CHIN1110

Elementary Chinese I

Faculty of Education and Arts School of Humanities and Social Science

10 Units 1000 Level Course

Available in 2014

Callaghan Campus	Semester 1

Previously offered in 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004

Comprises a comprehensive language course for students with little or no previous knowledge of the language. It is designed to give beginners a basic level of communicative competence in Modern Standard Chinese (MSC - also known as Mandarin or Putonghua) and a brief introduction to Chinese language and civilisation integrated into instruction in the language.

Objectives

The course aims at providing students with:

- a firm pronunciation basis in MSC;

- the ability to use accurately the Hanyu Pinyin romanisation system;

- a knowledge of the basic radicals and formations of Chinese characters;

- a knowledge of a range of basic structures of the language;

- the ability to use approximately 200 high frequency Chinese characters and associated compounds in their simplified forms and to use these characters in simple guided sentences;

- an understanding of the broad cultural traditions of China and its people and some knowledge of Chinese history and way of life.

Content

Comprises a comprehensive language course designed to give beginners a basic level of communicative competence in Modern Standard Chinese. This includes a firm pronunciation basis in MSC, a knowledge of a range of basic structures of the language and the ability to use approximately 200 high frequency Chinese characters and associated compounds in their simplified forms.

Replacing Course(s)

n/a

Transition

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Industrial Experience

Assumed Knowledge

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Modes of Delivery

Internal Mode

Teaching Methods

Lecture
Tutorial

Assessment Items

Essays / Written Assignments	2 (1000 words per piece), take-home assignments - 2 x 10% = 20%.
Quiz - Class	Quizzes: 5 in class, distributed approximately evenly throughout the semester. - Listening: 1 x 20%, 30 minutes, Writing: 3 x 10%, 30 minutes each and Speaking 1 x 30% (10 minutes).

Contact Hours

Lecture: for 3 hour(s) per Week for Full Term
Tutorial: for 1 hour(s) per Week for Full Term
Self Directed Learning: for 1 hour(s) per Week for Full Term

Timetables