Introduction to Chinese 1A
UndergraduateTAS-HMC1012025
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Prior study needed
- Duration
- 14 weeks
- Start dates
- 24 Feb 2025
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Introduction to Chinese 1A
About this subject
Upon successful completion of this subject, the student should be able to:
- Produce and recognise basic Mandarin Chinese sounds and tones using the phonetic system (pinyin).
- Communicate in Mandarin Chinese in a range of simple everyday situations.
- Write and type basic Chinese characters using the pinyin input method and understand their stroke order, radicals, and structures.
- Acquire vocabulary and grammar structures appropriate to the beginner level of Mandarin Chinese.
- Read and understand short dialogues or texts in pinyin and/or characters appropriate to the beginner level of Mandarin Chinese.
- Understand the socio-cultural aspects of the language learnt.
- Unit 1: Pinyin 1 - Chinese phonetic system (Pinyin); Tones; Chinese characters
- Unit 1: Pinyin 2 - Recognition of combined sounds; Stroke orders of Chinese characters; Grammar
- Unit 2: Greetings 1 - Daily greetings, saying Hello
- Unit 2: Greetings 2 - Are you busy? Asking what someone wants. Grammar
- Unit 3: Introduction 1 - Identifying people; asking someone's nationality
- Unit 3: Introduction 2 - Asking for permission; asking someone's name; introducing oneself; Grammar
- Unit 3: Introduction 3 - Meeting someone for the first time; talking about one's major; Grammar; Chinese characters
- Unit 4: Location - Looking for someone; saying goodbye, asking for directions, expressing thanks; grammar
- Unit 5: Comments and suggestions - Asking someone to repeat something; refusing or declining politely; grammar
- Unit 6: Family - Talking about one's family; asking about someone's occupation; talking about one's university
- Unit 6: Family - Grammar; Chinese characters
This is an introductory subject for students with little or no prior knowledge of Chinese. This introductory subject is for anyone who is interested in the Chinese language and/or has the need to learn Chinese for business or academic purposes. This subject provides an introduction to all four basic language skills - listening, speaking, reading and writing. It provides students with opportunities to establish essential communicative skills with a focus on practical, everyday use of the Chinese language and incorporating some socio-cultural knowledge. Selected topics and situations, such as exchanging personal information, asking about directions and telling your hobbies etc., all come from real life scenarios. There is no prerequisite required for this introductory subject.
- Online Quiz 1 (20%)
- Online Quiz 2 (30%)
- Online Quiz 3 (30%)
- Speaking Task (20%)
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Entry requirements
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This is a beginner only subject and a placement test may be required to verify beginner status.
Additional requirements
- Other requirements - Weekly workshops (4 hours) online via Zoom (concurrent with on-campus workshops). Supplementary weekly lecture recording (1 hour).
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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