CHNS3603 - Chinese 4A (Advanced)

Semester 1, 2011  |  Credit Points: 6

Coordinator: Xiaowei Zhang
Phone: +61 2 9351 4512
Email: xiaowei.zhang@sydney.edu.au

Description

Advanced training in modern Chinese language, with a focus on reading. By studying a range of literary and non-literary texts, graded for difficulty, students will acquire the reading skills necessary for advanced work in Chinese Studies. They will enrich their knowledge of Chinese as a vehicle for discussion of important issues, while developing their own skills in oral and written expression of relatively complex subject matter.

Assessments

classwork (10%), in-class tests (40%), 1xoral presentation (30%) and chinese-language writing assignments (20%)

Textbooks

"Anything Goes" (2006) by Chih-p'ing Chou et al, Princeton University Press,
Princeton and Oxford.

Classes

1x1-hr lecture/week, 2x1-hr tutorials/week

Prerequisites

CHNS1202 or CHNS3602 or CHNS3104

Prohibitions

HSC Chinese for Background Speakers, CHNS2203, CHNS2204

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