Chinese for Oral and Written Communication

Course Level Undergraduate

Year

Area/Catalogue
LANG 1061

Course Level
Undergraduate

Offered Externally
No

Course ID
153361

Unit Value
4.5

University-wide elective course
Yes

Timetable/s

This class has not been
timetabled for year 2024.

Course owner
UniSA Education Futures

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Course aim

To further develop foundations for learning Chinese, and develop understanding of essential features of Chinese language and culture and intercultural communication skills in Chinese.

Course content

Students will develop core concepts related to the Chinese writing system and spoken language including vocabulary and language structures related to a range of everyday texts, contexts and topics. Students will become familar with grammatical concepts with a focus on language in use and cultural knowledge related to everyday social interactions and exploring diversity within contemporary Chinese culture and society in order to appreciate contexts for communicating in Chinese.

Textbook(s)

Yip, P C & Rimmington, D 2009, Basic Chinese; a grammar and workbook , Second Edition, Routledge, Lomdon

Ross, C, B He, P Chen, M Ye 2010, The Routledge course in Modern Mandarin Chinese , First Edition, Routledge , New York

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
LANG 1060	Chinese for Social Interaction

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAGILL, ENGLISH AND MANDARIN
Seminar	2 x 2hours x 10 weeks
INTERNAL, CITY WEST, ENGLISH AND MANDARIN
Seminar	2 x 2hours x 10 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Portfolio, Presentation

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 1)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.