Bengali 2202 Intermediate Bengali II Spring 2014 Syllabus Course ...

Bengali 2202

Intermediate Bengali II

Spring 2014 Syllabus

Course website: http://lrc.cornell.edu/asian/courses/be/bengl2202supp/Welcome/

Class Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 3:40-5:00 pm Class Room: LRC, Noyes Lodge Instructor: Sreemati Mukherjee, email: [email protected]

phone: (607) 255-0718

Texts: • Bengali Reading Packet printed by the Campus Book Store • Bengali Dictionary and Phrase Book by Hanne-Ruth Thompson, ISBN: 978-0-78181252-8, pub. Hippocrene Books, Inc. Course Objectives This intermediate course is designed to help students primarily to master their oral skills: reading, listening, conversing, discussing and translating, and to build writing skills. Course Audience It is designed for students who have three semesters of Bengali and who wish to focus on an extensive use of the spoken language. Missing class You may be excused from a class for major religious holidays if you inform me in advance with a written note and your weekly grade can be made up. *Students having legitimate need to miss a quiz or test may make it up if their absence is made known and approved in advance of the absence. University Policy: Together with all the members of this Department, we respect and uphold University policies and regulations pertaining to racial or ethnic discrimination, sexual harassment, assistance available to handicapped, visually and/or hearing impaired students, the observance of religious holidays, and plagiarism. All students are advised to become familiar with the respective University regulations and are encouraged to bring any questions or concerns to our attention.

Academic Integrity A student’s submission of work for academic credit indicates that the work is the student’s own. All outside assistance should be acknowledged, and the student’s academic position truthfully reported at all times.

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Grading: There is no traditional sit-down final examination. There is no test. There are regular weekly assessments and there is a Midterm Assessment during the middle of the semester and a Final culminating end-ofsemester Assessment in lieu of traditional examinations. * If one class attendance is missed in the week, or homework not handed in on time - that week’s grade will be forfeited. Unless otherwise told in class, homework has to be handed in and uploaded on line by Monday 9:00 am * two weeks – the weeks of Midterm assessment and Final assessment – do not have weekly grades

1.

10 weeks of class participation and home assignments (10x10) =100

2.

Mid semester assessment = 115 Oral (Reading, Narrating, responding to real-life situations, etc.) and Written

3.

Final assessment =115 Oral (Reading, Narrating, responding to real-life situations, etc.) and Written

Total = 330 Letter Grade:

A = 282-330 A- = 275-281

B+ = 262-274 B = 227-261 B- = 216-226

C+ = 204-215 C = 170-203 C- = 160-169

D+ = 150-159 D = 112 -149

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------In class you will be given the id and password to enter the course page and the discussion page web sites. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------This syllabus is flexible and changes may be made to tailor to the class’s progress Week 0 - Jan 22-23 Short week Only THUR class Week 1 - Jan 27-30

Week 2 - Feb 3-6

Yale begins Reading: Jan 13-a ম��র - পৃঃ ৩৪week early

Reading & Writing: ম��র - পৃঃ ৩৪-

Role plays - situations ১ & ২ Listening & Narrating:

িমনা - বনয্ায় িনরাপেদ থািক

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Listening & Narrating:

Week 3 - Feb 10-13

িমনা - বনয্ায় িনরাপেদ থািক February Break Feb 14-18 =

Reading: আেখর ফল - পৃঃ ২৬-

Week 4 - Feb 19-20 Short week Only THUR class

Reading & Writing: আেখর ফল - পৃঃ ২৬-

Week 5 - Feb 24-27

Week 6 - Mar 3-6 Week 7 - Mar 10-13

Role plays - situations ৩ & ৪ MID TERM ASSESSMENTS

Yale spring break -3.73.23

Discussion week 1

Theme 1 First class of the week = general discussion Second class of the week =you give a talk on the topic

Discussion week 2

Week 8 - Mar 17-20

Theme 2

First class of the week = general discussion Second class of the week =you give a talk on the topic

Reading & Writing: উ�ব ম�ল- পৃঃ ১৩-

Week 9 - Mar 24-27

Spring Break Mar 28-Apr 6 Week 10 - Apr 7-10

Reading & Writing: উ�ব ম�ল- পৃঃ ১৩-

Role plays - situations ৫ & ৬ Listening & Narrating:

Week 11 - Apr 14-17

িমনা -িনউেমািনয়া Week 12 - Apr 21-24

Week 13 - Apr 28May 1 Week 14 - May 5-7 Short week

Yale - last week of classes

Listening & Narrating: িমনা -িনউেমািনয়া

Discussion - theme 3 Role play - situation 7 Reading -

END_OF_TERM ASSESSMENTS

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