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SENATE 

To

From

SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE 

STUDIES 

SiMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

S-7313?

MEMORANDUM

FACULTY OF ARTS - DEPARTMENT OF 

MODERN LANGUAGES - NEW COURSE 

PROPOSALS - CHINESE 100-3 - 

MANDARIN 

CIIINL3E

I; CIIINE3E 101-3 

MANDARIN CHINESE II; CHINESE 250-3 

- READING AND WRITING CHINESE 

Date ?

NOVEMBER 15, 1973 

MOTION 1: 

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"That Senate approve the new course proposals, as 

set forth in S.73-139, for 

Chinese 100-3 - Mandarin Chinese I 

Chinese 101-3 - Mandarin Chinese II 

Chinese 250-3 - Reading and Writing Chinese." 

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(If Motion 1,or any part thereof passes) 

MOTION 2: ? 

"That these courses each be offered on a one-time 

only basis pending further review and report to 

Senate." 

SiMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

S-73439

MEMORANDUM

Senate ? 

.

From

Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studie: 

Faculty of Arts - Department of 

Subject

Modern Languages.-. New Course .Proposa .s 

Date,.

November 

1973

in Chinese 100-3; Mandarin Chinese I; 

____________________________________________

?1n1är1n Utanese II; am in Uflinese 2)U-3; 

and writing Chinese. 

The Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies, 'following 

submission by the Faculty of Arts and the Department of Modern Languages 

has considered the courses: 

Chinese 100-3, Mandarin Chinese I; 

Chinese 101-3, Mandarin Chinese II; and 

Chinese 250-3, Reading and Writing Chinese. 

The Committee has recommended: 

"That the proposals for the three courses, 

Chinese 100-3-Mandarin Chinese I, Chinese 101-3- 

Mandarin Chinese II, and Chinese 250-3-Reading and 

Writing Chinese, be referred to the Academic 

Planning Committee for determination as to whether 

.

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the proposals constitute a new program. Meanwhile, 

the three courses each be approved and forwarded 

to Senate with recommendation for approval for 

offering on a one time basis pending further 

review." 

The reason for this action was that, while the Committee 

felt that there might be grounds for considering these offerings as at 

least the basis for a new program, it would be unjustified in further 

delaying offering of courses the substance of which had already been 

successfully offered as non-credit courses, and for which there was 

apparently demand. It also considered that offering these courses in the 

manner recommended might give same evidence of the viability of future 

offerings in this area. 

I. Mugridge 

ams

SiMON FRASER . UNIVERSITY

SCUS 73-3

MEMORANDUM

Mr. H. M. Evans 

From

Registrar

S'.AHILI and 

-

CHINESE COURSES 

Sub

j

ect

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....

Date.

I. Mugridge

Assistant Vice-President, Academic 

October 

15, 1973

I have received the attached memorandum from the Administrative 

Assistant to the Dean of Arts. I am now transmitting it to you 

for inclusion on the Agenda of the Senate Committee on Under- 

graduate Studies. 

I. Mugridge 

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/mt. 

Encl. 

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SIiION FRASER UNIVERSITY

MEMORANDUM

SlO

Dr. Ian Mugridge, Chairman 

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. . . From M. Cairns 

Senate Committee on Undergraduate 

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Secretary, Faculty of Arts 

Studies 

Subject 

Swahili 

and Chinese Courses.. 

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...

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Date. 

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October 5, 1973 

The Faculty of Arts Curriculum Committee received the attached 

memo from Dr. Bouton at its meeting of October 4, and requested 

that it be passed on to the Senate Committee on Undergraduate 

Studies. 

dm

SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

R I C

I V

MEMORANDUM

OCT 4 173 ?

ROISTRAR'S

CHIC!

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Dr.

IL Sauners, 

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From

....................................................

Dr. Cli. t. outhn, 

(Office. .SQrvc)

Chairnan, 

Faculty of 

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Purr

Subjec1

C0tte

...................................................

Date

................................................................................................. ........

Swahili and Chinese Courses. 

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October 

2, 173.

With reference to the nerto from Dr. Mugridge dated 

August 

28th,' 

1973, the following inforation which was requested by the 

Senate Ccittee on Underaraduat€ Studies should La brought to 

the attention of the Faculty of Art-3 CurrjculuD Co=itteo concern- 

ing the 

accetar.ce

of the following courses: Swahili 100-3, 

Swahili 

101-3, Chinese 100-3, 

Chinese

101-3 and Chinese 250-3. 

1.

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With 

regard to the current validit 

of the 

etitions, I 

would 

like to offer the following information. Assuming a 

normal pro'rcssion in their academic careers, approximately 

70 of the students who sicned the -etitions will have 

second to sixth semester standinc b 

Fall 1973. Thus the 

overwhelming majorit 

of students who sirTned these petitions 

are still 

on cam-us and in a 

osition to take the courses. 

We, of course, cnnnot determine hcther the passa 

e of time 

since their signin 

has eroded their erarent enthusiasm 

• ? 

for the crsea. The im-licatcn of our merio an?ears to 

be

that sucn an 

rciii ?

of

any evidence that such is the case, we prefer to believe 

that the students wno signed the 

etitions are still inter- 

ested in the courses. In fact, I think this is shown to 

some extent b" the recent demand to offer 

Chinese and Swahili

on a 

non-credit 

L-=sis 

during the Fall et'estor 1973. Regard- 

less, 

of the petition, I am quite satisfied that there is 

sufficient student interest to warrant rtttinc on these 

courses and, in an 

case, a minimum enrolment of 10 will be 

•

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imposed before the classes are 

scziodulcd.

Secondl y , 

the petition for' Swahili ws inititated by and 

sent to 

the D 

TLL' the Simon Fraser Student Societ 

. The 

Swahili courses 'ro in attemt b the 

?

L to rcs-ond to what? 

a certain qro 

of students ncrccivr to be 'i nccd for such 

courses. Section IItC of the current new course 'roroea1 

form asks: "1.hat 15 the nature of student demand for 

this

course?" I understand from 

ccnsultticr. with

our rcresen- 

tative

the ACC 

and

SCUS that this cuostion is rarely 

answered with such 

scificitv as is the case with

our sub- 

mission of a list of s1r.stures of 

sturnts

interested 

in a 

course 

or grouo of courses. Are we, in fact, beinrm penalized 

for this

srecificit 

and oenness in answering this cuestion? 

. .

?

In

response to 

the cotent that in both

car.os the list

of

Giq

naturco was icicntical for all Cournes within the uahj1j 

and Chinese of'rin'v. That is that ech s&Paratc course did 

not have a different

list

of 3icJnaturc3. The Swahili

petition, 

continued....

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drawn 

of

petitioned 

ax

our

I already 

u'

proposal. 

b

y

for

cor?etcnt 

mentioned, 

Swahili 

The

p

specific 

courses, 

ersons 

initiated 

to

coures 

not

reet 

frorn 

the

the

in

the

s

p

announced 

both

ecific 

students. 

cass 

courses 

needs 

were 

It

expect

of the students. 

tho absence 

Secondly, 

of any 

it

Swahili 

would be 

or

rather 

Chinese 

silly 

course, 

to

that, say, the second course of a series of courses would 

have, a difforent cot of 

siqnturos

from

the first course 

of the series; e3rcciallv in liqht of the soquontial 

nature of 1i:uaq' skill 

cour - je

whr one would not be 

able to take th second course without the first. 

2.

cussion 

hourly 

have 

financed 

beon 

With 

paid 

g

on

In

n.

reward 

i

'our 

this 

id

l ativo 

for

resources. 

wato 

y

Inorr..nts.

cut

Dcomnd 

of

artmental

will, 

the

Deartntal

therefore, 

resources, 

:ill 

fund.,

have 

continue 

these 

no

for

ropor- 

to

courses 

be

I also would like to toint out 

that

Mr. Harry Chin, 

University 

to.

a

Chlncca 

Vancouver

begin 

cult-urn 

a

Librr'. 

orcgra. 

busin

r

and

ssan,

Civ

Cincse 

has

j

1jzaton 

donated 

rtudis

Collàtion 

$20,000 

and

a10

in

in

establish 

order 

the

.

3. .

requircU 

to

withfor 

your 

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a

With 

revised

course 

for

reoe:iziqo 

rrd

its

course 

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to

rndertaking. 

ju3ti1i&d 

the

this

t-line.

ranqe

course 

b

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the

tcIcs 

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of

will 

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fit. 

occ

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for

object 

maturity 

nuiur

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4.

propoced 

With 

instructors; 

rocard to 

t

Peter 

: l

coLnetenco 

Xanau ha 

'.r.cI 

bcn

a

toachIL-T 

va!abj1jtv 

the

of the 

Swahili cour 

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a non-credit basis for several senosters. 

Titus 

coetunce. 

The succr.; 

Yu is ready 

o

T1LC

these 

to

514M 

Unde 

G

courses 

Ma

y

e said 

s

p

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of

for

6

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his

And

peuaqoqjca

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Jisaio and 

tr.

letter). ? 

rtake Chine3e 250 (ceo attached 

I ho p 

e this letter Ruffices for your 

rurnose.,

and that the 

credit 

proposed. 

bearing 

courg

courses.

ris" now

presented to Zonate for approval 

n

Dr. Ch. P. Douton, 

Chairman, DM1,. 

cc - Dr. I. Muqrido 

tj1s

PROPOSED

for

READING

-AND It(ITI.0 C;INSE

submitted b 

y

T. YU' 

This

course is meant to serve a dual rurpes': to 

p

rovide the student with the 

both 

linguistic 

vocabulary 

equiprent 

and s 

e

of

ntence 

the Chinese 

structure 

lan°uaee 

and to 

in

heln 

its

him

contemporary 

ac"ulre 

two

writing 

of the 

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major 

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expression. 

components of 

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lanuae 

achieve 

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namely, 

following 

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comn 

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pursued: 

and b. written 

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first, 

VOCABULAiY BlJILf)_UP 

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The Chinese form of writing is one consistin principallv of ideogranhs 

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or word-concept characters, ind i, structurall 

y

monosyllabic, in the 

sense that each s 

yl

lable is usuall 

y

one morrhem 

ø

. Therefore, as an aid 

to learning, the charactars havinr the tCwst str"kes are tau?ht first. 

In point of fact, the number of strokes in each character varies from 

one to fifty-two, but most characters contain less than IL. Rnmanlzatjon 

is applied alongside to assist the reco 

g

nition and memorization of each 

character b 

y

neans of association of form and pronunciation. In ru'eard to 

the pronunciation, the common lan 

c.

uage or better known as ''andarIn Which 

is based on the Peking dialect phoneticall 

y

has been choscn among all th 

mutually incc'mrrehensible dialects is the national lancua'e of China both 

by the governments on main 

l

and and in Tai 

w

an, and b 

y

sinoloc'ists abroad. 

The class begins b 

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learnin 

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60 to 80 characters weekl 

y

; the number 

will

increase rapidly. 

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second, PHASEONsTpTIOs 

Sui&,s, 'i ci. xes

or piionec ic 

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modifications to indicate number, person, sex and the like. Whenever 

necessary, such relations are explicitly stated b 

y

the use of suitable 

words. In the modern written language, pol 

y s y llabic, mostl 

y

dis y llabic, ord 

derived from and composed of monosyllabic morphemes. itttent ion is con- 

centrated on the formation of such phrases. 

third, 

SENTTNC PATTFNS 

Very simrle sentences are used in the earl 

y

reading lessons and new characters 

learnt by si 

g ht as 

the y 

cr introdu-'d. "i 

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the

furtdar.'nta 

sentence structures such a, F'unctive and Stntive Sntences, Equativ. Sentences 

and so on and so forth. 

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minimum vocabular y 

of 100() characters, which are sstematically arranped 

according to similarities of form, meaning and sound. Attufltj()fl is drawri'to 

familiarit y 

with the practical uses of individual characters In phrases •nd 

sentences. In this connection, sentence-making and 

e 5sav-co,osjnc 

.

are em- 

phasized. At this stare the student Is iraduallvt read newspapers and rit 

simple letters, brief notes or short essays with 

i

minimum stock of characters 

with some help from the use of dictionaries. 

fourth, F{JtP.:IT INC P.ACTiC 

The first step in the modern method of Chinese 

write the basic strokes of the ch.uracturs. The 

cop y 

materials proparod b y 

specialists in rit 

provided b" composition work In wr: ich model 

to increase the use of 

• 'rttten expression. 

handwrjt.jn' is to learn to 

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Ing. Pliuclu rructice in urltng 

passages are co 

p

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SCur7J-

SJMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

MEMORANDUM 

S

O

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Mr. H. Evans, Secretary ? 

From..

D.H. Sullivan, Dean 

Senate Committee on 

Undergraduate Studies ? 

Facul ty of Arts 

NEW COURSE PROPOSALS - DEPART- 

Subject

MET OF MODERN LANGUAGES 

., ? 

Date.. 

July 3,1973 

. .... 

The Department of Modern Language new course proposals, listed 

below, have been approved by the Faculty of Arts Curriculum 

Committee at its meeting of March 29, 1973 and were subsequently 

ratified by the Faculty. 

Would you therefore please place these proposals on the agenda of 

the next SCUS meeting. 

Thank you. 

DHS:dt 

?

D. H. Sullivan 

Attachments: 

Swahili 100, Introductory Swahili I 

Swahili 101, Introductory Swahili II 

Chinese 100, Mandarin Chinese I 

Chinese 101, Mandarin Chinese II 

Chinese 250, Reading and Writing Chinese 

SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

MEMORANDUM

Subject

Chairman, 

Faculty of Arts Curriculum 

Committee. 

Chinese and Swahili Courses. 

From

Dr.

Neville' J. 

Lincoln, 

Department of Modern Languages. 

Date.

June 13, 1973. 

With reference to the Chinese and Swahili courses 

recently submitted by this Department for the approval of 

your Committee, this is to clarify that although the courses 

will be taught by Mr. Peter Kamau and by Messrs. Hsiao and 

Yu respectively, they will be under the supervision of the 

Chairman of the Department, i.e. Dr. Charles Bouton, who 

will be responsible for the preparation of course outlines 

and grading. 

With regard to the Swahili instructor, I would 

like to point out that Mr. Peter Kamau has already taught 

this course on a non-credit basis for several semesters dur- 

ing which time we were able to observe 

.

his classes. We have 

no doubt as to his ability to make this course a success. 

He also has several years experience teaching Swahili to 

Peace Corps volunteers in the United Etatcs. With regard 

Lije iiinese

instructors, aitnougn Dotri iiessrs. 

fiSidO

and Yu have been highly successful in putting on these 

courses ôri a non-credit basis, Mr. Yu in particular strikes 

one as being an extremely learned individual to the extent 

that it would, in my opinion, be a great loss to the 

University if 

?

were not able to take advantage of this 

opportunity of having him teach this course for us. He is 

currently completing a Ph.D. degree in Chinese Studies at 

the University of 

Washington.

njl/bg 

?

Neville 

J. Lincoln, 

Chairman, DML. 

.

Septem 

ber

1969

FACULTY OF ARTS 

NEW COURSE

PROPOSAL 

I

?

CALENDAR INFORMATION 

Department: Modern Languages 

Title: Chinese 

Course Number: 

?

100

S

ub-Title or Description: 

Mandarin Chinese I 

Pre-requCredit 

Hours: 

isite(s): 

?

3 ?

None 

Vector 

Des

cription: 2-0-2 

II ? 

ENROL1E;T AND SCHEDULING 

Estimated 

En

rolment: 

?

30+ (minimum of 12) 

Semester Offered (eg. Yearly, every Srping; twice yearly, 

Fall 

?

Fall and Spring): 

II'

"7',' 

When course will first be offered: Fall 

?

(already offered 

twice as non-credit Course) 

JUSTIFICATION 

A. What 

dep

courses 

differ 

artments 

is

entiation 

the

in the 

in

detailed 

the

same 

from 

University? 

depa 

lower 

des

rtment 

cription 

level 

and

courses, 

of

from 

the

courses 

course 

from Similar 

including 

in other 

Introductory 

M

andarin Chinese (see Outline) 

B. What 

the Course? 

is the range of topics that may be dealt with in 

(See Outline) 

C.

flow does this course fit the goals of the department? 

Adds lower level options 

D.

How does this course affect degree requirements 

No effect 

E.

What are the calendar changes necessary to reflect the 

addition of this Course? 

Mere addition of course 

F.

What course', if any, is being dropped from the calendar 

if this course is approved? 

None 

G.

What is the nature of student demand for this ccmrse? 

Considerable (see attached petitions) 

II. Other reasons for introducing the course. 

Success of similar non-credit courses. 

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IV

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BUDGETARY AND SPACE FACTORS 

A. Which faculty will be available to teach this course?. 

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B.

What 

for this 

are

course? 

the special space and/or equipment 

r

equirc:ents 

None 

C.

Any other budgetary 

im

plications of mounting this course: 

Small number of additional- books in Library 

?

Approval: 

Curriculum Committee: 

?

Dean of Faculty: 

Senate: 

DEPARTMENT OF MODERN LNCUAGES 

0 ?

MANDARIN CHINESE IANb 

ii

The Department of Modern Languages offers two levels 

of

Mandarin

Chinese. 

We will use both Character Text for Be 

g

inning Chinese 

(CTBC) and Deqinning Chinese Reader (Part I: BCR) as text- 

books. They include dialogues, pronunciation drills, sentence- 

building games, and substitution exercises. 

The study program for each lesson will start with a 

brief classroom discussion of the composition, pronunciation, 

meanings, and use of each new character. We have tape 

recordings covering the sentences and connected text. Listen- 

ing to the recordings while silently reading the text can be 

an

important help not only learning new terms but also in 

learning to read with the speed and rhythm of a native Chinese 

rather than with the haphazard pauses characteristic of a 

beginning student. This is not simply an aesthetic matter 

but is vitally related to gaining fluency in reading and 

speaking. 

In learning to speak, 

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•

the primary em 

phasis 

is on 

in memorizing lists of words. Similarly in reading the 

object is to read diverse materials with speed and compre- 

hension rather than simply to "know" an impressive number of 

individual characters or to be content with the agonizing 

translation or decoding which far too often passes for 

reading. Fluency in reading or speaking can only be achieved 

by extensive practice of all the interrelated aspects of the 

reading or speaking process. To accomplish this we must 

RE)\D, READ, READ, WRITE, WRITE, WRITE,

AND

SPEAK, SPEAK, C?EAK.

It is 

high time now for us to learn Chinese which 

is one of the five official languages of the United Nations 

and is used by 25%of the world'spopulation. 

.II

Sep

tenther 1969 

FACULTY OF ARTS 

NEW COURSE PROPOSAL 

I ?

CALENDAR 

INFORNTIO,I

Title: 

Department: 

Chinese 

Modern Languages 

?

Course Number: 101? 

Sub-Title 

or Description. 

Mandarin

Chinese II 

Pre-requCredit 

flours: 

isite(s) 

3

?

.. Chinese 100 

Vector 

Desc 

ription: 2-0-2 

?

ENROLMENT AND SCHEDULING 

Estimated 

Enrolment: 

30+ (minimum of 12) 

Semester 

O

ffered (eg. 

Y

early, every Srping; twice yearly, 

Spring ? 

Fall and Spring): 

When Course will first be offered: Spring 

?

/

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III JUSTIFICATION 

A. What 

differentiation 

is the detailed 

from lower 

des

cription 

level courses, 

of the course 

from similar 

including 

depcourses 

artments 

in the 

in the 

same 

University? 

department and from courses in other 

Co

ntinues

the work of Chinese ioo 

B. What 

the course? 

is the 

?

range of topics 

that may be dealt with in 

(see Outline) 

.

. ?

2.

C.

How does this course fit the goals of the department? 

Adds lower level options 

D.

How does this course, affect degree. requirements? 

No effect 

E.

What are the calendar changes necessary to reflect the 

addition of this course? 

Mere addition of course 

F.

What course, if any, is being dronped from the calendar 

ic, this course 

±5

approved? 

None 

C. What is the nature of student demand for this course? 

Considerable (see attached petition') 

II. Other reasons for introducing the course, 

Success 'of similar non-credit courses 

IV

?

flUDCETAIY AND SPACE FACTORS 

A. Which faculty will be available to teach this course? 

3.

B.

What 

for this 

are

Course? 

the special space and/or equipment 

re

quirements 

None 

C.

Any other budgetary 

impl 

ications of mounting this course: 

Small number of additional books in Library 

Approval: 

Curriculum Committee: 

?

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40 ?

......................... 

Dean of Faculty: 

Senate: 

September 

1969

FACULTY OF ARTS 

NEW COURSE PROPOSAL 

I ?

CALENDAR 

INFORtATION

Department: Modern Languages 

?

Course number: 250 ? 

Title: Chinese 

Sub-Title or Description: 

Reading and Writing Chinese 

Credit Hours: 3 

?

Vector Descri 

p

tion: 3-0-0 ? 

Pre-requisite(s): None 

II

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ENROLMENT AND SCHEDULING 

Estimated Enrolment: 30+ (minimum 12) 

Semester Offered (eg. Yearly, every Srping; twice yearly, 

Fall ? 

Fall and Spring) 

When course will first be offered: Fall ARM 

I

'II

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JUSTIFICATION 

A.

What is the detailed description of the course including 

differentiation from lower level courses, from similar 

courses in the same de 

p

artment and from courses in other 

departments in the University? 

See course outline. No similar courses offered in 

the University. 

B.

What 

the course? 

is the range of topics that ma 

y

be dcalt with in 

The course is designed to develop the student's 

ability to read simple texts and to write short 

essays in 

modern

Chinese. Students will be introduced 

to the lexical, mor 

p holo 

g

ical, syntactical, grammatical 

and orthoqraphic features of contemporary writing style 

with, a touch of calligraphy. Readings are selected from 

books and articles in a variety of styles including 

documentary, periodical, polemical and literary ma 1ria ] 

Active 

expected 

usage 

of

the

of

a

tudeu

minimum 

Ls . No

of

knowl

600 characters 

e(1(;o of Chi

will 

nes

required 

.

. This course will be conuucted in Lglih. 

.

?

2.

C.

How does this course fit the goals of the department? 

Adds lower level options of an attractive 

kind. 

D.

How does this Course affect degree requirements? 

No effect 

E.

What are the calendar changes necessary to reflect the 

addition of this Course? 

Mere addition of course 

40 ?

F. What 

if this 

course, 

course 

if

is

an

approved? 

y

, is being drooped from the calendar 

None 

C. What is the nature of student demand for this course? 

Potentially large. (see enclosed petitions) 

H. Other reasons for introducing the course. 

BUDGETARY AND SPACE FACTORS

A. Which faculty will be available to teach this course? 

-1_s 

.

?

3.

B.

What are the special space and/or equipment requirements 

for this course? 

None 

C.

Any other budgetary implications of mounting this course: 

Small number of additional books in Library 

Approval: 

Ki

Curriculum 

Ccrnmittee:R? 

is ?

IT:

Dean of Faculty: 

Senate: 

\ ?

,

DEPARTMENT OF MODERN LANGUAGES

READING AND WRITING CHINESE

Course Syllabus 

The course is designed to develop the student's 

ability to read simple texts and to write short essays 

in

modern Chinese. Stidents will be introduced to the 

lexical, morphological, syntactical, grammatical and 

orthographic features of contemporary writing st 

y

le with 

a touch of calligraphy. Readings are selected from 

books and articles in a variety of styles including 

documentar y 

, periodical, polemical and literary materials. 

Active usage of a minimum of 800 characters will be 

expected of the students. No knowledne,of Chinese is 

required. This course will be conducted in English. 

Lecture/Discussion 

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Week 

1: ? 

The Six Graphic Principles 

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eek i: ? 

A Historical sketch of the Evolu- 

tion of the Chinese written langu- 

age: 

Bronze and Oracle Bone Inscriptions 

?

Week 3: 

?

Han Innovations (206 B.C. - 220 A.D.) 

The Chen Shu Style of T'ang times 

(618-906) 

?

Week 4: 

?

The Using Shu Style of the Sung 

Dynasty (906 - 1279) 

The Eclectics of the Yuan (1234 - 

1368) and Ming (1368 - 1644) 

?

Week 5: 

?

The Simplified Characters of the 

People's Republic of China (1949 - 

?

)

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Week 6: 

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Review and Mid-term Examination 

?

Week 

7: ? 

Readings in Expository Essays: 

Language Training by CIIEN Usueh-ping 

Ideal Vernacular by CHU Tzu-ching 

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Week 8: 

?

Readings in Narration: 

Incident by Lu Usun 

The Last Lesson tr. by flu Shih 

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Week 9: 

?

Readings 

Satirical Articles: 

. ?

Mr. Almost by flu Shih 

A Mad Man's Diary by Lu lisun 

?

Week 10: 

?

Readings in Newspaper Chinese: 

Ministry of Eiucttion Assists Students 

Editorial: Congratulations to the 

1or1d Youth Congress 

-2-

Week 

11:

?

Readings in Chinese Communist 

• Ideology: 

On Contradiction by Mao Tse-tung 

Week 12: 

?

On the Chinese Communist Party by Liu 

Shao-ch' i 

Week 13: 

?

Review and Final Examination 

REC01EDD TEXTS: 

Chen, Chih-rnai, Chinese Callj 

q

rar)hers and their Art. 

Melbourne, Melbourne University Press, 1966. 

Chi, Wen-shun, ReadincTs in Chinese Corrnunist Ideolocvv. 

Berkeley, University or California Press, 

1968. 

Twenty Lectures on Chinese Culture. 

New Haven, Yale University Press, 1967. 

Driscoll, Lucy, Chinese Calliciraohv. Chicago, Ill., 

University of Chicago Press, 1935. 

•

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.. .. ? 

. ?

a .

Commercial Press, 1972. 

-- ? 

The Chinese Reader Part I & II. Peking, 

Commercial Press, 1972. 

Chang, Hsuan, 

?

Etymologies of Three Thousand Chinese 

Characters in Comnon Uagc, New York, 

Oxford University Press, 1968. 

There 'vi11 be mimeographed handouts available for students 

throughout the semester. 