Chin303 Fall ’11

歡迎上普及灣大學孫老師的中文博客網!
Welcome to Chinese4u blog page at the University of Puget Sound.

If you don’t have an account, please go to Edublogs to set up an account.  Once you have an account/blog space, see step-by-step instructions to set up your diaplay name:

1. Go to Your Profile;
2. Under Nickname: type out Chinese name in BOTH Pinyin with tones and characters (Example: Sūn lǎoshī 孫老師);
(Go to Chinese-tools.com > Tools > Pronunciation  to get Pinyin with tone marks. Be sure to use simplified characters or use Tools to transcribe trad. to simp.);
3. Under Display Name Publicly As: choose the pinyin/character name you just typed in;
4. Under Your Avatar, upload a photo of YOU.

Remember to log on to your account first before you submit postings in the Comments section.

This blog page is set up for the Chinese 303 course, Greater China: Commerce and the Media,  三年中文: 大中華地區的商業和傳播媒體. Students of Chinese 303 are expected to use this blog DAILY to check course schedule and homework assignment, and to post and share individual work and group projects. This course is taught face-to-face three days a week (M W F 2:00-2:50 p.m. at Wyatt 209).

Students need to be familiar with the use of computer technology:
1) be able to type Chinese;
2) know how to utilize online tools (dictionaries, annotators, Pinyin editors, translators, traditiona/simplified charater converter, etc.);
3) have easy access to Internet on a daily basis;
4) learn how to post work on edublogs, vociethread and other online tools.

Be sure to set up your computer to type Chinese (either in traditional or simplified) the first day of class! Help is availble at the Center for Learning. Please see Chinese tutors, Ada Yu (ayu@pugetsound.edu) or Phillip Brenfleck (pbrenfleck@pugetsound.edu).

In addition, a one-hourweekly discussion session (TBA in conjunction with the Chinese Language House Chinese-only conversation hour) will be available for 303 studednts. Attendance is not required but strongly encouraged.

Visitors are welcome to email Prof. Perry at perry@pugetsound.edu for further questions. Click to see Prof. Perry’s office hours for fall 2011.

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