Scott Grant
8 points - 5 hours per week - Second semester - Peninsula - Prerequisites: CBL2210
Objectives Students successfully this subject should have further developed oral/aural skills necessary to communicate quantitatively and qualitatively in a range of everyday, practical situations (and some business situations), satisfied all survival needs and limited social needs; knowledge of the basic grammatical framework of the Chinese language enabling progression to specialised business language training in third year; the ability to read simple modern vernacular texts (including some original texts) with the aid of a dictionary; a preliminary knowledge of the kind of situations that might arise when negotiating business in China; cultural (socio-political) knowledge to enhance understanding of the texts under study and the cultural sensitivity to communicate using appropriate levels of formality.
Synopsis Intermediate level spoken and written Chinese; readings from both text books and original materials; 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