CHN3021: Final Oral Exam

Daytime classes: Monday 12/10 of Week #15.

Evening classes: Tuesday 12/11 of Week #15.

Your final oral exam is as follows:

I. First, 2 or 3 students perform a skit.

1) Due to the time limit, please finish your skit within 2 min. - 3 min.

2) Your short skit could be on any appropriate and interesting topc, not necessarily those topics covered in your textbook.

3) Please evenly distribute the workload among the students.

4) Though performing as a group, students will be individually graded based on such criteria as use of more complex vocab and patterns, accuracy, fluency, and the "drama" factor.

II. After the skit, each student have a one-on-one interview with an instructor.

Though there're 5 groups of questions on the sheet, you are only required to answer 1 group of questions, which the instructor will randomly pick.

Please find your skit partner(s) asap and allow youselves enough time for preparation.

Should you have any questions, please ask me. Xiexie!

Liu laoshi

Minnesota-China Partnership

http://www.minnesota-china.com/

The Minnesota-China Partnership is a broad-based, statewide initiative to strengthen Minnesota's longstanding relationship with China. This collaborative venture engages public and private organizations throughout the state to promote all facets of Minnesota's connections with China, including trade and investment, science and academia, arts and culture, and friendship and humanitarian endeavors.


With the states leadership, the Minnesota-China Partnership encourages collaboration and coordination among a broad spectrum of partners to create exciting new opportunities for Minnesota and China.

The Minnesota-China Partnership has several objectives:

To promote greater understanding of U.S.-China relations.
To use the strength of existing relationships and develop new initiatives linking the people of Minnesota and China.
To raise Minnesota's profile among prominent Chinese government and business leaders.
To increase economic activity between Minnesota and China.
To provide extensive training programs and international business development activities to prepare Minnesota companies to conduct business successfully in China.
The Minnesota-China Partnership employs a multidimensional strategy that includes programs and services related to trade and investment, science and academia, arts and culture, and friendship and humanitarian endeavors.

Currently, the most robust programs are in the area of trade and investment. New programs and services for this and other strategic categories will be added over time.

给你介绍一本中文书

这是一本十分有意思的中文书。介绍了很多汉字的起源(origin)和在生活里的运用(application)。UMN的图书馆有这本书！


China: Empire of Living Symbols (Hardcover) by Cecilia Lindqvist (Author)



From Publishers Weekly (from www. Amazon.com)

http://www.amazon.com/China-Empire-Symbols-Cecilia-Lindqvist/dp/0201570092




Many of the 50,000 Chinese characters in use today can be traced back to ancient, inscribed oracle bones and bronzes. Drawing on archeological finds of recent decades, Lindqvist, a Swedish scholar who studied Chinese writing in Beijing, tells the fascinating stories behind the meaning and evolution of scores of Chinese characters. She notes that the original character for "hand" may well have been a picture of a hand with five fingers; neolithic jars were prototypes for the character for "wine"; the character for "speak or word" has a basic meaning, "large flute." Other characters relate to everyday life (houses, carts, clothes) or to the countryside, plants and animals. A testament to the continuity of Chinese culture, this beautiful book is illustrated with ancient inscriptions, 18th-century woodcuts and photographs of contemporary life demonstrating how ideogrammatic images recur as archetypes through the centuries.


Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.



Language NotesText: English (translation) Original Language: Swedish

你认识这只可爱的企鹅吗？它是中国一家叫"腾讯"(Tencent)公司的logo。 跟Yahoo、Microsoft差不多，腾讯公司也有它自己的“即时通”(instant messenger), 名字叫“QQ”。

腾讯的QQ，除了最常见的聊天室以外，还有网上游戏(games), 养小动物(pets), 铃声下载(ringtone downloads)等等许多其它的服务。

其实，在中国大陆QQ比Yahoo Messenger和MSN更受中国人的欢迎。据估计，现在全中国差不多有一亿五千万个用户。

现在，在中国QQ已经成为一种年轻人的流行文化。你几乎到处都能看到这只可爱的小企鹅。实际上，为了练习中文，有些外国学生也用QQ。要是你有兴趣的话，不妨也试试看。 http://im.qq.com/

Chinese Learning Podcasts

向你介绍两个学习中文的Podcast服务。

1. ChinesePod.com http://www.chinesepod.com/

2. Melnyks.com http://www.melnyks.com/

China-related Study Abroad Informational Sessions (Oct. 15- Oct. 19)

1. Monday 10/15 Hopkins-Nanjing Center 457

Folwell at 11:00am

The Director of Admissions for the Hopkins-Nanjing Center will be visiting the UMN campus to meet with interested students with an advanced level of Chinese.

The Hopkins-Nanjing Center offers an M.A. in International Studies with three available concentrations: International Politics, International Economics and Comparative and International Law. Degrees are conferred jointly by Johns Hopkins University and Nanjing University.

The Center also offers a 1 year Certificate in China Studies.

To learn more, please visit the website.http://sais-jhu.edu/Nanjing/index.html

2. Wednesday 10/17 Full Year Scholarship Exchange in Tianjin, China

289 Hubert Humphrey Hall 2:00-3:00pm

International Reciprocal Student Exchange Program (IRSEP)
Group advising session

Tianjin, China
* Full Academic year
* University of Minnesota-Twin Cities juniors and above; Chinese citizens not eligible
* Transfer credit
* Host-university study
* Dorms
* 2 years college-level Chinese
* Sponsored by UMN Learning Abroad Center, IRSEP
* Application deadline: November 22, 20

This full scholarship exchange offers you the chance to study in China's third largest city Tianjin. Experience traditional and contemporary culture and art in Tianjin while studying with students from around the world.
http://www.umabroad.umn.edu/programs/ASIA/irsepChina/index.shtml

3. Friday 10/19 Study Abroad , Major/Minor Declaration and More

Room 306 Folwell Hall at 4:15pm

Please join us on Friday, October 19th for an information session about Asian Languages & Literatures! Get the details about changes to the ALL major requirements, learn about study abroad options in Asia, and connect with other ALL students.

Representatives from both faculty and staff will be there to answer your questions. This event is meant for both current and prospective majors and minors. Pizza and beverages will be provided.

Contact: Katy Korchik
Academic Adviser
CLA Languages and Mathematics Student Community
114 Johnston Hall
101 Pleasant Street S.E.
Minneapolis, MN 55455
http://langmath.class.umn.edu
(612) 624-7540

明城和St. Paul一些最好的中国餐馆

1. Little Szechuan 小四川 (Serves authentic Spicy Sichuan cuisine)

* 422 University Ave W., Saint Paul. Tel: (651)222-1333

http://www.littleszechuan.com/

2. Tea House 香园 (Serve spicy Sichuan and Cantonese cuisine)

* St. Paul: 1676 Suburban Ave. Tel: (651) 771-1790

* Minneapolis: 88 Nathan Lane, Plymouth Tel: (763) 544-3422

http://www.ourteahouse.com/

3. Mandarin Kitchen 北海 (serves Cantonese weekend Dim Sum, etc.)

8766 Lyndale Ave S. Minneapolis, MN Tel: (952) 884-5356

http://www.mealmeal.com/main/member_main.php?action=cover

4. Yummy's 食坊 (serves Cantonese Dim Sum snacks and more)

2450 Nicollet Ave S. Minneapolis Tel: (612) 870-8000

你喜爱中国的传统文化吗？你关心中国的经济与社会发展吗？你想了解中国老百姓的生活吗？你打算将来去中国旅行、学习、工作吗？如果你还没去过中国，或者马上就要去了，那你不妨先看看别人在中国的经历和他们对中国的看法。下面是一些很有意思也很有用的blogs。希望它们对你会有帮助。

1. China Blog List: http://www.chinabloglist.org/ A collection of links to English language weblogs focused on China. Firsthand accounts and independent views of China;

2. China Analyst: http://www.chinalyst.net/ A community for English blogging related to China and Chinese Culture;

3. The China Blog on Time.com: http://time-blog.com/china_blog/ Insightful observers on China's politics, economy and society;

4. Danwei: http://www.danwei.org/ Chinese media, advertising, and urban life. Has its own TV series;

5. Lost Laowai: http://www.lostlaowai.com/ A non-nonsense guide to China;

6. Sinoslpice: http://www.sinosplice.com/life/ A apolitical China-centered weblog of observations on life and language;

7. China Mash: http://chinamash.com/ Photoblog of Beijing, its people, daily life, tourist attractions and more;

8. Signese: http://www.signese.com/ Updated photos of Chinese signs, posters, etc, another way of learning authentic Chinese.

Welcome! 欢迎！

Students, welcome to the CHN 3021 blog! Here I will post Chinese langauge learning and cultural resources that hopefully will be both interesting and useful to you. If you have any Chinese-related announcements or recommendations, I will be glad to post here as well so that you could share great resources with your classmates.

Here is my first recommendation for CHN 3021 students: Xiaoi the online chat robot. Xiaoi (Little I, namely, Little "I, Robot") is a cute and intelligent robot whom you can chat with through Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo Messenger or just web.

Xiaoi knows the Chinese language pretty well, and also know some basic English. Conversations with the super smart Xiaoi are always full of fun. For students of Chinese, the chat robot is a particularly handy tool for language practice.

Xiaoi also provides many a useful service, such as weather forcast and map search. Users can also invite friends to play games online through the Xiaoi robot. http://www.xiaoi.com/