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Chinese 4 (CHIN20002)
Undergraduate level 2Points: 12.5Dual-Delivery (Parkville)
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Overview
| Availability | Semester 2 - Dual-Delivery |
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Chinese 4 is a post-elementary subject, a continuation of Chinese 3. It continues to focus on the understanding and use of the Chinese language, with emphasis on selected vocabulary, complex sentences and basic grammatical structures. By the end of this subject students should have mastered the basic grammatical structures of Modern Chinese and have a vocabulary of approximately 1000 characters. Students should have sufficient listening and speaking skills to cope with everyday situations in China. They should have basic knowledge of using Chinese language in Chinese cultural situations through practical activities.
In the course of building up their linguistic competence, students will continue to expend their cultural awareness to prepare themselves in cross-cultural communication. Chinese texts will be supported by brief English introduction, video, audio or additional reading materials dealing with the cultural topics.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students will:
- have mastered the basic grammatical structures of Modern Chinese;
- have a vocabulary of approximately 1000 characters;
- have an enhanced understanding of the principles of communicative structure with the acquisition of more elaborate content and new patterns;
- have developed an integration of skills recognising structural patterns, producing one's own utterances, emulating models, and disciplined acquisition of words as a comprehensive learning strategy;
- have developed a basic cultural knowledge as the foundation for international awareness;
- have sufficient listening and spoken skills to cope with everyday life in China.
Generic skills
On completion of this subject, students will:
• have an enhanced understanding of the principles of communicative structure with the acquisition of more elaborate content and new patterns;
• integrate recognizing structural patterns, producing one's own utterances, emulating models, and disciplined acquisition of words as a comprehensive learning strategy;
• acquire basic cultural knowledge as the basis for international awareness;
• acquire time management and planning skills through managing and organising workloads for class preparation, revision and assignment completion.
Last updated: 19 September 2024