Chinese Economic Documents

Subject CHIN30012 (2010)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2010.

Credit Points: 12.50
Level: 3 (Undergraduate)
Dates & Locations:

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2010:

Semester 1, Parkville - Taught on campus.
Pre-teaching Period Start not applicable
Teaching Period not applicable
Assessment Period End not applicable
Last date to Self-Enrol not applicable
Census Date not applicable
Last date to Withdraw without fail not applicable


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Time Commitment: Contact Hours: A 1-hour lecture and 2 1-hour textual study classes per week
Total Time Commitment: 3 contact hours/week , 6 additional hours/week. Total of 8.5 hours per week.
Prerequisites: Chinese 3B, Chinese 5B or equivalent as determined by the coordinator.
Corequisites: None.
Recommended Background Knowledge: None.
Non Allowed Subjects: None.
Core Participation Requirements: None.

Coordinator

Dr Yongxian Luo

Contact

Dr Luo Yongxian

yongxian@unimelb.edu.au

Subject Overview: This subject is a reading course on Chinese economic and business documents. Students will be given a guided introduction to a variety of economic documents, including official policy statements, statistical material, newspaper reports and comments, and information drawn from the world wide web. Special attention will be paid to foreign trade issues and the economic links between Australia and China. The terminology and style of these documents will be analysed, as will the source and purpose of their publication.
Objectives:
  • improve their skills in the comprehension of written Chinese;
  • increase their passive as well as active vocabulary;
  • improve their ability to analyse Chinese documents;
  • gain knowledge of some issues of contemporary Chinese economic policy;
  • acquire skills to extract information from complex specialised materials written in another language, and render those accurately into English;
  • be able to present specialised technical information in a correct professional format;
  • develop a knowledge of the contemporary global socio-economic environment.
Assessment: Five assignments 8% each (commencing in week 2 and due at the end of semester), a term project of 2500-3000 words, 50% (due during the examination period) and continuous class participation 10%.
Prescribed Texts: Materials supplied by the Institute.
Recommended Texts: None.
Breadth Options:

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

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Fees Information: Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date
Generic Skills:
  • acquire written communication skills through essay writing and seminar discussion;
  • show attention to detail through essay preparation and writing;
  • acquire time management and planning skills through managing and organising workloads for recommended reading, essay and assignment completion;
  • acquire public speaking skills through tutorial and seminar discussion and class presentations.
Notes: Formerly available as 110-152 and as 110-463 Chinese Economic Documents. Students who have completed 110-152 or 110-463 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.
Related Course(s): Diploma in Modern Languages (Chinese)
Related Majors/Minors/Specialisations: Chinese
Chinese Language
Chinese Language Major

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