(a) building oral skills, especially the ability to discuss social/contemporary issues
(b) reading of texts and vocabulary extension
(c) listening comprehension practice
(d) developing accuracy through translation and grammar exercises
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
At the end of the course students will be able to: discuss a number of social/ contemporary issues with restricted but tolerable fluency and range of language, understand main ideas in short slightly simplified written texts with some vocabulary help, identify main ideas in short authentic listening texts with some guidance, and write simple passages on social/contemporary issues with reasonable accuracy and range of language.
Indicative Assessment
Two short in-class quizzes on core vocabulary from set reading texts (10%), one take-home short essay assignment (20%), one take-home translation assignment (15%), one take-home grammar assignment (10%), instructor’s ongoing assessment of class performance in Speaking & Listening activities, (20%), one oral presentation in class (20%), attendance (5%)
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Workload
• participation in a total of 15 hours of face-to- face classes
• 1.5 hours preparation (approx.) for each 1.5 hour long session
• three take-home written assignments (2 x approx. 400 words and 1 x approx 250 words)
• one oral presentation in class (7-10 minutes length).
Requisite and Incompatibility
Prescribed Texts
All essential material will be available on the course Wattle site.
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
If you are a domestic graduate coursework or international student you will be required to pay tuition fees. Students continuing in their current program of study will have their tuition fees indexed annually from the year in which you commenced your program. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 1
- Unit value:
- 3 units
If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees. Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.
| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 3.00 | 0.06250 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1994-2003 | $609 | |
| 2014 | $1404 | |
| 2013 | $1404 | |
| 2012 | $1404 | |
| 2011 | $1389 | |
| 2010 | $1359 | |
| 2009 | $1335 | |
| 2008 | $1296 | |
| 2007 | $1149 | |
| 2006 | $1095 | |
| 2005 | $1095 | |
| 2004 | $963 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 1994-2003 | $1701 |
| 2014 | $1971 |
| 2013 | $1971 |
| 2012 | $1971 |
| 2011 | $1971 |
| 2010 | $1971 |
| 2009 | $1908 |
| 2008 | $1908 |
| 2007 | $1908 |
| 2006 | $1908 |
| 2005 | $1908 |
| 2004 | $1908 |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
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