Unit Guide

General Information

Unit convenor and teaching staff	Unit convenor and teaching staff Lecturer Sijia Guo sijia.guo@mq.edu.au Contact via 02 9850 7023 Room 319, Level 3, 25B Wally's Walk Tuesday 1-3 pm
Credit points	Credit points 10
Prerequisites	Prerequisites CHIN 1210
Corequisites	Corequisites
Co-badged status	Co-badged status
Unit description	Unit description This intermediate-level Chinese unit continues to develop students' Chinese language ability to a higher level of proficiency in the four areas of study: speaking, listening, reading, and writing. It also develops students' intercultural communication awareness and knowledge of Chinese society and culture. In addition to in-class activities, listening, writing and reading skills will be further developed through the use of a wide variety of online resources, and the classes and online resources are offered in an interactive way to provide feedback for students to learn Chinese on/off campus.

Important Academic Dates

Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

ULO1: Develop comprehensive intermediate level skills in reading, writing, listening and speaking in the Chinese language.
ULO2: Identify, describe and evaluate a broad range of aspects of Chinese-speaking cultures and societies.
ULO3: Identify, evaluate and deploy a broad range of grammatical structures of Chinese at intermediate level.
ULO4: Create meaningful intercultural encounters by applying relevant language conventions.
ULO5: Demonstrate a refined awareness of language and language use, in both Chinese and in English.

General Assessment Information

Late Assessment Submission Penalty

Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, a 5% penalty (of the total possible mark) will be applied each day a written assessment is not submitted, up until the 7th day (including weekends). After the 7th day, a mark of‚ 0 (zero) will be awarded even if the assessment is submitted. Submission time for all written assessments is set at 11.55pm. A 1-hour grace period is provided to students who experience a technical issue.

This late penalty will apply to non-timed sensitive assessment (incl essays, reports, posters, portfolios, journals, recordings etc). Late submission of time sensitive tasks (such as tests/exams, performance assessments/presentations, scheduled practical assessments/labs etc) will only be addressed by the unit convenor in a Special consideration application. Special Consideration outcome may result in a new question or topic.

Assessment Tasks

Name	Weighting	Hurdle	Due
Participation and preparation	10%	No	Ongoing
Quizzes and written tests	40%	No	21:00 on 10/09/2023 & 21:00 on 05/11/2023
Oral tasks	20%	No	21:00 on 01/10/2023 & 21:00 on 05/11/2023
Weekly Quizzes	10%	No	Weekly submission due 10:00 Monday weeks 2-12 except W7, 8
Written Assignments	20%	No	1&2 are due 10:00 on 21/08, 3&4 are due 10:00 on 16/10/2023

Participation and preparation

Assessment Type ¹: Participatory task
Indicative Time on Task ²: 10 hours
Due: Ongoing
Weighting: 10%

This task assesses student active engagement in the learning process, including preparation, revision, completion of assigned homework, and learning activity discussion.