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CHI5040

Chinese 4 (6 points)

(ARTS)

Leader: Robert Irving

Offered:
Clayton Second semester 2004 (Day)
Clayton Second semester 2005 (Day)

Synopsis:

Objectives: Building on the language skills acquired in Chinese 3, on successful completion of Chinese 4, students will have developed: 1. The ability to read and write around an additional 200 Chinese characters (900 in total). 2. An understanding of the basic syntax of Modern Standard Chinese and of the similarities and differences between it and English. 3. 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 (in Chinese Media Studies and Advanced Chinese). 4. Comprehension skills necessary to read simple modern vernacular texts. 5. Basic Chinese word processing skills. 6. Oral/aural skills necessary to communicate quantitatively and qualitatively in a range of everyday, practical situations (approximates to International Second Language Proficiency level 1+: transactional proficiency).

Assessment: Weekly homework exercises and one translation assignment (500 words): 20% + Examinations (2.5 hours) and written tests: 50% + Aural/oral tests and class performance: 30%

Contact Hours: 4 hours (2 x 1 hour lectures and 2 x 1 hour tutorials) per week

Prerequisites: A pass in CHI4030/5030 or equivalent

Prohibitions: CHI1040, CHI2040, CHI4040


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