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Chinese Language and Culture Learning Community
Purpose
The purpose of our program is to provide a friendly, informal learning community for students who would like to expedite and intensify their opportunities to learn Chinese and to learn about Chinese culture. Students will register for and receive one pass-fail credit based largely on participation. Registration for the class entitles students to attend fully and partially-funded outings and events and to attend regularly-scheduled study sessions or tutoring with native speakers of Chinese. Students will also have access to a calendar of events and discussion boards via the university’s Blackboard service. Native speakers of Chinese, especially those interested in teaching Chinese to non-native speakers, are also encouraged to join.
Intended Audience
Our intended audience will be anyone interested in learning Mandarin and learning about Chinese culture. This audience may include Asian Studies majors and minors, students preparing to study abroad in China, students who have returned from study-abroad programs in China and others who demonstrate a strong interest in Chinese language and culture. As indicated above, native speakers of Chinese who are interested in teaching Chinese to non-native speakers are also encouraged to join.
Description of the Program
Registration in the CHI 3990 course is intended to maximize accountability among students in the learning community. The following are required:
- Students must attend at total of eight (8) Chinese cultural activities during the semester. Examples will be viewing a Chinese movie, attending a lecture at the Confucius Café or Chinese Business Club at Tech Town, attending an event staged by the Chinese Students and Scholars Association, or attending an off-campus Chinese-related event. A calendar of Chinese-related events will be available on the blackboard course site. WSU Chinese instructors or CLCLC-associated staff must approve any activities in question.
- In order to satisfy the above attendance requirement, students will be asked to write comments about the events they attend on the designated Blackboard discussion board. Comments must be a minimum of three (3) sentences.
- Learners are required to attend at least four tutoring sessions per semester at the Confucius Institute.
- At the end of the semester, learners will be asked to make a short power-point presentation on a Chinese topic of their choice.
- Learners will be required to complete a formal quantitative and qualitative survey at the end of each semester, assessing the CLCLC program.
For further details see the full proposal.
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