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Higher Education
Faculty of Arts, Education and Human Development
School of Communication, Culture and Languages
Campus Footscray Park.
Prerequisite(s) ACZ1002 Chinese 2B or equivalent.
Content This unit of study aims to further improve students' listening and reading comprehension and enhance their speaking and writing competence; and to further develop their knowledge of the Chinese culture. It will introduce students to more advanced Chinese semantic and syntactic contents through textbooks, to further expand their vocabulary, and to help develop their skills in discussing issues in Chinese, both orally and in writing.
Learning Outcomes On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
Effectively communicate, with a measure of fluency and competence, on specific topics as well as on those of a general or routine nature;
Synthesise information drawn from various sources and reorganise the related parts into a new piece of writing, appropriate in terms of setting, purpose and audience;
Contribute to discussions on certain topics in Chinese orally and in writing.
Required Reading Liu, Xun (et al) 2003, New practical Chinese reader: textbooks 2 & 3, Beijing Language and Culture University Press, Beijing. Liu, Xun (et al) 2003, New practical Chinese reader: workbooks 2 & 3, Beijing Language and Culture University Press, Beijing.
Recommended Reading Jin, Honggang (et al) 2003, Shifting tides: culture in contemporary China, Cheng & Tsui Company, Boston. Ni, Mingliang (et al) 1998, Practical cultural communication 400, Sinolingua, Beijing. Manser, MH 1999, Concise English-Chinese Chinese-English dictionary, (2nd edn), Oxford University Press, Oxford. Kang, Yuhua & Lai, Siping 2007, Conversational Chinese 301(2), Beijing Language and Culture University Press, Beijing.
Class Contact Three hours per week for one semester.
Assessment Assignments 40%; Written examination 30%; Oral examination 30%.
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