Overview

This unit will introduce you 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.

Offerings

S2-01-CLAYTON-FLEXIBLE
SSA-02-OTHER-OS-ON-BLK

Rules

Enrolment Rule

Contacts

Chief Examiner(s)

Dr Lijun Bi

Unit Coordinator(s)

Dr Lijun Bi

Notes

  • If this is your language entry point, this unit requires a language entry level test.
  • Permission from the Unit Coordinator is required to enrol into this unit. Please contact Arts Student Services for advice.
  • This unit is taught either in intensive mode or across standard teaching periods. For intensive mode teaching dates, please refer to the non-standard dates website for the census date and information regarding financial penalties.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you should be able to:
1.

Discuss your personal views of some current issues in China, and topics related to your own fields of interest, in Chinese

 

2.

Write in a relatively sophisticated manner in Chinese, drawing on a grammatical framework and vocabulary

3.

Write different kinds of prose and poetry in Chinese

4.

Present their project work in Chinese in a small group

5.

Demonstrate language proficiency equivalent to Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) level B1

Teaching approach

Active learning

Assessment summary

Within semester assessment: 100%

Assessment

1 - Grammar Exercise/s
2 - Listening Exercise/s
3 - Reading Exercise/s
4 - Essay
5 - translation task/s
6 - Presentation
7 - Online test
8 - Oral test/assessment

Scheduled and non-scheduled teaching activities

Seminars
Tutorials

Workload requirements

Workload

Learning resources

Required resources

Availability in areas of study

Chinese studies