Chinese 1B

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2008:

110-143 Chinese 1A or equivalent as determined by the coordinator. New students may not enrol unless they have attended an interview and/or taken a placement test in the week preceding the first week of semester.

This subject is an introductory course in Chinese for students who have completed Chinese 1A. By the conclusion of this subject students should be able to speak with an acceptable standard of pronunciation, and read and write approximately 500 Chinese characters. Students will further develop their listening comprehension and speaking skills and gain further knowledge of Chinese cultural practices.

Two short tests 20% (one due mid-semester and one at the end of semester), a 1-hour final examination 30% (due during the examination period), regular vocabulary tests 10% (ongoing), a 5-minute oral test 20% (examination period) and a 20-minute listening comprehension test 20% (examination period).

• Hanyu Kouyu Sucheng Rumenpian Xia (Ma Jianfei et al), Beijing Yuyan Wenhua Daxue Chubanshe, 2005
• i-Chinese: Short term Spoken Chinese Edition, Purple Panda, Melbourne

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This subject potentially can be taken as a breadth subject component for the following courses:

• Bachelor of Biomedicine
• Bachelor of Commerce
• Bachelor of Environments
• Bachelor of Music
• Bachelor of Science
• Bachelor of Engineering

You should visit learn more about breadth subjects and read the breadth requirements for your degree, and should discuss your choice with your student adviser, before deciding on your subjects.

• be able to recognise the principles of structural organisation in a communicative system;

• acquire time management and planning skills through managing and organising workloads for class participation, revision and assignment completion;

• develop skills in cross-cultural interaction through active communication;

• attain knowledge of cultural practices in another system.

This subject is available at level one for the beginners stream of Chinese. This subject was previously offered as 110-145 Introductory Chinese 1B. Students who have completed Introductory Chinese 1B are not eligible to enrol in this subject.