Undergraduate - UnitATS2004 - Chinese intermediate 2

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Arts
Organisational Unit	Chinese Studies
Offered	Clayton Second semester 2013 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Robert Irving

Notes

Previously coded CHI2040

Synopsis

Chinese 4 completes an overview of the important sentence structures of modern standard Chinese. Equal emphasis is placed on the four skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking. Speaking classes cover practical, everyday situations to develop interactive competence at a basic level in a range of situations likely to be encountered in daily life in contemporary China. In addition to regular classroom activities, listening and reading skills will be further developed through the use of audio/visual, Web-based and computer assisted learning materials.

Outcomes

Building on the language skills acquired in Chinese 3, on successful completion of Chinese 4 students will have developed:

The ability to read and write around an additional 200 Chinese characters (900) total
An understanding of the basic syntax system 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 (in Chinese Media Studies and Advanced Chinese)
Comprehension skills necessary o read simple modern vernacular texts
Basic Chinese word processing skills
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 (able to satisfy all survival needs and limited social needs)).

Assessment

Written work: 20%
Exam and tests: 50%
Oral test and class performance: 30%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Robert Irving

Contact hours

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

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Chinese language

Prerequisites

Chinese 3 or equivalent/permission

Prohibitions

ATS2024, ATS3024