This is an advanced Modern Chinese language course, designed for students who have completed successfully CHIN3023 (Modern Chinese 6), or achieved the equivalence through placement test.
While the course places special emphasis on reading comprehension of the selected texts, it will also expose the students to live videos which are in natural native Chinese in order to enhance students’ listening and oral proficiency. The course is taught mainly in Chinese. Three contact hours per week with a 90-minute lecture and 90-minute tutorial which will start from the first week. Given the amount of the material it covers, the learning outcome of the course relies on students’ self-study and pre-class preparation. The assessment consists of weekly mini-quizzes, oral news report in Chinese, team project in the form of oral presentation, one Vlog in Chinese and a final written exam.
The teaching material for this course are from authentic Chinese sources, including audio-visual materials, which cover broad areas of Chinese studies in culture, literature, society, economics and politics. By introducing students to a wide range of topics, different genre and written styles, this course aims at not only improving students’ reading, listening, speaking and their analytical skills in Chinese, but also gaining a deeper understanding of aspects of modern and contemporary China. The course will also cover the rules of the Chinese word-formation and other Chinese linguistic features.
This is a research-let and multi-disciplinary advanced language course. It utilizes the expertise of the lecturer who researches in the field of Chinese social and political discourses. It is reflected in course design which combines language learning with opportunity to investigate the deep connections between language, culture, history and politics in China.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
- Understand, analyse critically, and report orally real-world news on China from difference sources in Chinese.
- Communicate and discuss in Chinese confidently on topics drawn from the official and social media, with the related contextual knowledge.
- Demonstrate genre-and-situation-appropriate speech-making and presentation skills in Chinese.
- Demonstrate the ability to understand native-level texts in Chinese on complex subjects, such as internet Chinese, youth culture in China, Chinese political discourse, China's social and economic issues, and literary texts.
- Raise the awareness and overal language proficiency to a near-native level.
Other Information
On successful completion of this course, students will have the knowledge and skills to engage at an Advanced level of Standard Modern Chinese.
Students with native speaker proficiency (may include cognate languages and dialects) must review the language proficiency assessment site and contact the CAP Student Centre for appropriate enrolment advice. Students with previous “language experience or exposure” are required to undertake a language proficiency assessment to ensure enrolment at the most appropriate level.
Relevant past experience includes:
- Previous study of the language (both formal and informal, for example but not limited to, at school, or, home, or through online activities, etc.)
- Being exposed to the language in childhood via a family member or friend
- Travel or living in a country where the language is spoken
- The language being spoken in your home (even if you do not speak it yourself)
Students who are not sure if they need to undertake a language proficiency assessment should seek advice from the course or language convenor. Students who intentionally misrepresent their language proficiency level may be investigated under the Academic Integrity Rule 2021 as having failed to comply with assessment directions and having sought unfair advantage. This may results in a penalty such as reduced grades or failure of the course.
Students are not permitted to enrol in a language course below one that they have already successfully completed, except with permission of the language and/or course convenor.
Indicative Assessment
- Weekly quiz (on preparatory readings, 2 marks each, total of 10 quizzes) (20) [LO 2,4,5]
- Group oral presentation video and individual answering questions based on the presented topics (video 15 marks, questions 10) (25) [LO 1,2,3]
- Individual news report in Chinese, followed by answering questions (report 5 marks, questions 5) (10) [LO 1,2,3,4,5]
- Individual Vlog based on critical assessment of the video selected (5) [LO 1,2,3,4,5]
- Listening test (watching video and answer questions) (20) [LO 3,4,5]
- Final written exam (all texts covered in the lectures) (20) [LO 4,5]
The ANU uses Turnitin to enhance student citation and referencing techniques, and to assess assignment submissions as a component of the University's approach to managing Academic Integrity. While the use of Turnitin is not mandatory, the ANU highly recommends Turnitin is used by both teaching staff and students. For additional information regarding Turnitin please visit the ANU Online website.
Workload
The total workload for the course is 130 hours including independent study. There will be three contact hours per week with 90-minute lecture and 90-minute tutorial which will start from the first week.
Inherent Requirements
This course is not open to Chinese native speakers which include all speakers of Chinese dialects.
Requisite and Incompatibility
Prescribed Texts
This course does not use prescribed testbook.
Preliminary Reading
Reading materials will be available on Wattle.
Assumed Knowledge
Must have completed Modern Chinese 6, or equiverlance.
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
Commonwealth Support (CSP) Students
If you 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). More information about your student contribution amount for each course at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 1
- Unit value:
- 6 units
If you are a domestic graduate coursework student with a Domestic Tuition Fee (DTF) place or international student you will be required to pay course tuition fees (see below). Course tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found 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 |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3499 | 23 Feb 2026 | 02 Mar 2026 | 31 Mar 2026 | 29 May 2026 | In Person | N/A |