Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Sijia Guo
Lini Li
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
CHN104
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit is the continuation of CHN104, and aims to develop students' ability to communicate in Chinese through the study of language structure, language function and related cultural knowledge.
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Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Indicative examples of assessment tasks will be available on iLearn.
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Participation | 10% | No | Throughout the semester |
Online Vocabulary Quiz | 10% | No | week 2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10,11,12 |
Writing activity | 20% | No | TBA |
Mid term in class test | 15% | No | week 7 |
Group oral presentation | 10% | No | week 7 |
Oral one on one Interview | 10% | No | week 13 |
Final Exam | 25% | No | TBA |
Due: Throughout the semester
Weighting: 10%
Internal Students:
This mark is decided by teaching staff based on students’ attendance and active participation in class discussion. Internal students' attendance of at least 80% of classes is strongly encouraged. Attendance at and participation in tutorials is compulsory for all students. Students are expected to be well prepared in order to participate in class discussion – this will ensure good use of class time as well as improving your learning skills.
External Students:
Record an audio or video clip of you reading out aloud the textbook conversation for the lesson learnt in that week then submit it on ilearn at set time frame on weekly basis. You can also choose to read other texts at your interests (e,g, a poem or some song lyrics) of at least 70-100 characters long in replacing textbook conversation, up to 3 times in this semester. Please see iLearn for instruction on submission of the recording.
A Zoom web conference will be organized every week at a set time from week 3 to provide face-to-face meeting with teachers after students register their interests in the 1st week. Students should take this opportunity to ask questions to teaching staff and communicate with classmates. Students need to register at least 2 sessions for their web conference. Total or partly Waiver for this activity can be considered if solid documents provided.
Listening to the practical recording, active participation in forum and talking to teaching staff at consultation hours are very important for all external students.
Due: week 2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10,11,12
Weighting: 10%
Weekly online vocab quizzes on vocabulary, phrases and short sentences, only available to access at set time frame before practicals start, in order to prepare for the lessons to be learnt on practicals.
Due: TBA
Weighting: 20%
Totally 4 written activities including translation and writing throughout the semester. Details of each activity will be available on iLearn only when weekly grammar quizzes are scored 80% or over. All works need to be downloaded and finished by handwriting.
Submission: Internal students: in class on practicals of chosen weeks.
External students: scan your finished work and upload to a folder available on iLearn. (If you do not have access to scanner, "Camscanner" is a free App for generating a pdf document by using your phone. )
Exemplar:
Writing: Choose one from the topics below and write more than 150 characters.
Topic 1: Describe the accident that 林娜 collided her bike with a car.
Topic 2: Summarise the task you did in class in a narrative form.
Due: week 7
Weighting: 15%
The mid-term exam will be conducted in week 7 in totorials, covering a combination of listening, reading and writing skills.
Internal Stuedents: test is in class in week 7 tutorial.
External students: test is online in week 7 Friday 15th Sep.
Students will only be granted extensions/special consideration with valid reasons (eg., serious and unavoidable disruption from completing any unit requirements in accordance with their ability.) Work that is submitted late will be subjected to an assessment penalty if an extension has not been granted. Even where an extension has been given, a penalty may still be imposed if fairness to other students requires this. The general guideline is that 5% will be deducted for the first day and 2% for each day in subsequent days.
Due: week 7
Weighting: 10%
In a group of 2-3, Students need to prepare a dialogue based on the content learnt in the first 6 weeks and deliver it verbally without script. Detailed instructions are available on iLearn in week 4.
Internal students:
The group oral presentation will be held during week 7 in practicals. Internal students need to form a group of 2-3 by week 5 to prepare and conduct this presentation in week 7.
External students:
Students need to form a group of 2-3 by week 5 to record a video clip of a group presentation by Zoom and submit it on iLearn by Wed in Week 7. Guides on how to set up Zoom web conference and recording is available at http://www.mq.edu.au/iLearn/zoom.htm
Due: week 13
Weighting: 10%
Internal students:
The one-on-one interview will be held during week 13 in Tutorials. Internal students need to answer a few questions from the teacher and ask a few questions based on teachers’ instruction. Details will be given in Week 11.
External students:
Students need to conduct a one-on-one interview with the teachers during a pre-booked time in week 13 via Zoom. Signing up for interview will be finished by week 11. Details and samples will be given in week 11.
Due: TBA
Weighting: 25%
2 Hours examination for reading and writing .
Internal Students: Exam will be conducted in Exam week by university.
External Students: Exam will be conducted online in Exam week the same day as the internal students' final exam.
Students will only be granted extensions/special consideration with valid reasons (eg., serious and unavoidable disruption from completing any unit requirements in accordance with their ability.) Work that is submitted late will be subjected to an assessment penalty if an extension has not been granted. Even where an extension has been given, a penalty may still be imposed if fairness to other students requires this. The general guideline is that 5% will be deducted for the first day and 2% for each day in subsequent days.
Day and External
Internal students
Students attend 2 x 2 hour sessions per week: first session Practical, second session Tutorial. There are no lectures. Classes are scheduled on Mon or Wed for Practical and Thur for Tutorial. Please go to eStudent to register in one of the classes on offer. The classes are streamed, which means you must attend the same 2x2 hour classes each week with the same group. If you have a clash and need to change classes, please speak to the teaching staff.
We recommend that you arrive on time so you do not miss out on important information given at the start of a class. We encourage students to come to as many classes as possible to facilitate the best learning experience possible.
External students
You should be committed to study the weekly content by following the instructions on iLearn within the week and finish the assessment online in the same week. This will keep you on track in this very intensive course.
All students
Those unable to attend assessments (tests) due to illness or other valid reasons should notify their teachers. Then, having collected the relevant documentation such as a medical certificate, they should make an application for Disruption of Studies. See below:
To submit a Disruption to Studies notification, you will need to:
1. Log in as a Current Student at ask.mq.edu.au
2. Click 'Disruption to Studies' from the 'Submit' menu on the left
3. Fill in the required fields as prompted.
Once you have completed filling out the information, please click on 'Submit'. If the application is for medical reasons, students must have a 'Professional Authority Form' filled in by a doctor. A copy of this form can be found on iLearn.
Standard requirements include a computer and internet access to interact with the teaching materials on iLearn.
Login is via: https://ilearn.mq.edu.au/
Is my unit in iLearn?: http://help.ilearn.mq.edu.au/unitsonline/ to check when your online unit will become available.
Internal students
Students are required to have regular access to a computer and the internet. Mobile devices alone are not sufficient.
For students attending classes on campus we strongly encourage that you bring along your own laptop computer, ready to work with activities in your online unit. The preferred operating system is Windows 10.
Students are required to access the online unit in iLearn by the end of Week 1 and follow any relevant instructions and links for downloads that may be required. If applicable, students are required to download the relevant language package prior to Week 2.
Please contact your course convenor before the end of Week 1 if you do not have a suitable laptop (or tablet) for in-class use.
External students will need to have access to a webcam, headphones as well as a microphone for use during recording with Zoom which they can download for free from the internet. We recommend you use Firefox which has been reliable with respect to media files used in the course. The correct functioning of internet connection and network is the student's sole responsibility.
Information on Zoom web conferencing tool for external students is available at http://www.mq.edu.au/iLearn/zoom.htm. External students are required to get familiar with this tool and install it to your study device by week 1, e.g. your computer or iPad.
IT and iLearn assistance is available via the iLearn login page or by clicking on the words "Help me" under the iLearn logo at the top right hand side of every iLearn window.
Please note that replies to e-mails will be automatically directed to the account they were sent from. All new threads will be sent to your University account where you are free to supply the e-mail address of your choice. You are encouraged to use the University account rather than a private e-mail account and to check this account regularly for announcements and emails from the teaching staff.
Week
Week beginning Monday |
Lesson in textbook |
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Week 1 |
31 July. |
Lesson 15 |
Week 2 |
7 Aug |
Lesson 16 vocab quiz on Monday and Tuesday 1st writing activity due next Wed |
Week 3 |
14 Aug |
Lesson 17 vocab quiz on Monday and Tuesday |
Week 4 |
21 Aug |
Lesson 18 vocab quiz on Monday and Tuesday 2nd writing activity due next Wed |
Week 5 |
28 Aug |
Lesson 19 vocab quiz on Monday and Tuesday |
Week 6 |
4 Sep |
Lesson 20 vocab quiz on Monday and Tuesday |
Week 7 |
11 Sep (Recess 18 Sep to 2 Oct) |
Oral group presentation in Practicals Mid-term test in tutorials |
Week 8 |
3 Oct |
Lesson 21 vocab quiz on Monday and Tuesday 3rd writing activity due next Wed |
Week 9 |
9 Oct |
Lesson 22 vocab quiz on Monday and Tuesday 4th writing activity due next Wed |
Week 10 |
16 Oct |
Lesson 23 vocab quiz on Monday and Tuesday |
Week 11 |
23 Oct |
Lesson 24 vocab quiz on Monday and Tuesday |
Week 12 |
30 Oct |
Lesson 25 vocab quiz on Monday and Tuesday |
Week 13 |
6 Nov |
Revision + Oral one on one Interview in Tutorials |
Macquarie University policies and procedures are accessible from Policy Central. Students should be aware of the following policies in particular with regard to Learning and Teaching:
Academic Honesty Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/academic_honesty/policy.html
Assessment Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/assessment/policy_2016.html
Grade Appeal Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/gradeappeal/policy.html
Complaint Management Procedure for Students and Members of the Public http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/complaint_management/procedure.html
Disruption to Studies Policy (in effect until Dec 4th, 2017): http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/disruption_studies/policy.html
Special Consideration Policy (in effect from Dec 4th, 2017): https://staff.mq.edu.au/work/strategy-planning-and-governance/university-policies-and-procedures/policies/special-consideration
In addition, a number of other policies can be found in the Learning and Teaching Category of Policy Central.
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