Ms Ling Zhao
Course overview
- Study period
- Semester 2, 2024 (22/07/2024 - 18/11/2024)
- Study level
- Undergraduate
- Location
- St Lucia
- Attendance mode
- In Person
- Units
- 2
- Administrative campus
- St Lucia
- Coordinating unit
- Languages & Cultures School
Continuation of CHIN1200 Written Chinese IA.
This course is a continuation of CHIN1200. It aims to further develop students' reading and writing skills in Modern Standard Chinese to HSK 2 level. There are 4 contact hours per week comprising of 2 hours of contact shared with CHIN2100 and 2 hours of tutorials.
Course requirements
Assumed background
HSK Level 1
Prerequisite: CHIN1200 or permission of course coordinator.
The course coordinator has the right to approve enrolments in CHIN2200 on the basis of knowledge or abilities which prospective students have gained other than by study at The University of Queensland, e.g. by study elsewhere, residence in a Chinese-speaking country, or having Chinese-speaking background. As a logical corollary of this right, the coordinator may also refuse enrolments on the basis of such knowledge or abilities, and recommend enrolment in a different course.
Prerequisites
You'll need to complete the following courses before enrolling in this one:
CHIN1200
Course staff
Timetable
The timetable for this course is available on the UQ Public Timetable.
Additional timetable information
Public holidays:
Alternative arrangements for affected students will be announced through the Blackboard site.
Class allocation:
In order to optimise the student experience, it may be necessary to reallocate students to a different class from their first choice.
Before this happens, every effort will be made to enable students to voluntarily change into an alternative class that is suitable.
Please note: Teaching staff do not have access to the timetabling system to help with class allocation. Therefore, should you need
help with your timetable and/or allocation of classes, please ensure you email hass.mytimetable@uq.edu.au from your UQ
student email account with the following details:
- Full name,
- Student ID, and
- the Course Code
Additional information and support can be found here.
Aims and outcomes
This course consolidates work done in CHIN1200 to enable students to develop their knowledge of essential Chinese characters. It aims to:
- improve writing and reading skills by providing you with an introduction to a furtherﾠ250 characters as well as compoundﾠwords using these characters
- develop your ability to use a Chinese-English dictionary
- improve your understanding of Chinese sentence structure and grammar
- improve your ability to translate between the two languages
ﾠ
Learning outcomes
After successfully completing this course you should be able to:
LO1.
use a dictionary to look up unfamiliar characters and words
LO2.
read both simplified and traditional Chinese characters
to HSK 2 level
LO3.
construct grammatical sentences
LO4.
translate short passages
LO5.
improve general writing skills in Chinese to HSK 2 level
LO6.
develop second language learning strategies
Assessment
Assessment summary
| Category | Assessment task | Weight | Due date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quiz |
Diagnostic quiz
|
22/07/2024 - 1/08/2024 |
|
| Notebook/ Logbook |
Character practice booklet and exercise sheet
|
20% |
25/10/2024 5:00 pm |
| Examination |
In-Semester exam (Week 7)
|
40% |
5/09/2024 |
| Examination |
Final exam
|
40% |
End of Semester Exam Period 2/11/2024 - 16/11/2024 |
A hurdle is an assessment requirement that must be satisfied in order to receive a specific grade for the course. Check the assessment details for more information about hurdle requirements.
Assessment details
Diagnostic quiz
- Hurdle
- Identity Verified
- In-person
- Mode
- Written
- Category
- Quiz
- Due date
22/07/2024 - 1/08/2024
- Learning outcomes
- L03
Task description
This diagnostic test evaluates students' abilities, skills and knowledge without the aid of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The diagnostic task will be conducted during the classes (at the contacts and tutorials) from Week 1-2. The quiz will take about 5 mins.
Students are advised that the use of AI or MT technologies to develop responses is strictly prohibited and may constitute student misconduct under the Student Code of Conduct.
Hurdle requirements
All students are required to demonstrate that they have been correctly placed in CHIN1100. Failure to do so will result in a maximum grade of 3 for the course. This is a hurdle requirement. No other assessment items will be marked until this is completed.Submission guidelines
Deferral or extension
You cannot defer or apply for an extension for this assessment.
No extensions will be granted as all students will have the results to the quiz once the due date has passed.
Character practice booklet and exercise sheet
- Online
- Mode
- Written
- Category
- Notebook/ Logbook
- Weight
- 20%
- Due date
25/10/2024 5:00 pm
- Other conditions
- Longitudinal.
Task description
Students are required to complete both character practice booklet and exercise sheet of each new unit covered in this course. This assessment will cover the character booklet and exercise sheets from Unit 7 (Vol 1) to Unit 6 (Vol 2).
(1) Character practice booklet: Regular practice of the Chinese characters covered in this course is an important part of your learning. You should write 10 times for each new character taught. You will be assessed for correct and aesthetically-acceptable character production.
(2) Exercise sheet: The exercise sheets that review the taught units will be handed out at the tutorial. E-copies and answer key are downloadable on Blackboard. While some questions in the exercise sheet will be completed under instruction in class, other questions should be completed by students in their own time. Students are also required to check against the answer key and note down their correction (if there’s any). Completion of the exercise sheets will help prepare students for the exams that contain similar question types seen in the exercise sheets.
This assessment task evaluates students' abilities, skills and knowledge without the aid of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) or Machine Translation (MT). Students are advised that the use of AI or MT technologies to develop responses is strictly prohibited and may constitute student misconduct under the Student Code of Conduct.
Submission guidelines
Students are required to submit their practice booklet and worksheets via Turnitin by Friday 25th October.
Deferral or extension
You may be able to apply for an extension.
The maximum extension allowed is 7 days. Extensions are given in multiples of 24 hours.
Final submission of this assessment task may only be extended by a maximum of 7 calendar days as this is a formative assessment task designed for students to engage with on a regular basis, from the start of the semester. Timely engagement with these tasks supports sequential nature of learning in this course.
Late submission
A penalty of 10% of the maximum possible mark will be deducted per 24 hours from time submission is due for up to 7 days. After 7 days, you will receive a mark of 0.
In-Semester exam (Week 7)
- Identity Verified
- In-person
- Mode
- Written
- Category
- Examination
- Weight
- 40%
- Due date
5/09/2024
- Other conditions
- Time limited.
Task description
In-Semester exam will be conducted in the tutorial session in Week 7, and this will be a closed-book exam. It will be based on the Contemporary Chinese Textbook Units 7 & 8 of Vol. 1, and Units 1 & 2 of Vol. 2. It will also test learning materials relating to the Textbook Units used in the lectures and tutorials.
Preparation guidelines will be available in Blackboard.
This assessment task evaluates students' abilities, skills and knowledge without the aid of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) or Machine Translation (MT). Students are advised that the use of AI or MT technologies to develop responses is strictly prohibited and may constitute student misconduct under the Student Code of Conduct.
Exam details
| Planning time | no planning time minutes |
|---|---|
| Duration | 60 minutes |
| Calculator options | No calculators permitted |
| Open/closed book | Closed Book examination - no written materials permitted |
| Exam platform | Paper based |
| Invigilation | Invigilated in person |
Submission guidelines
Deferral or extension
You may be able to defer this exam.
Final exam
- Identity Verified
- In-person
- Mode
- Written
- Category
- Examination
- Weight
- 40%
- Due date
End of Semester Exam Period
2/11/2024 - 16/11/2024
- Other conditions
- Time limited.
Task description
This will be a closed-book exam. It will be based on the Contemporary Chinese Textbook Units 7 & 8 of Vol. 1, and Units 1–6 of Vol. 2. It will also test learning materials relating to the Textbook Units used in the lectures and tutorials.
Preparation guidelines will be available in Blackboard.
This assessment task evaluates students' abilities, skills and knowledge without the aid of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) or Machine Translation (MT). Students are advised that the use of AI or MT technologies to develop responses is strictly prohibited and may constitute student misconduct under the Student Code of Conduct.
Exam details
| Planning time | 10 minutes |
|---|---|
| Duration | 90 minutes |
| Calculator options | No calculators permitted |
| Open/closed book | Closed Book examination - no written materials permitted |
| Exam platform | Paper based |
| Invigilation | Invigilated in person |
Submission guidelines
Deferral or extension
You may be able to defer this exam.
Course grading
Full criteria for each grade is available in the Assessment Procedure.
| Grade | Cut off Percent | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 (Low Fail) | 0 - 24 |
Absence of evidence of achievement of course learning outcomes. Course grade description: The student has not achieved any of the course objectives. |
| 2 (Fail) | 25 - 44 |
Minimal evidence of achievement of course learning outcomes. Course grade description: Very few of the course objectives are met. |
| 3 (Marginal Fail) | 45 - 49 |
Demonstrated evidence of developing achievement of course learning outcomes Course grade description: Ability to recognise and reproduce characters amounting to no more than twenty-five percent of those appearing in an examination paper. There is failure to observe grammatical rules and constructions. English translations represent non-understandings of the texts or inability to express their meaning acceptably. Little effort is demonstrated in class exercises. |
| 4 (Pass) | 50 - 64 |
Demonstrated evidence of functional achievement of course learning outcomes. Course grade description: Must obtain at least fifty percent correctness in most areas of language skills, including character recognition, radical identification and simplified forms of traditional characters. Translation of phrases and sentences must show a fair grasp of English grammatical construction, and an understanding of the basic meaning. Translations of prose will represent meaningful English although it may lack colloquial fluency and accuracy. |
| 5 (Credit) | 65 - 74 |
Demonstrated evidence of proficient achievement of course learning outcomes. Course grade description: Characters are recognised and reproduced with more facility and accuracy than average. Twenty-five percent is a guide for the number of characters omitted or written incorrectly. Phrase and sentence translation are fairly accurate while passage translation shows basic understanding of English grammar but a lack of style and expression. Translation of a prose passage must reflect at least an overall continuity of person, number, gender, tense and mood expressed in the English. Considerable effort and improvement are evident. |
| 6 (Distinction) | 75 - 84 |
Demonstrated evidence of advanced achievement of course learning outcomes. Course grade description: Translations may be accurate but lack awareness of nuance, knowledge of idiom or fluent style. There may be slight inaccuracies in grammatical usage, a very few characters written incorrectly or omitted. Minimal failure to record simplified forms or full-form characters. Quality of character reproduction notably high. |
| 7 (High Distinction) | 85 - 100 |
Demonstrated evidence of exceptional achievement of course learning outcomes. Course grade description: Superior work. Error in character reproduction non-existent or rare. Accurate recognition of radicals and their meanings and complete awareness of the traditional full-forms of simplified characters. Translation of sentences and prose passages represent apposite choice of characters and words, and accurate grammatical construction. Translations reflect a thorough understanding of language nuance and colloquial idiom and are rendered fluently and expressively. |
Additional course grading information
Marking criteria and/or marking rubrics are available in the ‘Assessment’ folder in Blackboard for this course.
Supplementary assessment
Supplementary assessment is available for this course.
Additional assessment information
Assessment Criteria:
Students'ﾠ written skill will be assessed on:
1.ﾠﾠﾠﾠability to recognize the prescribed list of Chinese characters
2.ﾠﾠﾠﾠability to write individual characters
3.ﾠﾠﾠﾠability to identify “radical” components of traditional characters and know their meanings
4.ﾠﾠﾠﾠgrammatical correctness in the writing of sentences and paragraphs
5.ﾠﾠﾠﾠability to read characters and to extract information from Chinese texts
6.ﾠﾠﾠ skill in the translation of prose passages which may include some slightly unfamiliar vocabularyﾠor grammatical constructs
7.ﾠﾠﾠﾠability to reflect and developﾠsecond language learning strategiesﾠ
Learning resources
You'll need the following resources to successfully complete the course. We've indicated below if you need a personal copy of the reading materials or your own item.
Library resources
Find the required and recommended resources for this course on the UQ Library website.
Own copy required
You'll need to have your own copy of the following reading resources. We've indicated below if you need a personal copy of the reading materials or your own item.
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Book |
Dang dai Zhong wen =: Dangdai Zhongwen = Contemporary Chinese, 1. Hanzi Ben
by Wu; Zhongwei; Xu; Wei; Walls; Yvonne L.; Walls; Jan W.; Schmidt; Jerry - 2014 Edition: Di 2 ban, xiu ding ban Publisher: Hua yu jiao xue chu ban she ISBN: 9787513806176; 9787513806190; 9787513806183; 9787513806404; 9787887172839 |
| Book |
Oxford concise English-Chinese, Chinese-English dictionary
Edition: Fifth edition Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 9780190983055 |
Additional learning resources information
Internet Resources:
- http://www.linese.com/
- http://www.csulb.edu/~txie/online.htm
- http://ChinaLinks.osu.edu
- http://www.zhongwen.com/
- http://www.mandarintools.com/
- http://tw.dictionary.yahoo.com
- http://www.ctcfl.ox.ac.uk/
ﾠ A General Guide to Successful Study in This Course (written by Dr Simon Patton)
- You need to spend a lot of time working on characters, especially at the beginning of your study of Chinese. The Chinese writing system is very different from alphabetic systems such as English, so there is a lot of new information and concepts to get your head around. However, the more you use the characters, the more familiar you will become with their structure and their "logic". Just remember that every new character you master brings you just that little bit closer to achieving a grasp of the overall system.
- It helps to develop a conscious understanding of the structure of Chinese characters. You will be provided with an introduction to structure in class as part of your study. For every Chinese character in lessons 0.1-6 it is absolutely vital that you learn: (i) pinyin (including tone); (b) basicﾠmeaning(s); (c) stroke order (you may need to learn two sets of stroke order when the traditional form of a character is different to the simplified form); (d) radical. In addition, you will also need to build up knowledge of how a particular character combines with others to form compound words. Bear in mind, too, that the form of Chinese characters can only give you, at best, a rough guide to pronunciation, so you will need to make a special effort to link the written form of a Chinese character with its pronunciation.
- Constant regular practice of the characters is necessary. However, writing the characters with a pen is only one form of practice. Some students may find visualization of the writing of Chinese characters is an effective learning strategy. Writing the characters in the air ("air calligraphy") not only saves paper but can also help develop a "body memory" of the characters. It is important that the correct stroke order is followed whenever you write the characters; correct stroke order will contribute to the harmonious shaping of the characters and will also help you to use a dictionary efficiently. If you find you have particular trouble writing the characters, you may find it helpful to trace the form of the characters using tracing paper. In addition to writing the characters, you can get plenty of practice reading the characters in your textbooks and doing the reading exercises in the weekly handouts.
- Many students find it helpful to create a file for new characters arranged in alphabetical order based on pinyin. This file can include all the basic information you need to know about any particular character (outlined in point 2 above). New compound words using a particular character can be added to the file as you come across them in your study of Chinese, as well as examples of sentences or phrases in which the character appears. Such a file can also be useful for the completion of homework and for revising for tests and exams.
- Use the reading exercises in the weekly handouts to check your understanding of the characters and for revision. Remember, it is vital to maintain your knowledge of the characters we have already covered in class at the same time as you are leaning new characters. If you find anything in these exercises that you don't understand (especially in theﾠreading passages) then please bring your questions to class.
- You may find it helpful to look at the following books. Richard Newnham has a chapter on Chinese script in his book About Chinese. China, Empire of the Written Symbol by Cecilia Lindqvist is a beautifully presented book on Chinese characters and some of the most commonly used radicals. Finally, for a detailed description of how Chinese characters work and how they relate to the art of calligraphy, please refer to Jean-Francois Billeter's The Chinese Art of Writing.
- Always ask questions if you are not sure, whether it is pronunciation problems, usage problems, grammar problems or whatever.ﾠBecause classes are quite large, the time the lecturer can spend with each student individually is very limited, so it is impossible for him/her to pick up all of students' individual problems unassisted. Often your problem is also being experienced by other members of the class, so raising it helps everybody - don't be afraid to ask.
- Don’t be afraid of making mistakes and trying things out.ﾠAlways have a try.ﾠIt does not matter if you are wrong.ﾠIn fact you will learn more by making a mistake and finding out why it is wrong and what IS right than you will by getting something right by chance, or not having a go in the first place.
- Try to learn consistently throughout the semester, don’t leave things until the last minute before tests or exams.
Learning activities
The learning activities for this course are outlined below. Learn more about the learning outcomes that apply to this course.
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| Learning period | Activity type | Topic |
|---|---|---|
Week 1 (22 Jul - 28 Jul) |
General contact hours |
WEEK 1 Introduction to CHIN2200 Learning outcomes: L03, L05, L06 |
Tutorial |
WEEK 1 Dictionary checking Learning outcomes: L01, L03, L04, L05, L06 |
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Week 2 (29 Jul - 04 Aug) |
General contact hours |
WEEK 2 Vol 1 Unit 7: text and grammar |
Tutorial |
WEEK 2 Unit 7 |
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Week 3 (05 Aug - 11 Aug) |
General contact hours |
WEEK 3 Vol 1 Unit 8: text and grammar |
Tutorial |
WEEK 3 Vol 1 Unit 8 |
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Week 4 (12 Aug - 18 Aug) |
General contact hours |
WEEK 4 Revision & Supplementary materials |
Tutorial |
WEEK 4 HSK practice and collaborative writing |
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Week 5 (19 Aug - 25 Aug) |
General contact hours |
WEEK 5 Vol 2 Unit 1: text and grammar |
Tutorial |
WEEK 5 Vol 2 Unit 1 |
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Week 6 (26 Aug - 01 Sep) |
General contact hours |
WEEK 6 Vol 2 Unit 2: text and grammar |
Tutorial |
WEEK 6 Vol 2 Unit 2: text and grammar |
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Week 7 (02 Sep - 08 Sep) |
General contact hours |
WEEK 7 Revision |
Tutorial |
WEEK 7 Mid-semester exam |
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Week 8 (09 Sep - 15 Sep) |
General contact hours |
WEEK 8 Vol 2 Unit 3: text and grammar |
Tutorial |
WEEK 8 Vol 2 Unit 3 |
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Week 9 (16 Sep - 22 Sep) |
General contact hours |
WEEK 9 Revision & Supplementary materials |
Tutorial |
WEEK 9 HSK practice and collaborative writing |
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Week 10 (30 Sep - 06 Oct) |
General contact hours |
WEEK 10 Vol 2 Unit 4: text and grammar |
Tutorial |
WEEK 10 Vol 2 Unit 4 |
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Week 11 (07 Oct - 13 Oct) |
General contact hours |
WEEK 11 Vol 2 Unit 5: text and grammar |
Tutorial |
WEEK 11 Vol 2 Unit 5 |
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Week 12 (14 Oct - 20 Oct) |
General contact hours |
WEEK 12 Vol 2 Unit 6: text and grammar |
Tutorial |
WEEK 12 Vol 2 Unit 6 |
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Week 13 (21 Oct - 27 Oct) |
General contact hours |
WEEK 13 Revision |
Tutorial |
WEEK 13 Revision |
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- Assessment Procedure
- Examinations Procedure
- Reasonable Adjustments - Students Policy and Procedure
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