CHI1220

Intermediate Chinese, part 2

Robert Irving

6 points - 5 hours per week - Second semester - Clayton - Prerequisites: A pass in CHI1210 or equivalent

Objectives On successful completion of this subject students should have further developed an understanding of the basic syntax of modern standard Chinese and of the similarities and differences between it and English; knowledge of a grammatical framework with which to analyse and describe the vernacular Chinese under study facilitating progression to later study of formal written Chinese; the ability to read simple modern vernacular texts; oral/aural skills necessary to communicate quantitatively and qualitatively in a range of everyday, practical situations and cultural (socio-political) knowledge to enhance understanding of the texts under study and the cultural sensitivity to communicate using appropriate levels of formality with Chinese from mainland China, Taiwan and various parts of the Chinese diaspora.

Synopsis As for CHI2210.

Assessment Weekly homework exercises: 20% - Examinations (3 hours): 50% - Aural/oral tests and class performance: 30%

Prescribed texts

Liu Xiaoqi and others A new perspective: Context, function and structure in teaching Chinese vols 1-3, Beijing U P, 1995
Zhang Yajun and others Spoken Chinese 900 Shanghai Education Press

Recommended texts

Beijing Language Institute (ed.) Concise English-Chinese Chinese-English dictionary OUP/Commercial Press

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