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CHIN102 Chinese Language 1B

Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Trimester 2 Off Campus
Armidale Trimester 2 On Campus
Intensive School(s)
Start Finish Attendance Notes
N/A N/A Non-Mandatory Dates to be advised. Non-mandatory weekend school held in Sydney if sufficient students commit by the date specified by the unit coordinator
Supervised Exam There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled.
Pre-requisites CHIN101
Co-requisites None
Restrictions CHIN100
Notes

The unit content in CHIN102 covers Lessons 11 - 17 of the textbook series New Practical Chinese Reader. Students who are native speakers of Chinese should normally enrol in units coded CHIN310 or above.
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Isabel Tasker (itasker@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit continues your introduction to Modern Standard Chinese. The topics and situations covered this trimester are useful ones related to the practicalities of daily life in China. Your listening and speaking skills will improve, and you will learn to use many further types of simple sentence patterns. You will develop greater confidence in writing and reading Chinese, and significantly extend the number of characters you can recognise and write.
Materials Textbook information will be displayed approximately 8 weeks prior to the commencement of the teaching period. Please note that textbook requirements may vary from one teaching period to the next.
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment Assessment information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. use Chinese appropriately in simple conversations on topics including home, study, daily routines and future plans;
  2. recognise and produce the tones of Modern Standard Chinese with increasing accuracy;
  3. read and write simple passages in Chinese of at least 150 characters in length;
  4. demonstrate understanding of and answer questions in spoken Chinese on a known topic; and
  5. demonstrate mastery of the content of Lessons 11-17 of the textbook New Practical Chinese Reader.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
This unit introduces further fundamental knowledge and skills in Modern Standard Chinese. 		True True True
2 Communication Skills
Language learning by its nature involves developing communication skills. In this unit students will learn how to communicate at a basic level in Chinese in various common situations. 		True True True
3 Global Perspectives
Through the language you will learn about some underlying principles in Chinese thought, as well as gaining understanding of Chinese culture and society. 		True
4 Information Literacy
Students will begin to explore the growing range of resources available to support their study of Chinese, many of which use technological tools in innovative ways. 		True
5 Life-Long Learning
Discussion of strategies and resources to assist self-directed language learning is actively encouraged. 		True
6 Problem Solving
Using the language patterns studied to understand and produce Chinese at the level required is a specialised form of problem solving. 		True True True
7 Social Responsibility
This unit will develop students' understanding of the issues involved in moving between two cultures and languages. The intercultural awareness thus developed can help to develop a sense of social responsibility. 		True
8 Team Work
Teamwork is involved in in-class group activities on-campus and at the Intensive School. In the online environment collaborative and mutually supportive study interaction is encouraged for all students. 		True
   

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