CHI1110

Beginning Chinese, part 1

Gloria Davies

6 points
* 5 hours per week
* First semester
* Clayton

Objectives Students must complete both parts one and two (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

Li Xiaoqi A new perspective: Context, function and structure in teaching Chinese vols 1- 3, Bejing U P, 1995

Recommended texts

Beijing Language Institute (ed.) Concise English- Chinese Chinese- English dictionary OUP/Commercial Press