Spoken Mandarin and Instruction - 100 Academic Year

本課程是由 國立陽明交通大學外國語文學系 提供。

This class aims to introduce the Mandarin Language by characterizing its unique properties as a very different linguistic system from those in English. To know a language is similar to knowing a person. Each person has its unique personality and it is the same for each language. This course is designed to get students understand and familiarized with the ‘personality’ of Mandarin so that all the grammatical properties may make sense to the learners.


Textbook:

Chinese: a Linguistics Introduction by Prof. Chaofen Sun. 2006, Cambridge.
Mandarin Chinese: a functional reference grammar by S. Thompson and C. Li.
Other Required materials: Your choice of a textbook or a text series that is designed for teaching Mandarin Chinese.

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Instructor(s) Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures Prof. Mei-Chun Liu
Course Credits 2 Credits
Academic Year 100 Academic Year
Level Graduate Student
Prior Knowledge None
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WeekCourse ContentCourse Video
Week 01Introduction of the class
Overview of Mandarin
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Week 02Beginning Chinese - An Easier Language & Historical
Background of the Language
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Week 03The four tones Tone
Sandhi
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Week 04Morphology: compounding
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Week 05Inflectional Morpheme: Two different了?
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Week 06Aspectual markers: 了/著/過/在
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Week 08Classifiers
Reduplication
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Week 09Linear order and lexical categories
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Week 10Pronouns and demonstratives
Pro-drop
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Week 11Negation: 不 vs. 沒
Interrogatives: WH questions
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Week 12Disjunctive questions: 嗎vs. A-not-A?
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Week 13Nominalization and Relative Clause
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Week 14Adverbials
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Week 15Serial Verb Construction
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Week 16Prepositions
把 and被
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課程目標

This class aims to introduce the Mandarin Language by characterizing its unique properties as a very different linguistic system from those in English. To know a language is similar to knowing a person. Each person has its unique personality and it is the same for each language. This course is designed to get students understand and familiarized with the ‘personality’ of Mandarin so that all the grammatical properties may make sense to the learners.

 

課程章節

課程週次 章節內容
第一週 Introduction of the class
Overview of Mandarin
第二週Beginning Chinese - An Easier Language & Historical Background of the Language
第三週 The four tones
Tone Sandhi
第四週Morphology: compounding 
第五週 Inflectional Morpheme: Two different了? 
第六週 Aspectual markers:
了/著/過/在
第七週 Spring Break
第八週Classifiers
Reduplication
第九週Linear order and lexical categories
第十週 Pronouns and demonstratives
Pro-drop
第十一週Negation: 不 vs. 沒
Interrogatives: WH questions
第十二週 Disjunctive questions:
嗎vs. A-not-A?
第十三週 Nominalization and Relative Clause 
第十四週Adverbials
第十五週Serial Verb Construction
第十六週 Prepositions
把 and 被
第十七週 TCSL textbook project
No meeting –made up in Feb
第十八週Final exam week
單元十九Transformations for Signals and Systems
單元二十Unit Output Feedback Control
單元二十一Phasor Method for AC Circuits
單元二十二Applications of Fourier Transform to Communication Systems
單元二十三Phase-Locked Loop

 

課程書目

Chinese: a Linguistics Introduction by Prof. Chaofen Sun. 2006, Cambridge.
Mandarin Chinese: a functional reference grammar by S. Thompson and C. Li.
Other Required materials: Your choice of a textbook or a text series that is designed for teaching Mandarin Chinese.

 

評分標準

項目百分比
Attendance and active Participation25%
Mid-term Interview and report25%
Group presentation and assignment25%
Final project25%

本課程行事曆提供課程進度與考試資訊參考。

學期週次
上課日期
參考課程進度
第一週02/21
  • Introduction of the class
    Overview of Mandarin
第二週02/28
  • Beginning Chinese - An Easier Language & Historical
    Background of the Language
第三週03/06
  • The four tones
    Tone Sandhi
第四週03/13
  • Morphology: compounding
第五週03/20
  • Inflectional Morpheme:
    Two different了?
第六週03/27
  • Aspectual markers:
    了/著/過/在
第七週04/03
  • Spring Break
第八週04/10
  • Classifiers
    Reduplication
第九週04/17
  • Linear order and lexical categories
第十週04/24
  • Pronouns and demonstratives
    Pro-drop
第十一週05/01
  • Negation: 不 vs. 沒
    Interrogatives: WH questions
第十二週05/08
  • Disjunctive questions:
    嗎vs. A-not-A?
第十三週05/15
  • Nominalization and Relative Clause
第十四週05/22
  • Adverbials
第十五週05/29
  • Serial Verb Construction
第十六週06/05
  • Prepositions
    把 and被
第十七週06/12
  • TCSL textbook project
    No meeting –made up in Feb
第十八週06/19
  • Final exam week

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第一週

  • Introduction of the class
    Overview of Mandarin
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第二週
  • Beginning Chinese - An Easier Language & Historical
    Background of the Language
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第三週
  • The four tones
    Tone Sandhi
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第四週
  • Morphology: compounding 
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第五週
  • Inflectional Morpheme:
    Two different了?
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第六週
  • Aspectual markers:
    了/著/過/在
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第七週
  • Spring Break
第八週
  • Classifiers
    Reduplication
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第九週
  • Linear order and lexical categories
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第十週
  • Pronouns and demonstratives
    Pro-drop
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第十一週
  • Negation: 不 vs. 沒
    Interrogatives: WH questions
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第十二週
  • Disjunctive questions:
    嗎vs. A-not-A?
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第十三週
  • Nominalization and Relative Clause
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第十四週
  • Adverbials 
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第十五週
  • Serial Verb Construction
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第十六週
  • Prepositions
    把 and被
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第十七週
  • TCSL textbook project
    No meeting –made up in Feb 
第十八週
  • Final exam week