Introductory Chinese for Background Speakers B - ARTS1453

Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

School: School of International Studies

Course Outline: School of International Studies Course Outlines

Campus: Kensington Campus

Career: Undergraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3

Enrolment Requirements:

Prerequisite: ARTS1452

Excluded: ARTS1451

CSS Contribution Charge: 1 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

Available for General Education: Yes (more info)

Description

Subject Area: Chinese Studies

This introductory Chinese course is for background Chinese speakers who recognise 500-600 but fewer than 750 Chinese characters. We identify a background Chinese speaker as one who has grown up in a family or environment where Chinese (Mandarin or any dialect, e.g. Cantonese) is used in daily life AND who can more or less understand spoken Chinese (Mandarin or any dialect, e.g. Cantonese) even if s/he cannot manage to engage in very basic conversations in Chinese.

The course will teach  you how  the  Chinese language works both grammatically and in sociocultural contexts.  A  cultural  awareness  is built into the  course.  

The course consists of 2 lectures and 3 tutorials and  1 (self‐access)  language  lab session  per week. All  the  four  language  skills—listening, speaking, reading, and  writing—will be integrated throughout this  course through  various activities. Two of the three  tutorials  are  mainly  focused  on  grammar,  translation and composition,  while  the  other one is  devoted to oral  communication.