110-213 Chinese in Beijing

110-029 Introductory Chinese 2B, 110-161 Chinese 1B or 110-040 Standard Chinese 2B.

This is a third year level in-country language subject, to be held at a university in Beijing in Semester 1. The subject provides an in-country alternative to third year language study in Chinese for well-qualified students. Both in terms of total contact hours and language learning, this subject is the equivalent of a full year on campus at Melbourne, and a pass in this subject will qualify students for entry to appropriate fourth year language subjects. Subject components will cover all aspects of third year language work, including listening comprehension, advanced oral work, composition, and readings in modern and pre-modern Chinese. Assessment will be conducted in part by host university staff (continuous assessment) and by staff of the Chinese program after students return.

Four 1-hour examinations, a 30-minute listening comprehension test, a 20-minute oral test (conducted in Melbourne); and assignments and/or tests totalling 5000 words, and class participation (conducted in Beijing).

• Zhao Yanjiao (ed), Canyu: Hanyu zhongji jiaocheng [Participation: an Intermediate Course in Chinese]. Beijing daxue chubanshe, 1998.
• Liu Delian & Liu Xiaoyu, Zhongji hanyu kouyu (Intermediate Spoken Chinese). Beijing daxue chubanshe, 1996.
• Li Xiaoqi et al, Zhongguo jianying: zhongji hanyu jiaocheng (A New Text for a Modern China). Beijing daxue chubanshe, 1999.
• Xiandai hanyu cidian (Modern Chinese Dictionary). Shangwu yinshuguan Beijing, 1989.