This tertiary level Continuing Chinese H Course provide a pathway from secondary to tertiary studies in Chinese language by enhancing and complementing the existing ACT Chinese Continuing language course for Year 11 and 12 secondary students. This course will be delivered at first-year university level with a strong though not exclusive emphasis on reading and writing, which secondary college teachers of Chinese have identified as a need. Given the distinctiveness of the Chinese language and its distance from English, learning Chinese, in particular learning to read and write characters, needs new literacy skills to be developed. The course will emphasize both essential literacy skills and a broader understanding of the role of written language in a contemporary context.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
1. Consolidate the foundation of their Chinese language skills and demonstrate an
understanding of basic Chinese grammar;
2. Demonstrate a good grasp of the features of written Chinese - character composition, characteristics of word structures and stroke order;
3. Demonstrate an expanded Chinese vocabulary (receptive knowledge of 600-800 characters) and the ability to look up characters and words in dictionaries;
4. Demonstrate the ability to read and engage with simple ‘authentic’ written texts;
5. Demonstrate the ability to compose written Chinese texts;
6. Develop the confidence to engage with Chinese dictionaries and texts for self study.
Indicative Assessment
| Character, word & phrase recognition testing, dictionary competence | 25%-40% |
| Closed book writing tests | 25%-40% |
Listening/reading comprehension with questions and answers in English and/or the target language AND/OR response to an unseen written stimulus | 20%-40% |
| Responding task based on guided research project | 20%-40% |
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Workload
2 class contact hours per week
Assumed Knowledge
None
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. Tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 1
- Unit value:
- 6 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 |
|---|---|
| 6.00 | 0.12500 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2015 | $2604 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2015 | $3576 |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
ANU utilises MyTimetable to enable students to view the timetable for their enrolled courses, browse, then self-allocate to small teaching activities / tutorials so they can better plan their time. Find out more on the Timetable webpage.
Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.
First Semester
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3019 | 16 Feb 2015 | 06 Mar 2015 | 31 Mar 2015 | 29 May 2015 | In Person | N/A |
Second Semester
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3010 | 20 Jul 2015 | 07 Aug 2015 | 31 Aug 2015 | 30 Oct 2015 | In Person | N/A |
