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Introductory Shanghainese

Instructor: Yinghua Cai Email:ycai@miis.edu

Class Meeting time: 10:30-11:30 am (03/05-07, 03/11, 03/25-28, 4/1-3)

Classroom: MG315C

Course description

This course employs a blended learning approach (uses ANVILL as the course

management system; course name: CLS_Shanghainese) that combines 11-hour face-to-face instruction with two-week online self-study. The student will be practicing basic

conversational Shanghainese on a daily basis through extensive listening and speaking

exercises. The student will also be exposed to the unique and intriguing Shanghai

culture.Course objectives

By adapting and adopting a variety of authentic materials in this course and by

interacting with the instructor, who is a native Shanghainese speaker, by the end of the

course, the student will be able to:

Understand Shanghainese within certain contexts Carry on basic daily conversations in Shanghainese Understand and discuss some aspects of Shanghai culture Utilize strategies and resources to study Shanghainese independently

Assignments and Assessment

1. Recordings (dialogue performance & self-study audio notes)

Youre required to submit recordings that document your learning progress. You can

read the transcript of the dialogues introduced in the class, write your own transcript

and then record it, and/or compose an audio note for the self-study videos

recommended by the instructor. The requirements (e.g., number of recordings, format

of audio notes) will be negotiated between the student and the instructor.

2. ShanghaiMatters Project

You can choose some Shanghai-specific topic to explore and then write an essay

and/or do an oral presentation to introduce your findings in Mandarin Chinese to

someone you think might be interested in that topic. Please bear in mind that when you

write and/or present, try to think of some real audience and make your project as

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meaningful as possible. Just ask yourself: why am I doing this project? I will put in my

best effort to facilitate the completion of your project.

3. Weekly reflection and self-assessment

Youre required to finish the online weekly reflection questions by Friday noonevery

week. Please make sure that you submit your reflections on timesince your reflectionswill be very informative for me in terms of preparing for the following classes. By the

end of the course, you also need to complete a self-assessment instrument, which helps

you reflect on the learning experience and set goals for further study.

Note: At the end of the course, I will complete a narrative assessment based on your

performance in the class. I will also give you recommendations for future learning.

Couse Schedule (Tentative)

Date Topic Assignments3/5 Needs Assessment &

Course Introduction

3/6 Greetings & Introduction

3/7 Learner Training & Music

by Shanghai Singers

3/8 first weekly reflection due;

recordings

3/11 Family & Dates (Time) Get ready to share your

Shanghai Matters project idea

Self-study Session Work on Shanghai

MattersProject and

Compose Audio Notes

Watch videos and submit

recordings regularly;

3/22 bi-weekly reflection due

3/25 Directions &

Transportation

3/26 Food & Shopping

3/27 Jobs & Hobbies

3/28 Review & Feedback Get ready to share the progress

of your Shanghai Matters

project and solicit the

instructors feedback;

3/29 fourth weekly reflection

due

4/1 Guest Speaker Session(Local Shanghai Music)

Review self-introduction andquestions

4/2 ShanghaiMatters

Presentation & Feedback

Shanghai Matters project due

4/3 Self-assessment & Course

Evaluation