Attendance and participation: 30%
1% will be deducted for each class missed; 0.5% will be deducted for each class you arrive more than 5 minutes late.
To receive your participation grade, you must bring a print-out (or handwritten copy) of the assigned reading with your notes. Notes can include tentative translations, questions about grammar, definitions of characters, etc. Show me the print-out at the beginning of each class to receive your grade.
Homework for lessons 1-11 (10%)
All homework must be submitted in class. You are free to type the homework (please use traditional characters 繁體字), though you may find that handwriting will help you to remember characters. No late homework will be accepted.
Quizzes (4x 5 % = 20%)
Translation and Analysis of a Classical Text (40%)
Meet with Prof. Bonk on Friday, January 25 to select text(s) and create a weekly schedule. The text can be related to your individual research interests.
Each Friday, beginning on February 8, submit a brief report with translations and preliminary analysis, according to your weekly schedule.
Circulate your text with translation and lead a class discussion (April 24, 29, May 1)
Submit a paper consisting of your final translation and analysis.
- Weekly report with translations and analysis (8 x 2%)
- Class discussion (4%)
- Final translation (10%)
- Final analysis (10%)