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 * Chinese 3 Honors 2016-17 **
 * Course Description **

[|Link to Chinese 3 Honors class Googledocs page]
====Chinese 3 completes the cycle of vocabulary building, sentence and phrase practice, mastery of tones and pronunciation, and familiarity with basic patterns of Chinese history and culture that together comprise the first three years Chinese. The course features these approaches and skills: ====
 * //__Summary __//**
 * ====Immersion experience – please be prepared to communicate all in Chinese ====
 * ====Contact with Chinese culture and speakers ====
 * ====Eligibility for summer three-week homestay with Hangzhou High School ====
 * ====Use of self-paced and self-corrected interactive learning on MyChineseLab ====
 * ====Preparation for Advanced Placement Chinese next year ====


 * //__Expectations __//**
 * ====Speak Chinese in class. The curriculum is designed for immersion. ====
 * ====Speak and interact at every opportunity. Repeated communication is more important than any other approach, including memorization or specialized online programs. ====
 * ====Come to class prepared, on time, with your paper or electronic version of the text. ====
 * ====Write in Chinese characters by hand and by word processor. ====
 * ====MyChineseLab assignments are graded for completion, not correct answers. You are allowed retests by the program. ====
 * ====My office hours each day: 7:30 AM in the International Center. ====
 * ====RDFZ Beijing exchange trip will be March 11th-19th, 2017, home stays with local families. Cost is $800 per person, all included. ====


 * //__Assignments and Grading: __//**

<span style="font-family: Garamond,serif;">Final Exam – counts 20% of second semester grade

 * //__<span style="font-family: Garamond,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Resources __//**

<span style="font-family: Garamond,serif;"> Wikispaces class page: chinese3hdownes2015-16.wikispaces.com/

 * //__<span style="font-family: Garamond,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Five Cs of Foreign Language Education: __//****__<span style="font-family: Garamond,serif; font-size: 14pt;">(ACTFL) __**
 * ====<span style="font-family: Garamond,serif;">Communication – is at the heart of second language study ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: Garamond,serif;">Cultures – gain a knowledge and understanding of the cultures that use that language ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: Garamond,serif;">Connections – learning languages provides connections to additional bodies of knowledge ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: Garamond,serif;">Comparisons – students realize that there are multiple ways of viewing the world. ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: Garamond,serif;">Communities – enable students to participate in multilingual communities at home and abroad ====