CBL1210

Intermediate business Chinese, part 1

Scott Grant

6 points - 5 hours per week - First semester - Peninsula - Prerequisites: VCE Chinese - CSL or equivalent. Recognition of characters in 'Practical Chinese reader I' assumed. Students who have passed the first language stream of VCE Chinese are not permitted to enrol in this subject and will be required to sit for a placement test to determine their Chinese language proficiency.

Objectives On successful completion of this subject students should have further developed oral and aural for use in everyday, practical situations; develop skills to read simplified materials; developed the ability to write general letters requesting information; an introduction to some basic vocabulary useful in business situations; development of a basic understanding of current affairs in China.

Synopsis Intermediate level spoken and written Chinese; intermediate level readings; readings (in English) on Chinese current affairs. Regular classroom activities will be suplemented through use of audio/visual materials to strengthen listening and reading skills.

Assessment Weekly homework exercises: 10% - Monthly diary: 5% Speaking/oral presentation in class: 10% - Performance in tutorials: 5% - Oral test: 15% - Written tests (2 mid-semester tests): 10% final exam: 40% - Regular short dictation: 5%

Prescribed texts

Practical Chinese reader II Commercial Press, 1989
Practical Chinese reader II: Patterns and exercises Cheng and Tsui, latest edition
Beijing Foreign Languages Institute A Chinese-English dictionary The Commercial Press, 1990

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