CHINESE 101 : Beginning Modern Chinese 2

Arts

2024 Semester Two (1245) (15 POINTS)

Course Prescription

Continues to develop students’ Chinese proficiency in speaking, listening, reading, writing skills and cultural literacy.

Course Overview

This course is the continuation of CHINESE 100. It continues to use the textbook from CHINESE 100 and to further provide basic written and spoken skills in modern standard Chinese (Mandarin, Putonghua, Guoyu, Hanyu).
Students who enrol in this course typically:
  • Know how to greet, talk about families, time and hobbies, and welcome visitors 
  • Know approximately 200 vocabulary items
  • Are able to write about 200 characters
This course trains students in all four skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. It will cover Lesson 6 to Lesson 10 of Integrated Chinese Volume 1 and Lesson 11 of Integrated Chinese Volume 2. It aims to provide Chinese learners with a solid foundation in grammar, vocabulary and conversational skills.

By the end of the course, students are expected to attain the Novice High level on the ACTFL proficiency scale (approximates to the CEFR language level A1). 

Course Requirements

Prerequisite: CHINESE 100 Restriction: May not be taken if a more advanced language acquisition course in this subject has previously been passed

Capabilities Developed in this Course

Capability 1: People and Place
Capability 2: Sustainability
Capability 3: Knowledge and Practice
Capability 4: Critical Thinking
Capability 5: Solution Seeking
Capability 6: Communication
Capability 7: Collaboration
Capability 8: Ethics and Professionalism
Graduate Profile: Bachelor of Arts

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to:
  1. Identify and apply the taught grammatical structures in Standard Mandarin (Capability 3 and 6)
  2. Communicate with sentence-length utterances in Standard Mandarin to complete the taught tasks in daily life (Capability 1, 3, 5, 6 and 7)
  3. Identify the cross-cultural differences between Chinese and New Zealand culture (Capability 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8)
  4. Demonstrate abilities in employing different strategies to comprehend and produce utterances with unfamiliar vocabulary (Capability 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6)
  5. Create paragraph-length utterances in Standard Mandarin with preparation to convey ideas within the topics that have been taught (Capability 3, 4, 5 and 6)

Assessments

Assessment Type Percentage Classification
Coursework 100% Individual Coursework

Module

This course can be taken as part of a Modern Language Module or the Language Teaching and Learning Module.
https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/arts/study-with-us/study-options/modules/modern-languages.html
https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/arts/study-with-us/study-options/modules/language-teaching-and-learning.html

This course can be taken as part of the CertLang (Certificate of Languages) or DipLang (Diploma of Languages).
https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/study/study-options/find-a-study-option/certificate-in-languages-certlang.html
https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/study/study-options/find-a-study-option/diploma-in-languages-diplang.html

Workload Expectations

This course is a standard 15 point course and students are expected to spend 10 hours per week on each 15 point course that they are enrolled in, including class time and personal study and assignment preparation.

Delivery Mode

Campus Experience

This course is NOT available for students studying remotely, outside Auckland or offshore in 2024.
Attendance is required at scheduled class activities to receive credit for some components of the course
Due to their interactive nature, classes will not be available as recordings.
Some course activities may be delivered online.
Attendance on campus is required for tests and exams.
The activities for the course are scheduled as a standard weekly timetable.

Learning Resources

Course materials are made available in a learning and collaboration tool called Canvas which also includes reading lists and lecture recordings (where available).

Please remember that the recording of any class on a personal device requires the permission of the instructor.

Required textbooks:
  • Integrated Chinese (Volume 1), Textbook (Fourth Edition), Yuehua Liu and Tao-chung Yao, et al. Boston: Cheng & Tsui Company. 2017. Print and digital versions available.
  • Integrated Chinese (Volume 1), Workbook (Fourth Edition), Yuehua Liu and Tao-chung Yao, et al. Boston: Cheng & Tsui Company. 2017. 
You are recommended to purchase Vol. 2 below if you wish to continue to CHINESE 200.
  • Integrated Chinese (Volume 2), Textbook (Fourth Edition), Yuehua Liu and Tao-chung Yao, et al. Boston: Cheng & Tsui Company. 2017. Print and digital versions available.
  • Integrated Chinese (Volume 2), Workbook (Fourth Edition), Yuehua Liu and Tao-chung Yao, et al. Boston: Cheng & Tsui Company. 2017. 

Student Feedback

At the end of every semester students will be invited to give feedback on the course and teaching through a tool called SET or Qualtrics. The lecturers and course co-ordinators will consider all feedback and respond with summaries and actions.

Your feedback helps teachers to improve the course and its delivery for future students.

Class Representatives in each class can take feedback to the department and faculty staff-student consultative committees.

Students are encouraged to provide feedback on Chinese 101 teaching through discussions with the lecturer or the class representatives. Student feedback will help the lecturer improve the course and its delivery for future students.

Academic Integrity

The University of Auckland will not tolerate cheating, or assisting others to cheat, and views cheating in coursework as a serious academic offence. The work that a student submits for grading must be the student's own work, reflecting their learning. Where work from other sources is used, it must be properly acknowledged and referenced. This requirement also applies to sources on the internet. A student's assessed work may be reviewed for potential plagiarism or other forms of academic misconduct, using computerised detection mechanisms.

Class Representatives

Class representatives are students tasked with representing student issues to departments, faculties, and the wider university. If you have a complaint about this course, please contact your class rep who will know how to raise it in the right channels. See your departmental noticeboard for contact details for your class reps.

Inclusive Learning

All students are asked to discuss any impairment related requirements privately, face to face and/or in written form with the course coordinator, lecturer or tutor.

Student Disability Services also provides support for students with a wide range of impairments, both visible and invisible, to succeed and excel at the University. For more information and contact details, please visit the Student Disability Services’ website http://disability.auckland.ac.nz

Well-being always comes first
We all go through tough times during the semester, or see our friends struggling. There is lots of help out there - for more information, look at this Canvas page https://canvas.auckland.ac.nz/courses/33894, which has links to various support services in the University and the wider community.

Special Circumstances

If your ability to complete assessed coursework is affected by illness or other personal circumstances outside of your control, contact a member of teaching staff as soon as possible before the assessment is due.

If your personal circumstances significantly affect your performance, or preparation, for an exam or eligible written test, refer to the University’s aegrotat or compassionate consideration page https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/academic-information/exams-and-final-results/during-exams/aegrotat-and-compassionate-consideration.html.

This should be done as soon as possible and no later than seven days after the affected test or exam date.

Learning Continuity

In the event of an unexpected disruption, we undertake to maintain the continuity and standard of teaching and learning in all your courses throughout the year. If there are unexpected disruptions the University has contingency plans to ensure that access to your course continues and course assessment continues to meet the principles of the University’s assessment policy. Some adjustments may need to be made in emergencies. You will be kept fully informed by your course co-ordinator/director, and if disruption occurs you should refer to the university website for information about how to proceed.

Student Charter and Responsibilities

The Student Charter assumes and acknowledges that students are active participants in the learning process and that they have responsibilities to the institution and the international community of scholars. The University expects that students will act at all times in a way that demonstrates respect for the rights of other students and staff so that the learning environment is both safe and productive. For further information visit Student Charter https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/forms-policies-and-guidelines/student-policies-and-guidelines/student-charter.html.

Disclaimer

Elements of this outline may be subject to change. The latest information about the course will be available for enrolled students in Canvas.

In this course students may be asked to submit coursework assessments digitally. The University reserves the right to conduct scheduled tests and examinations for this course online or through the use of computers or other electronic devices. Where tests or examinations are conducted online remote invigilation arrangements may be used. In exceptional circumstances changes to elements of this course may be necessary at short notice. Students enrolled in this course will be informed of any such changes and the reasons for them, as soon as possible, through Canvas.

Published on 26/10/2023 08:22 a.m.