Undergraduate - UnitATS2025 - Chinese proficient 1 (incountry)

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2012 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Arts
Offered	Overseas Summer semester A 2012 (Off-campus Day)
Coordinator(s)	Robert Irving

Notes

Previously coded CHI2905

Synopsis

This unit is offered in China as part of the Chinese Incountry Program. It introduces students to advanced intermediate spoken and written standard Chinese. In addition to regular classroom activities, listening and speaking skills will be further developed through project work with a focus on Chinese culture.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit, students will develop:

An understanding of some current issues in China and the ability to express personal views on such issues in Chinese.
The ability to discuss topics related to their own fields of interest in Chinese.
Knowledge of a grammatical framework and vocabulary that enables them to write in a relatively sophisticated manner.
The ability to write different kinds of prose and poetry in Chinese.
The ability to present their project work in Chinese in a small group.