AIC382 - Chinese 3B
Unit details
Year: | 2020 unit information |
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Important Update: | Classes and seminars in Trimester 2/Semester 2, 2020 will be online. Physical distancing for coronavirus (COVID-19) will affect delivery of other learning experiences in this unit. Please check your unit sites for announcements and updates one week prior to the start of your trimester or semester. Last updated: 2 June 2020 |
Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong) |
Credit point(s): | 2 |
EFTSL value: | 0.250 |
Unit Chair: | Trimester 2: Xuemei Bai |
Prerequisite: | AIC381 or equivalent or permission from unit chair |
Corequisite: | Nil |
Incompatible with: | Nil |
Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 300 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. |
Scheduled learning activities - campus: | 1 x 1-hour class and 1 x 1-hour seminar, and 1 x 2-hour seminar per week |
Note:This unit is not available to speakers of Chinese as a first language |
Content
This unit builds on the skills and knowledge developed in AIC381, by further developing the Chinese four-macro skills i.e. listening, speaking, reading and writing. On completion of the unit, students should be able, with the assistance of dictionaries, to use Chinese language to understand a range of social and cultural issues and express their own opinions about China and the world in both oral and written forms.
These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes | |
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ULO1 | Understand a range of social and cultural issues in both oral and written forms, using 1600 words and expressions (1000 Chinese characters) with the assistance of dictionaries; and | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication GLO3: Digital literacy GLO4: Critical thinking GLO5: Problem solving GLO6: Self-management GLO8: Global citizenship |
ULO2 | Express their own opinions about China and the world in both oral and written forms (making a 2-minutes role-play or a 1-minute speech, and writing a 250-characters essay), using 1300 words and expressions (1000 Chinese characters) and 300 major grammatical constructions with the assistance of dictionaries | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication GLO3: Digital literacy GLO4: Critical thinking GLO5: Problem solving GLO6: Self-management GLO7: Teamwork GLO8: Global citizenship |
These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year
Assessment
Trimester 2:Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
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Assessment 1 (Individual) - Writing Exercises | 20% | Information not yet available | |
Assessment 2 (Individual & Group & Pair) - Seminar Exercises - | 20% | Information not yet available | |
Assessment 3 (Individual) - Oral examination | 20% | Information not yet available | |
Assessment 4 (Individual) - Examination | 2 hours | 40% | Examination period |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning Resource
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: AIC382 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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