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ATS3005

Faculty of Arts

18 September 2017 26 December 2024

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This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2016 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.

Monash University

6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

Undergraduate - Unit

Refer to the specific census and withdrawal dates for the semester(s) in which this unit is offered.

Faculty

Arts

Organisational Unit

Chinese Studies

Coordinator(s)

Dr Lijun Bi

Offered

Clayton

  • First semester 2016 (Day)

Notes

This unit requires a language entry level testlanguage entry level test (http://www.monash.edu/arts/language-entry-level/).

Synopsis

This unit will introduce 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

This unit is available to students who have a Chinese language ability equivalent to Chinese 4. Upon successful completion of this subject students will develop:

  1. An understanding of some current issues in China and the ability to express personal views on such issues in Chinese
  2. The ability to discuss topics related to their own fields of interest in Chinese
  3. Knowledge of a grammatical framework and vocabulary that enables them to write in a relatively sophisticated manner
  4. The ability to write different kinds of prose and poetry in Chinese
  5. The ability to present their project work in Chinese in a small group.
  6. Language proficiency equivalent to Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) level B1-

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 50%
Exam: 50%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

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Chief examiner(s)

Dr Lijun Bi

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

Chinese studies

Prerequisites

ATS2004 or ATS1906

Prohibitions

ATS2005