Chinese 9

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2016:

Time commitment totals 170 hours.

CHIN10004 Chinese 8 or approved by the subject coordinator.

None.

None.

CHIN20012 Chinese 5A
CHIN30023 Chinese 5A
CHIN10001 Chinese 9

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

It is University policy to take all reasonable steps to minimise the impact of disability upon academic study, and reasonable adjustments will be made to enhance a student's participation in the University's programs. Students who feel their disability may impact on meeting the requirements of this subject are encouraged to discuss this matter with a Faculty Student Adviser and Student Equity and Disability Support: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/disability

This is a subject for the background speakers of Chinese who have limited literacy in Chinese. Students will develop their ability to communicate in Chinese at an advanced level and conduct discussion on a range of topics by engaging with the various social and cultural situations in Chinese society.

Student expertise in the employment of both advanced linguistic and cultural resources is developed through reading relatively complex Chinese texts addressing each of these cultural situations, acquitting the literacies associated with these situations. The study of Chinese texts is supported by additional materials introducing the cultural topics. The texts’ study is also supplemented by students’ oral presentations and engaging in group discussions, as well as their conductions of written exercise.

On successful completion of this subject, students should:

be able to read relatively complex Chinese texts;
understand important social and cultural situations in Chinese society;
be able to discuss contemporary social and cultural issues and their historical backgrounds orally and in writing;
be able to write Standard Chinese in a variety of styles.

• One 1 hour mid-term test (topic-based composition) 30% (equivalent to 1000 words, Week 6)
• One oral test 10% (equivalent to 1000 words, Week 10)
• One 2 hour written examination 60% (equivalent to 2000 words during examination period)

Hurdle requirement: 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.

Note: 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.

Liu Yuanman, Wang Wenlong, Meeting China (Advanced Comprehensive Chinese), ZoujinZhongguo (Gaoji Hanyu), Peking University Press, 2012.

Other materials will be provided by the Institute.

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.

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