CHINESE 201
Intermediate Modern Chinese 2
Please note: this is archived course information from 2016 for CHINESE 201.
Description
About this course
This course is the continuation of CHINESE 200 and further develops skills in grammar, vocabulary and conversational skills necessary to communicate with educated native speakers. This course covers Chapters 5-9 of the textbook. By the end of the course students are expected to have learnt an additional 400 new vocabulary items and advanced sentence patterns necessary to be able to read and discuss topics about contemporary Chinese society of interest to native speakers.
Important information
Students who study Chinese for the first time at the University of Auckland must complete the Language Ability Declaration and may be called for an interview and a placement test. Failure to complete the language ability declaration will result in deletion of the enrolment.
Availability 2016
Semester 2
Lecturer(s)
Coordinator(s) Dr Robert Sanders
Lecturer(s) Margaret Lee
Reading/Texts
Transitional Chinese: Out of the Wading Pool and into the Swimming Pool
Assessment
Coursework + exam
Points
CHINESE 201: 15 points
Prerequisites
CHINESE 200
Restrictions
CHINESE 202. May not be taken if a more advanced language acquisition course in this subject has previously been passed