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CHI1120

Beginning Chinese, part 2

Gloria Davies

6 points
* 5 hours per week
* Second semester
* Clayton
* Prerequisites: A pass in CHI1110 or equivalent

Objectives Students must complete both parts 1 (CHI1110) and 2 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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