110-160 Chinese 1A

A pass in VCE Chinese, International Baccalaureate Chinese or equivalent. New students may not enrol unless they have attended an interview and/or placement test in the week preceding the first week of semester.

This subject is for students who have completed a course of study in Chinese at secondary school level. In building on the knowledge students already have, particular attention will be paid to expanding vocabulary, ensuring a good grasp of the basic grammar of spoken Chinese, and developing reading, writing and oral/aural skills.

A 1-hour examination, a 30-minute listening comprehension test, a 10-minute oral test, assignments and/or tests totalling 1000 words and class participation.

• Yang Defeng and Huang Li (eds), Meeting China (Chujiben). Peking University Press, 1997.