Offered By	ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
Academic Contact	John Makeham

Description

This major aims at developing students' ability in speaking, listening, reading and writing Modern Standard Chinese (Mandarin). Mandarin is the official language of China and one of the world’s major languages. As Australia’s future is increasingly tied to the rise of China as a world power, the importance of Mandarin will continue to grow. Knowledge of Mandarin not only provides a means of understanding Chinese society and culture but it is also a skill valued in a wide range of professions, both in Australia and internationally. This major is also designed for heritage students of Chinese (background learners). For heritage learners, relevant language courses recognized in the major include advanced-level translation and readings courses (in Mandarin); Cantonese; and Classical Chinese.

Students in this major are encouraged to spend time studying at a tertiary institution in the PRC or ROC through a year of study in the flagship Year in Asia program. Competitive scholarships are available to qualified students.

A student may not take a course if that course is a prerequisite for another course which they have already passed.

Students with prior knowledge of the language will be required to take a placement test and may be exempted from the compulsory course.

 

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the Chinese language major students should be able to:

1. express themselves confidently in a polite or informal register, appropriate to the genre and the audience.
2. read, comprehend and infer authors’ meaning in newspapers, magazines, and literary texts in Chinese.
3. engage with authentic media such as television news broadcasts, movies, short stories and novels by summarizing, analysing, evaluating and criticizing their content.
4. write texts in Chinese in the appropriate genre, with correct grammatical structures and thematic vocabulary relevant to the level of the student
5. Write, perform and record presentations or interviews in Chinese either individually or in cooperative groups, and answer questions based on those performances or interviews

 

Course Lists

The course lists in the "Requirements" section below is a definitive list and includes all courses that can be counted towards the major, whether or not they are offered in the current year. For a list of courses that will be offered in the current year, please see the Summary of Courses page.

Requirements

This major requires the completion of 48 units, which must include:

6 units from the completion of the following course:

CHIN3023           Modern Chinese 6

 

A maximum of 42 units from the completions of courses from the following list:

ASIA2103            Language in Asia (L)

ASIA3006            Practical Assignment in Asia and the Pacific

CHIN1012           Modern Chinese 1A: Spoken Chinese

CHIN1013           Modern Chinese 1B: Written Chinese

CHIN2022           Modern Chinese 2A: Spoken Chinese

CHIN2023           Modern Chinese 2B: Written Chinese

CHIN3020           Modern Chinese 3

CHIN3021           Modern Chinese 4

CHIN3022           Modern Chinese 5

CHIN3024           Modern Chinese 7

CHIN3025           Modern Chinese 8

CHIN3030            Classical Chinese 1       

CHIN3031            Classical Chinese 2

CHIN3032            Classical Chinese 3

CHIN3033            Classical Chinese 4

CHIN3034           Readings in Chinese Society

CHIN3035           Readings in Chinese History

CHIN3041           Case Studies in Translation: Chinese/English

CHIN3042           Toolkit for Chinese Studies and Translation

CHIN3043           Readings in Taiwan Studies

CHIN3114           Classical Chinese Poetry

CHIN3201           Cantonese A

CHIN3202           Cantonese B

CHIN3211           Advanced Readings in Chinese A

CHIN3212           Advanced Readings in Chinese B

CHIN3214           Gender and Sexuality in Chinese Literature and Film

CHIN3216           Chinese-English Interpreting

CHIN3220           Translating Chinese Literature: Pointing to the Moon

The information published on the Study at ANU 2012 website applies to the 2012 academic year only. All information provided on this website replaces the information contained in the Study at ANU 2011 website.