110-463 Chinese Economic Documents

Formerly available as 110-152. Students who have completed 110-152 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

110-163 Introductory Chinese 3B or 110-040 Chinese 2B or 110-042 Standard Chinese 3B or equivalent as determined by the coordinator and/or admission to the postgraduate diploma or fourth-year honours in Chinese.

This subject is a reading course on Chinese economic and business documents. Students will be given a guided introduction to a variety of economic documents, including official policy statements, statistical material, newspaper reports and comments, and information drawn from the world wide web. Special attention will be paid to foreign trade issues and the economic links between Australia and China. The terminology and style of these documents will be analysed, as will the source and purpose of their publication.

• acquire written communication skills through essay writing and seminar discussion;

• show attention to detail through essay preparation and writing;

• acquire time management and planning skills through managing and organising workloads for recommended reading, essay and assignment completion;

• acquire public speaking skills through tutorial and seminar discussion and class presentations.

Five assignments 8% each (commencing in week 2 and due at the end of semester), a term project of 2500-3000 words for 2nd and 3rd year and 3500-4000 for 4th year and postgraduates 50% (due during the examination period) and continuous class participation 10%.

Materials supplied by the Institute.