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Chin 106B

Chinese Business and Culture

(Advanced Business Chinese)

Spring 2015

This course is designed for students who are interested in Chinesebusiness/economy and have completed at least the rst half ofAdvanced Chinese (Chinese 105a or the e!uivalent"

Objectives:

The course is an e#perimental course and it will create a simulatedbusiness environment in China to help students to get ac!uaintancewith the most important Chinese business vocabulary$ phrases$sentence patterns$ and rules for business writing so that learners canhave a very good command of the Chinese language needed for doingbusiness or economic research in Chinese spea%ing regions" At the endof this term$ students are e#pected to be able to ta%e part in businesstal%s &uently$ to read business documents of various %inds e'ectively$

and to write properly styled business letters" eyond the language$students will also get cultural and social %nowledge crucial to businesssuccess in these regions" )uring the process of learning$ some realbusiness tas%s may be included"

Textbook

Close the Deal: Advanced Chinese for Creative and ProductiveBusiness by Yu Feng et al. Cheng & Tsui Comany! "##$The textbook consists of 16 units, each being a business task with a simulated business

setting: the Shanghai branch of an American business consulting company is helpingseveral American and international companies to do business in hina! The tasks cover a

great range of business activities such as market survey, accounting, advertising, stock

market, insurance, human resources, business law and business"government relations! #oreach unit, there are both business conversations $formal and informal% and documents in

written style!

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Meetings and Format

*ecture classes will meet at 11+00,11+50pm -ondays and .ednesdays"

t will be essential to prepare for each class in advance$ to assure themost benecial and rewarding use of contact time with your teacherand classmates$ and to establish proper habits for e'ective languagelearning" ence$ preview of new lessons before coming to the lecture isre!uired" *istening to the recordings on the course website is highlyrecommended"

The class will be entirely conducted in Chinese" tudents are re!uiredto read and write Chinese with computer"

Workload

This course re!uires substantial time commitment" tudents shouldplan to spend an average of seven to ten hours per wee% outside of theclass for preparation and review" The basic format of homewor% is roleplay+ to creatively complete simulated business tas%s" tudents areencouraged to do homewor% electronically"

Teamwor

A very uni&ue feature of this course is that students are organi'ed in teams of three

people! All the homework and tests $including final pro(ect% will be assigned to teams

except for )ral Translation *ractice and Tests $+ncluding final oral exam% that will beindividual!

Evaluation

The nal course grade will consist of the following components+

attendance and class performance 123 homewor% 43 review tests 603 nal oral e#am 103 nal written pro7ect 403

omewor% turned in late will be mar%ed down one point (i"e" from 10 to

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8$ from 8 to 9$ etc" for every day of lateness: homewor% more thanone wee% overdue will not be accepted$ e#cept in cases ofdemonstrated medical condition"

Teaching Staf

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