110-028 Introductory Chinese 2A

110-145 Introductory Chinese 1B and 110-146 Spoken Introductory Chinese 1B or equivalent as determined by the coordinator. New students may not enrol unless they have attended an interview and/or taken a placement test in the week preceding the first week of semester.

110-130 Spoken Introductory Chinese 2A

This is a post-elementary subject in Chinese. By the end of this subject students should know 900 Chinese characters and should have a good grasp of basic grammatical structures.

• be able to construct more sophisticated frameworks out of basic structural knowledge;

• be able to persist with learning tasks that do not show clear short-term returns to achieve long-term gains, particularly for the sake of acquiring a complex written code;

• gain a diversified knowledge of intercultural communication practices;

• acquire time management and planning skills through managing and organising workloads for class preparation, revision and assignment completion.

A mid-semester test 20%, a composition test 20% (in the last week of semester), a final 2-hour exam 50% (during the examination period) and ongoing class participation 10%.

• Ma Jianfei, et al, Hanyu Kouyu Sucheng, Rumenpian, Vol.2. Beijing Yuyan Wenhua Daxue Chubanshe, Beijing, 2002.