Developing Oral Skills in Chinese

Subject EDUC90696 (2012)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2012.

Credit Points: 6.25
Level: 9 (Graduate/Postgraduate)
Dates & Locations:

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2012:

Semester 1, Parkville - Taught online/distance.
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

Semester 2, Parkville - Taught online/distance.
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

This subject is only available online.

Timetable can be viewed here. For information about these dates, click here.
Time Commitment: Contact Hours: This subject is only available online.
Total Time Commitment: 54 hours
Prerequisites: The following subject must be successfully completed before enrolling:
Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Corequisites: None
Recommended Background Knowledge: N/A
Non Allowed Subjects: N/A
Core Participation Requirements: For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Description, Subject Objectives, Generic Skills and Assessment Requirements of this entry.

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Dr Jane Orton

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Subject Overview: The subject introduces the fundamental phonological features of spoken Chinese and discusses their nature, their interrelationships, and the demands they make on English speaking second language learners, in light of contemporary psycholinguistic research. Guided practice is given in identifying these features in a variety of text types and in their preparation and teaching using innovative and effective methods to enable their school students to produce accurate, fluent spoken Chinese.
Objectives:

Students in this subject will develop their ability to

  • perceive the integrated phonological features of natural spoken Chinese language
  • understand how modulation of these features contributes to the meaning of language in use
  • plan, resource and prepare a variety of text types for teaching students to perceive and produce strings of phonologically accurate, natural flows of Chinese
  • use a number of effective innovative techniques to teach their new material
  • work collaboratively within and across cultures in professional activities
  • work flexibly with a wide range of on-line resources and applications, all transferable to their own teaching
Assessment: Weekly participation in Discussion Forum activities, totalling approximately 1000 words or equivalent 40% Assignments comprising weekly tasks involving choice of texts, text analysis, research information on authors and content, and creative practice design, totalling approximately 1500 words, or equivalent 60%
Prescribed Texts:

Online readings
Breadth Options:

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.
Fees Information: Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date
Generic Skills:

Students in this subject will be enabled to develop

  • an in-depth knowledge of their specialist discipline
  • the habit of critical reflection
  • awareness of ethnocentricity and the means to develop towards ethnorelativity
  • the ability to lead in innovative practice
Related Course(s): Specialist Certificate in Chinese Language Teaching

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