University of Technology SydneyHandbook 2007

97104 Chinese Language and Culture 4

8cp; 4hpw

Requisite(s): 97103 Chinese Language and Culture 3

This subject is designed for students who have successfully completed Chinese 3 or its equivalent. It further develops students' communicative competence to enable them to interact with native speakers of Chinese in a range of basic social situations. Great emphasis is placed on the introduction of more written texts which allow students to use Chinese characters more confidently. Students learn to understand extended speech and follow the lines of argument on reasonably familiar topics, and interact with Chinese speakers with a degree of fluency and spontaneity, participate in discussion and express personal viewpoints in familiar contexts. Students acquire approximately 1,600 characters, and read and understand literary prose and articles concerned with contemporary problems. Students learn to write clear and detailed texts related to personal interests, and understand Chinese culture and Chinese ways of thinking.

Assessment: This subject has a combination of continuous assessment and final examinations for speaking, listening, reading and writing. Further details are available in the subject outline distributed in class during the first week of teaching.

Typical availability

Spring semester, City campus

Fee information

2007 contribution for post-2004 Commonwealth-supported students: $832.67
2007 amount for undergraduate domestic fee-paying students: $2,760.00
Subject EFTSL: 0.167
Note: The above fees are applicable in 2007 for Commonwealth-supported students who commenced after 2004 and domestic fee-paying undergraduate students only. Pre-2005 Commonwealth-supported students should consult the Student contribution charges for Commonwealth supported students webpage.
Not all students are eligible for Commonwealth supported places, and not all subjects are available to Commonwealth supported students. Domestic fee-paying students and international students should refer to the Fees webpage.

Access conditions

Note: The requisite information presented in this subject description covers only academic requisites. Full details of all enforced rules, covering both academic and admission requisites, are available at Access conditions and My Student Admin.