Course Information
Course title
Basic Taiwanese 
Semester
106-1 
Designated for
Graduate Program of Teaching Chinese as a Second Language  
Instructor
LAU,SENG-HIAN 
Curriculum Number
PTCSL7915 
Curriculum Identity Number
146 U9150 
Class
02 
Credits
2.0 
Full/Half
Yr.
Half 
Required/
Elective
Elective 
Time
Wednesday 8,9(15:30~17:20) 
Remarks
Restriction: international students
The upper limit of the number of students: 20. 
 
Course introduction video
 
Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning
Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning
Course Syllabus
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Course Description

1. 本課程適合初二以上程度的學習者,也就是至少學習完新版《實用視聽華語》第一冊,能掌握450個以上中文詞彙量,或是在臺灣中文學習總時數達到160小時 (或在其他國家地區達320小時) 的學生,或已通過臺灣TOCFL華語文能力測驗第入門級或HSK漢語水平考試第2級的學生。

This class is limited to students of basic Chinese level (or above). They should have finished at least the textbook Practical Audio-Visual Chinese Book 1, 2nd edition or be capable of more than 450 Chinese vocabulary or have taken Chinese classes for more than 160 hours in Taiwan (in other countries, students should have taken Chinese classes for more than 320 hours). Students who pass TOCFL Band A or HSK level 2 can also take this course.

2. 本課程授課語言以華語為主,英語為輔。

The medium of instruction is mainly Mandarin Chinese and supplemented with English as appropriate. 

Course Objective
1. 能用臺語說出問候語。

2. 能用臺語自我介紹(基本資料、家庭狀況、個人喜好等等)。

3. 能用臺語說出基本生活用語(數字、時間、顏色、方向、稱呼等等)。

4. 能用臺語說出各式主題詞彙(動物、蔬果、食物、小吃、職業等等)

5. 能用臺語進行生活問答(如:買東西、講價、問路、點餐等等)。

6. 能用臺語簡單發表自己對事物的意見。

7. 學會臺語羅馬字拼讀,並透過教材接觸臺語常用漢字。

1. To be able to greet in Taiwanese.

2. To learn to do self-introduction in Taiwanese.

3. To learn some basic expressions (time and date, numbers, direction, appellations)

4. To acquire a useful Taiwanese vocabulary (animals, vegetables, fruits, food, professions etc.)

5. To be able to use Taiwanese in common daily activities (shopping, bargaining, asking for directions, ordering a meal etc.)

6. To be able to express succinct opinions in Taiwanese.

7. To learn to write with the Romanization and to get familiar with some basic characters. 
Course Requirement
1. 按時出席及高度課堂參與。

2. 課外時間嘗試運用所學。

3. 依教師要求完成指定練習或作業。

1. Attending punctually and participating actively.

2. Practicing what have been learned after the class.

3. Accomplishing the assignments on time. 
Student Workload (expected study time outside of class per week)
 
Office Hours
Appointment required. Note: Make an appointment with the instructor if necessary. 
Designated reading
上課內容主要為教師自編教材

The materials for this class are edited and compiled by the instructor. 
References
以下為參考書目:
Students may also refer to the following books:

1. 鄭良偉、方南強、趙順文合著:《生活臺語》,臺北市:自立晚報社文化出版部,1990。

2. 李勤岸:《哈佛臺語101》,臺南市:金安出版社,2005。 
Grading
   
Progress
Week
Date
Topic
第1週
9/13  一、背景介紹
臺語的基本資訊(使用人口、現況、語系、歷史等)
二、發音練習
以常用詞彙進行發音練習,初步熟悉臺語的發音及音韻。
三、會話及句型
1. 簡單的自我介紹
2. 教室用語

1. Pronunciation practice with often-used phrases
2. Introduction to the language (its speaker, typology, history…)
3. A simple self-introduction and useful expressions in the classroom 
第2週
9/20  一、發音練習
介紹母音
二、會話及句型
1. 問候及交際
2. 常見食物相關詞彙

1. Vowels
2. Greetings and more useful expressions
3. Names of fruits and some snacks 
第3週
9/27  一、發音練習
母音複習
二、會話及句型
1. 自我介紹
2. 借還物品

1. Vowels (review)
2. Self-introduction
3. Borrowing and returning 
第4週
10/04  一、發音練習
母音複習、介紹子音
二、會話及句型
1. 數字
2. 稱謂、親人

1. Vowels (review); consonants
2. Numbers
3. Appellations and kinship terminology 
第5週
10/11  一、發音練習
母音及子音複習、拼寫練習
二、會話及句型
1. 數字複習,活動:臺灣拳
2. 日期及時間

1. Vowels and consonants (review); spelling practices
2. Numbers (review); Activity: Taiwanese roshambo
3. Date and time 
第6週
10/18  一、發音練習
母音及子音複習、拼寫練習(注意例外如:ong及onn; iat及ian)
二、會話及句型
綜合複習及練習
臺灣拳大賽

1. Vowels and consonants (review); spelling practices (esp. ong and onn etc.)
2. Review and practices
3. Activity: Taiwanese Roshambo Contest
4. Activity: Romanization Pronunciation Contest 
第7週
10/25  一、發音練習
母音及子音複習、拼寫練習
二、會話及句型
1. 外出用餐,補充詞彙:食物
2. 慶典及宗教

1. Vowels and consonants (review); spelling practices
2. Eating out; more food terms
3. Festivals and religions 
第8週
11/01  一、發音練習
母音、子音及拼寫練習,介紹基本聲調
二、會話及句型
1.外出購物
2.歌曲:〈糞埽車〉(五月天)

1. Spelling practices; citation tones
2. Shopping
3. Singing a song: Pùn-sò-tshia (Mayday) 
第9週
11/08  一、發音練習
拼寫及基本聲調綜合練習
二、會話及句型
1. 假期、旅遊,補充詞彙:動物
2. 疑問句構成

1. Practicing spelling with citation tones
2. Holidays and traveling; some animal names
3. Making questions in Taiwanese 
第10週
11/15  一、發音練習
拼寫及基本聲調綜合練習,介紹基本變調規則(不含輕聲及特殊變調)
二、會話及句型
與朋友外出,補充詞彙:顏色

1. Spelling and citation tones practices; learning basic tone sandhi
2. Hanging out; some color terms 
第11週
11/22  一、發音練習
拼寫、基本聲調及變調綜合練習
二、會話及句型
1. 興趣及嗜好
2. 歌曲:〈戇人〉(五月天)

1. Review of spelling, citation tones and tone sandhi
2. Hobbies
3. Singing a song: Gōng-lâng (MayDay) 
第12週
11/29  一、發音練習
拼寫、基本聲調及變調綜合練習
二、會話及句型
綜合複習及練習

1. Practicing spelling, citation tones and tone sandhi
2. Comprehensive practices 
第13週
12/06  一、發音練習
綜合練習,介紹輕聲
二、會話及句型
問路及報路

1. Review and practices; tone neutralization
2. Asking directions 
第14週
12/13  一、發音練習
綜合複習及練習
二、會話及句型
1. 職業及專業
2. 歌曲:〈山頂的烏狗兄〉(洪一峰)

1. Romanization practices
2. Jobs and professions
3. Singing a song: Suann-tíng ê Oo-káu-hiann (Âng It-hong) 
第15週
12/20  一、發音練習
綜合複習及練習,介紹特殊變調
二、會話及句型
1. 動貌詞(含華臺語差異)
2. 動詞詞彙擴充(含動結式及賓語位置)

1. Romanization practices; special tone sandhi
2. Grammatical aspects in Taiwanese
3. Some verbal constructions (resultatives and object positions) 
第16週
12/27  一、發音練習
綜合複習及練習,介紹句中變調位置基本原則
二、會話及句型
1. 地點、位置(含方位詞介紹)
2. 特殊語用詞彙及句型介紹

1. Principles of the tone sandhi occurrences in a sentence
2. Venues, locations (inc. localizers)
3. Some colloquial terms and sentence patterns 
第17週
1/03  一、發音練習
綜合複習及練習
二、會話及句型
1. 造句練習及華臺語語法差異簡介
2. 常用熟語、諺語(三)

1. Romanization writing practices
2. Making sentences; the grammar differences between Taiwanese and Mandarin
3. Idioms and sayings 
第18週
1/10  期末考核

Final exam or term project presentation