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Chinese 301 Advanced Modern Chinese 2

 Course Outline   (Second Semester 2019)

Coordinator: Danping Wang (Dani)
Rm 422, 18 Symonds Street, Arts 2
Phone: 373-7599 ext. 886918
Email: danping.wang@auckland.ac.nz
Office hour: 12 noon – 1 pm  Mondays

Tutorial tutor: Lin Chen (Lin)
Rm 313C, Arts 2, 18 Symonds Street, Arts 2
Email: lin.chen@auckland.ac.nz 
Office hour: 11 am-12 noon Thursdays

One two-hour lecture
Mondays 10 am – 12 noon (2 hours); Room: 104-G07

Two one-hour tutorials
Thursdays 10 am – 11 am (1 hour); Room: 104-G07
Fridays 10 am – 11 am (1 hour); Room: 201E-259

Description: This course builds on the knowledge you have gained over the previous years of studying Chinese and aims to help you develop independent and confident skills as a proficient user of Chinese. The course is divided into 5 units. You will read texts covering various aspects of Chinese society, culture and literature and through these texts will strengthen your knowledge of Chinese grammar and vocabulary, develop your skills in both written and spoken Chinese, and will help you to gain a deeper understanding of contemporary Chinese culture.

Aims:  Students will gain listening, speaking, reading and writing skills in Chinese, attaining approximately Level 5 on the HSK proficiency scale. It is equivalent to the level of “Proficient User of Chinese Language” (C1 and C2) in terms of the Common European Framework of References for Languages. Specifically, students will achieve the following skills:

1. Listening: Be able to sustain understanding over longer stretches of connected discourse on a number of topics pertaining to different times and places as well as events removed in space and time from the speaker. Be able to understand face-to-face speech in the standard dialect about everyday topics, common personal and family news, well-known current events, and narration about current, past and future events.
2. Speaking: Be able to converse with ease and confidence when dealing with most routine tasks and social situations of the Intermediate level. Be able to initiate, maintain and close a general conversation with a number of strategies appropriate to a range of circumstances and topics for face-to-face conversations. Be able to handle successfully most uncomplicated communicative tasks and social situations requiring an exchange of basic information related to work, school, recreation, particular interests and areas of competence.
3. Reading: Be able to read simple, authentic written material in a form equivalent to usual printing or typescript on subjects within a familiar context. Be able to read straightforward, familiar, factual material with full understanding simple connected texts dealing with basic personal and social needs. Be able to locate and understand the main ideas and details in material written for the general reader. Be able to read uncomplicated but authentic prose on familiar subjects that are normally presented in a predictable sequence, which aids the reader in understanding.
4. Writing: Be able to describe and narrate in paragraphs, write articles of at least several paragraphs in length on self-selected and familiar topics. Be able to use a dictionary to advantage to express simple ideas. Be able to write routine social correspondence and prepare documentary materials.
5. Culture: Be able to read more advanced texts on general topics about life and culture in China, and have improved your ability to write in accurate Chinese on some topics on modern China. Be able to talk to others about life in modern China, and have developed a deeper knowledge about the Chinese language and China generally.

Assessment: 100% Coursework

• Short Tests (10%): Five short tests for each Unit, each worth 2%. 
• Writing Assignments (30%): Five writing assignments for each Unit, each worth 6%.
• Oral Tests (30%): Two oral tests (one for mid-term, one for final), each worth 15%. 
• Written Tests (30%): Two written tests (one for mid-term, one for final), each worth 15%. 

Textbook: Standard Course HSK 5 (available in Ubiq)