Overview

This advanced-level subject is designed to broaden the scope of your Chinese communicative repertoire, which includes a discussion of daily life, including sports, the market, food, drinks and other cultural topics. The class activities are designed to improve students' communicative skills in dealing with everyday activities. The subject is based … For more content click the Read more button below.

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Office of the Provost

School

Humanities and Social Sciences

Subject coordinator

Yangbin Chen

Subject type

Undergraduate

Year level

Year Level 4 - UG/Hons/1st Yr PG

AQF level

Level 8 – Bachelor Degree Honours

Available as elective

No

Available to study abroad / exchange students

Yes

Capstone subject

Yes

Academic progress review - Schedule A subject

No

Subject instances

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Learning resources

Prescribed - Book - Taiwan Today

Career ready

Work based learning (placement):No

Graduate capabilities

COMMUNICATION - Communicating and Influencing
COMMUNICATION - Cultural Intelligence and Global Perspective
COMMUNICATION - Digital Capability
DISCIPLINE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Creativity and Innovation
INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Research and Evidence-Based Inquiry
PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL - Adaptability and Self-Management
PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL - Leadership and Teamwork

Subject intended learning outcomes

On successful completion you will be able to:
1.
Speak in summarily form of articles that show an understanding of the current issues occurred in both Australia and overseas in Mandarin.
2.
Write short pieces of work that show an understanding of the daily issues from newspapers and other forms of media.
3.
Consolidate skills in simple correspondence and expository writing.
4.
Carry out an analysis and synthesis and evaluate simple arguments in Chinese.
5.
Write a short and fluent essay and use appropriate structures with correct grammar in Chinese.

Learning activities

Listening, reading new textbook materials, cultural creation and oral activities including conversations with given topics, role play, discussion and debates. Comparison in Chinese-English translation, sentence making with new vocabulary and sentence patterns, writing practice in different forms including dialogue, comment, letters and essay.

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