Business Chinese 2
Ms Michelle Mannion
6 points * 6 hours per week * First, second semester * Peninsula * Prerequisite: FIN1240
Objectives On completion of this subject students should have developed a practical knowledge of simple grammatical structures; skills to read short simple texts in Chinese; the ability to write short notes and compositions in Chinese characters; an initial understanding of the necessity to translate contextually rather than literally.
Synopsis Elementary spoken and written Chinese; short simple readings; classroom discussions of translations; discussions of aspects of Chinese culture relevant to the use of language.
Assessment Written homework: 20% * Written examination 2 - 2 hours): 50% * Aural/oral tests: 30%
Prescribed texts
Liu Xun and others Practical Chinese reader 1 The Commercial Press, Beijing, 1990
Chu M Practical Chinese reader 1: Patterns and exercises Cheng and Tsui Company, 1990