity to perform the Chinese you have learned. The session is conducted in Chinese—no English is allowed, so be sure you are very familiar with the Instructional Expressions from Unit 0 of Chinese: Communicating in the Culture. You and the instructor will be engaged in a series of conversations and exercises designed to have you communicating in Chinese. To get the most out of these sessions, prepare that dayÕs lesson thoroughly and review frequently material you have already studied.

When you have a required ACT session, you will need to schedule 20-minute appointments ahead of time through OSUÕs online scheduling system using you user name and ID at  http://www.osuii.org.  Four ACT classes are required for completion of Chinese 101.  Your instructor will schedule at least 15 hours a week of available appointment times at various times during the day, evenings or on the week-ends.

NOTE:  We encourage students to complete their required sessions as soon as possible. Students are required to take a minimum of one session per week, but can schedule as many as they have adequately prepared for. A minimum grade of 2.5 is necessary to pass a session. If a student fails a session, they will need to reschedule that session. A session can only be rescheduled once. After the rescheduled appointment a student will receive a grade regardless of performance. Thus, a student who performs below a 2.5 the second time on any one lesson will be given that grade as the final grade for that lesson (See grading policy below for more details).

5. Grading Policy

In most ACT sessions you will receive two grades on a scale of 2.5-4. One grade is for your performance on the memorized dialog, and the other is for your performance on the conversation and exercises during the rest of the session. Comprehension dialogs, unit reviews, readings and writings only receive one grade. The following are the criteria for the grading scale:

4ÉÉ  Performance that promises interaction with a native with no difficulty, discomfort, or misunderstanding. No English hesitation sounds used in speaking (ÒuhÉÓ), and no inappropriate

foreignisms in the written work.

3.5É   Comprehensible performance, but there are some errors that might hinder smooth interaction with a native speaker.

3.0É   Communication occurs but the performance is less comprehensible than for a 3.5; there are significant weakness(es) or patterned error(s) in the performance.


2.5É   Student requires much assistance/correction from instructor. Close to communication breakdown.


If your performance is below the 2.5 level, no grade will be recorded for that session and you will be asked to repeat that stage the next time you come in. For each stage, you are allowed a maximum of one redo session. Once a grade is recorded for an ACT session, it is final – you may not redo it. Written assignments may be redone once for a better grade.  Your final grade for the course is simply the average of all your daily grades.  There is no midterm or final exam.  The grading scale for final grades are:

            A         3.7-4.0             A-        3.5-3.69           B+       3.3-3.49
            B          3.0-3.29          B-        2.5-2.9

Your instructor will give you the grade for each session at the end of each 20-minute session.

6. Timely Completion of Module

All students are expected to be responsible for completing the remaining module in a timely manner. You are strongly advised to devise a practical schedule for completing the material by the end of the program, and to begin working on it immediately. You must have all sessions completed by August 15, 2009. NOTE: A Lack of Preparation on Your Part is Not an Emergency on Our Part. Do not expect special treatment if you fail to heed this advice.