18.75 1st year, 16.7 2nd and 3rd years Ms D. Manwaring. Chinese 1B or satisfactory completion of a placement test. First semester Six hours per week. By the end of this subject students will have a knowledge of 600 Chinese characters, and will have good knowledge of basic grammatical structures; they will also have acquired post elementary listening and speaking skills. A post-elementary subject in basic Chinese. One aural/oral examination (1 hour); assignments & short written tests (maximum 4,000 words); one written exam (maximum 1 hour). Students will be required to attend a minimum of 70% of all classes in order to be eligible to take the examinations. Modern Chinese Beginners' Course Vol 2 Beijing Languages Institute 18.75 1st year, 16.7 2nd and 3rd years Ms D Manwaring. Chinese 1B or satisfactory completion of a placement test. First semester. Six hours each week. By the end of this subject students will have a knowledge of 600 Chinese characters, and will have good knowledge of basic grammatical structures; they will also have acquired post elementary listening and speaking skills. A post-elementary subject in basic Chinese. One aural/oral examination (1 hour); assignments & short written tests (maximum 4,000 words); one written exam (maximum 1 hour). Students will be required to attend a minimum of 70 per cent of all classes in order to be eligible to take the examinations. Modern Chinese Beginners' Course Vol 2 Beijing Languages Institute