Beginning Chinese, part 1
Gloria Davies
6 points
* 5 hours per week
* First semester
* Clayton
Objectives Students must complete both parts 1 and 2 (CHI1120) to develop their language ability in the four primary skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing to the following proficiency levels: (1) the ability to read around 600 characters, (2) the ability to write around 600 Chinese characters in a simple composition, (3) oral/aural skills for practical everyday communication purposes, approximate to Australian Second Language Proficiency level 1 - minimum survival proficiency.
Synopsis Introduction to spoken and written modern standard Chinese.
Assessment Weekly homework exercises: 20%
* Verbal skills: 20%
*
Regular character dictation tests: 10%
* Written examination 30%
* Oral
test: 20%
Prescribed texts
Liu Xun and others Practical Chinese reader I Commercial Press
Chu M Practical Chinese reader I: Patterns and exercises Cheng and Tsui, 1991
Liu Xun and others Chinese character exercise book (for Practical Chinese reader I)
Recommended text
Beijing Language Institute (ed.) Concise English-Chinese Chinese-English dictionary OUP/Commercial Press
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