Course syllabus

 

 

 

Course syllabus: CHINESE-100G-Syllabus_2019.pdf

 

Coordinator: Danping Wang (Dani)
Office address: Rm 422, 18 Symonds Street, Arts 2 (207-422)
Phone number: 373-7599- ext. 86918
Office hour: Monday 4pm- 5pm or by appointment (1 hour)
Email: danping.wang@auckland.ac.nz

Teacher: Wai Fung Iu (Isaac)
Office address: Rm 313C, 18 Symonds Street, Arts 2 (207-313C)
Office hour: Friday 12pm-1pm or by appointment (1 hour)
Email: Isaac.iu@auckland.ac.nz

Teacher: Linda Lei (Linda)
Office address: Rm 313C, 18 Symonds Street, Arts 2 (207-313C)
Office hour: Tuesday 1pm-2pm or by appointment (1 hour)
Email: linda.lei@auckland.ac.nz

Teacher: Di Wang (Candy)
Office address: Rm 313C, 18 Symonds Street, Arts 2 (207-313C)
Office hour: Thursday 12pm-1pm or by appointment (1 hour)
Email: di.wang@auckland.ac.nz

Teacher: Lin Chen (Lin)
Office address: Rm 313C, 18 Symonds Street, Arts 2 (207-313C)
Office hour: Wednesday 12-1pm or by appointment (1 hour)
Email: lin.chen@auckland.ac.nz

 

 

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About this course

This course is specially designed for students who have no previous knowledge of Chinese or whose study of the language is very limited, normally not higher than NCEA 1. CHINESE100 and 100G are taught concurrently. This course gradually and systematically introduces characters and grammar points in one plenary lecture a week on Monday and in four tutorials spread out throughout the rest of the week to ensure optimal learning results. This is a 15 points course with there being a total of 60 contact hours.

 

Learning objectives

Students will gain basic listening, speaking, reading and writing skills in standard Mandarin Chinese, attaining approximately the first level of the international Chinese proficiency test, Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK 1). More specifically, students will be able to achieve the following:

• Listening: Understand short, fixed utterances and some sentence-length utterances, especially where context supports understanding and speech is clear. Students will also be able to comprehend limited vocabulary and some simple questions and statements about family members, age, time, interests, and daily activities.
• Speaking: Make short statements and ask simple questions, primarily by relying on memorized utterances but occasionally by recombining familiar phrases and fragments. Vocabulary centres on areas such as common objects, places, daily activities, hobbies, etc.
• Reading: Identify a limited number of character components and high-frequency characters in areas of immediate need.  Students will be able to read typical messages for instructional and directional purposes, such as prices in stores, times and dates on schedules, and simple replies.
• Writing: Write fixed expressions and short statements. Vocabulary centres on areas such as common objects, places, daily activities, hobbies, etc. Students will also be able to write names, numbers, dates, their own nationality, and other simple autobiographical information as well as some short phrases.
• Characters: Recognise and write by hand the most frequently used radicals and characters. This course covers Lesson 1 to Lesson 5 of the textbook, which includes about 40 major radicals and 170 characters.

 

Textbooks 

For the textbook of CHINESE100/100G, you may choose to buy a printed copy from the Ubig bookstore OR subscribe to a digital copy from the publisher directly. You are not required to buy a workbook or character book for this course. We will provide you downloadable worksheets instead.

	Integrated Chinese (Print) Simplified version Volume 1 Fourth Edition Editor: Yuehua Liu and Tao-chung Yao Publisher: Cheng & Tsui Company Year of publication: 2017 Available at Ubiq bookstore
	Integrated Chinese (Web App) Simplified version Volume 1 Basic Edition (for at least 6 months): Includes Textbook, streaming audio, video and additional interactive content Available at: https://www.cheng-tsui.com/browse/integrated-chinese-4th-edition/integrated-chinese-4e-vol-1-chengtsui-web-app?id=21212

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The video below is for you to understand how to use the Wed App 

 

Note:

1. Are you enrolled in the correct Chinese language course? This course is NOT for native speakers of Chinese, or anyone who has already had basic knowledge of Chinese. Please read this if you are not sure about your eligibility: UoA Chinese_ which course to take_.pdf 

2. Please contact our UG Advisor, Marget Lee (ms.lee@auckland.ac.nz), for questions about your study plan, concessions, information about Chinese major, language diploma and certificate, etc. 

 

 

Streams

	Lecture	Tutorial
	Monday		Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Location	401-401		114-G15
9am-10am	Dani Wang	Stream 1
10am-11am		Stream 2	Isaac	Isaac	Isaac	Isaac
11am-12pm		Stream 3	Isaac	Isaac	Isaac	Isaac
12pm-1pm		Stream 4	Linda	Linda	Linda	Linda
1pm-2pm		Stream 5	Candy	Candy	Candy	Candy
2pm-3pm		Stream 6	Candy	Candy	Candy	Candy
3pm-4pm		Stream 7	Lin	Lin	Lin	Lin
4pm-5pm		Stream 8	Lin	Lin	Lin	Lin