Chinese 3B

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2015:

Time commitment totals 170 hours.

CHIN10006 Chinese 2 or equivalent

CHIN20001 Chinese 3A

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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.The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the disability support scheme can be found at the Disability Liaison Unit website: http://www.services.unimelb.edu.au/disability/

This is an intermediate subject for students of non-Chinese background who are taking Chinese major starting from Chinese 1. The subject is designed to consolidate and extend students' oral and listening skills while building on and expanding the grammatical knowledge and vocabulary introduced in their previous courses.

Students will develop their ability to communicate in Chinese at an intermediate level and their skills of the Chinese language through engaging with a range of topics associated with contemporary Chinese society and culture. Students will enhance their linguistic competence through reading Chinese texts, writing and presenting short opinion pieces on selected current socio-cultural and socio-political issues in Chinese, and participating in group discussions.

By the conclusion of this subject students should have mastered the general grammatical structures of Modern Chinese and have a vocabulary of approximately 1200 characters. Students should have sufficient listening and speaking skills to cope with everyday situations in China, and have basic knowledge of Chinese cultural practices. They will be better reprepared to communicate in Chinese on a variety of topics in both spoken and written form.

On completion of the subject, students will:
• have mastered the general grammatical structures of Modern Chinese;
• have a vocabulary of approximately 1200 characters;
• have developed the ability to acquire more elaborate content and patterns, recognize new structures, and produce own utterances;
• have developed overall communication skills, including the ability to make a short presentation in Chinese on a range of topics;
• have sufficient listening and spoken skills to cope with everyday life in China;
• have developed a cultural knowledge as required for international awareness

Oral and listening comprehension class work 10% (due weekly in class), homework and writing tests 10% (due weekly in class), a 10 minute oral examination 20% (week 10), a 30 minute listening test 20% (week 12), a 2 hour final examination 40% (during the examination period).

Class attendance is required for this subject; if you do not attend a minimum of 80% of classes without an approved exemption you will not be eligible for a pass in this subject. Assessment submitted late without an approved extension will be penalised at 10% per day. In-class tasks missed without approval will not be marked. All pieces of written work must be submitted to pass this subject.

Communicate in Chinese 2, Chinese Central Television, Beijing, Popular Science Press, 2004

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

• Bachelor of Arts
• 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.

On completion of the subject, students will:
• Acquire written communication through assignment preparation and writing.
• Acquire public speaking and confidence in self-expression through class presentations.

Students will have their appropriate entry point determined by the Chinese Program, based on evidence of prior learning and/or results of a placement test as required. Please refer the following link for further information: http://www.asiainstitute.unimelb.edu.au/help/undergraduate_students/placement