CHINESE 2

CHI1002

2020

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

In this subject students build on the foundation skills taught in CHI1001 and further extend their communicative repertoire with the topics such as making appointments, studying Chinese, school life, shopping, and using transportation. Students learn to write a further 180 characters, bringing the total to 300, and learn to recognize up to 400 characters. The focus will on the improvement of speaking, listening and writing skills. .

School: Humanities and Social Sciences (Pre 2022)

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Yangbin Chen

Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: Yes

Subject year level: Year Level 1 - UG

Available as Elective: No

Learning Activities: Class exercises in Chinese cultural activities, Role play and oral presentation, regular written language exercises and online resource demonstrations in classes.

Capstone subject: No

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: CHI1001

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: N/A

Equivalent subjects: N/A

Quota Management Strategy: N/A

Quota-conditions or rules: N/A

Special conditions: N/A

Minimum credit point requirement: N/A

Assumed knowledge: N/A

Learning resources

Integrated Chinese Level 1/1 Workbook

Resource Type: Book

Resource Requirement: Recommended

Author: Yao, T. et. al.

Year: 2009

Edition/Volume: N/A

Publisher: BOSTON

ISBN: N/A

Chapter/article title: N/A

Chapter/issue: N/A

URL: N/A

Other description: N/A

Source location: N/A

Integrated Chinese Level 1/1 Textbook

Resource Type: Book

Resource Requirement: Prescribed

Author: Yao, T. et. al.

Year: 2009

Edition/Volume: N/A

Publisher: BOSTON

ISBN: N/A

Chapter/article title: N/A

Chapter/issue: N/A

URL: N/A

Other description: N/A

Source location: N/A

Career Ready

Career-focused: No

Work-based learning: No

Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A

Entire subject or partial subject: N/A

Total hours/days required: N/A

Location of WBL activity (region): N/A

WBL addtional requirements: N/A

Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

Graduate Capabilities

COMMUNICATION - Communicating and Influencing
INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Creativity and Innovation
INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Research and Evidence-Based Inquiry
PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL - Leadership and Teamwork

Intended Learning Outcomes

01. Ability to explore Chinese cultural component through library, literature and online based resource in English
02. Ability to formulate a brief opinion on familiar, everyday matters and to generally engage in the discussion on China related topics.
03. Ability to manage open-ended short communication with functional approximations of accurate language and intonation for the context
04. Ability to perform a basic analysis and synthesis, and to develop and evaluate simple arguments. Ability to use a bilingual paper based and online based dictionaries correctly.
05. Ability to work as part of a team in class role play activities and presentation.
06. Ability to write functional paragraphs using appropriate sentence structure with correct grammar in Chinese

Melbourne (Bundoora), 2020, Semester 2, Day

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Yangbin Chen

Class requirements

LectureWeek: 31 - 43
One 2.00 hours lecture per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via blended.

WorkShopWeek: 31 - 43
One 2.00 hours workshop per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via blended.

Assessments

Assessment elementCommentsCategoryContributionHurdle%ILO*

One 1-hour mid semester test (1000 words equivalent)

N/AOther written examIndividualNo25SILO2, SILO6

One 2-hour end of semester examination (2000 words equivalent)

N/AOther written examIndividualNo50SILO4, SILO6

One group Chinese cultural project (500 words equivalent)

N/AAssignmentGroupNo15SILO3, SILO6

One group oral presentation (500 words equivalent)

N/AOral presentationIndividualNo10SILO1, SILO3, SILO5, SILO6