Suspension and/or Discontinuation Details
MAND161 is not available for new enrolments effective 2025. Contact askUOW for further information.
Subject description
MAND161 aims to develop students’ essay writing, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills. All teaching and assessments will be conducted in Chinese. Emphasis will be on hot topics in relation to Chinese culture. Students will be engaged in interactive debating, discussions, critical analysis of authentic academic texts, and presentations in spoken … For more content click the Read More button below.
Equivalence
LANG198 - Introductory Indonesian/Malaysian - Level 2
Tutorial enrolment
Students can enrol online via the Tutorial Enrolment link in SOLS
Delivery
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Engagement hours
Tutorial:2 hour tutorial
Lecture:1 hour lecture
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this subject, students will be able to:
1.
Summarise and synthesise ideas and information from spoken texts for non-specialist audiences.
2.
Use appropriate register to participate in discussions, debates and interviews regarding Chinese culture, history and cross-cultural communications
3.
Demonstrate an insight into the values and attitudes of people from the Chinese culture and reflect on and compare cultural values
4.
Understand Chinese language as a system and compare English and Chinese at lexical, grammatical and discursive levels through translation practice.
5.
Select and make full use of reference materials to write evaluative essay of 600 characters within the topics covered in the class.
6.
Demonstrate basic knowledge of Chinese studies in the world.
Assessment details
Presentation
Essay
Final Written Test
Textbook information
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