110-213 Chinese in China

The subject is only available at second year for students who have completed 110-161 Chinese 1B or 110-040 Standard Chinese 2B. Students wanting to enrol in this subject must apply for and be accepted into a place on the exchange program in the July preceding the beginning of this subject. See www.services.unimelb.edu.au/exchanges/ for further details.

110-029 Introductory Chinese 2B, 110-161 Chinese 1B or 110-040 Standard Chinese 2B or equivalent as determined by the coordinator.

This is a third-year level in-country language subject, to be held at a university in China 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 the 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.