City of Brockton

BROCKTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Matthew H. Malone, Ph.D.

Superintendent of Schools
Louise Zhu, Chinese Teacher
Foreign Language Department, Brockton High School
Phone (508) 580-7627
louisezhu@bpsma.org

Dear students and parents,

Welcome to Chinese 1. I am Chinese 1 teacher Louise Zhu-Zhu Lsoshi. I am a native Mandarin Chinese speaker from
Beijing, China. I have taught Chinese classes for community Chinese schools and public schools for many years. My
teaching strategy is teaching and learning knowledge with fun, because students will learn more efficiently if they are
really interested in Chinese language and culture. However, all students must work hard to finish my fun assignments to
get progress in Chinese classes.
Course Description
Chinese 1 provides an introduction to the Chinese language and stresses proficiency in listening and speaking skills.
Students are challenged as well to develop beginning proficiency in reading and writing characters. The curriculum
focuses on pronunciations and vocabularies in the context of daily situations designed to expose students to the Chinese
culture and customs.
We use Chinese Link-Elementary Chinese as our textbook. Major contents of Chinese 1:
PinYin Chinese phonetic spelling system
Chinese character writing: strokes and writing orders
Classroom terms and greetings
Introduce self, family and friends, school and daily life
Vocabulary: self, family/home, school, daily life
Grammar: basic sentence structures and parts of speech
Goals and Objectives
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

Pronounce Chinese correctly with the help of PinYin phonetic system.

Engage in basic conversations or writing in Chinese to provide and obtain and present information, express
feelings and emotions, exchange opinions, understand and interpret spoken Chinese on a variety of topics.
Listening and speaking are limited to short, and some sentence-length material, particularly where context is
strongly supportive of understanding or expression. Students can interpret the written language in areas of where
vocabulary has been learned.
Demonstrate understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of Chinese and English and the
nature of culture through comparisons of Chinese cultures and their own

Brockton High School 470 Forest Avenue Brockton, Massachusetts 02301

www.brocktonpublicschools.com
Brockton. Education. Industry. Progress.

City of Brockton
BROCKTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Matthew H. Malone, Ph.D.

Superintendent of Schools
Louise Zhu, Chinese Teacher
Foreign Language Department, Brockton High School
Phone (508) 580-7627
louisezhu@bpsma.org

Use Chinese with some level of comfort within and beyond the school setting and show potential of becoming
lifelong learners by using Chinese for personal enjoyment and enrichment.

Grading Policies

Quizzes/Tests
20%
o Format will include dictations, multiple choices, listening/reading comprehensions, writing
o Each unit will have at least one quiz/test
o Each unit will have several daily based dictations or small quizzes
o Must make up if missing any quiz or test
o Cheating polity: any cheating during quizzes/tests = 0, no chance to make up
Projects/Presentations
30%
o Listening/Speaking: role plays, conversations, presentations.)
o Reading/Writing: research for culture information, write journals or essays, using multi-media to do
Chinese
o Turn in or present late without reasons: one day = 5% deduction, one week = 0
Homework
30%
o Daily based homework: turn in or checked next day, or evaluated via dictations or Q & A
o Longer term homework: turn in on due day
o Turn in late without reasons: one day = 5% deduction, three days = 0
Class Participation
20%
o One time against classroom policies = 1 point deduction
o Missing 4 class in each quarter = 5 points automatic deduction

Extra Helps
I will be in classroom B309 every Wednesday afterschool from 2:00-3:00 pm to provide extra helps for students who
need. I will help students to finish homework, answer questions or explain assignments.
Hope you enjoy learning Chinese, and use the language in the future.
Louise Zhu
Chinese Teacher

Brockton High School 470 Forest Avenue Brockton, Massachusetts 02301

www.brocktonpublicschools.com
Brockton. Education. Industry. Progress.