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Advanced Chinese Business Language - CHIN2500
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Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
 
 
School:  School of Languages and Linguistics
 
 
Course Outline: School of Languages and Linguistic Course Outlines
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: CHIN3007 or equivalent
 
 
Fee Band: 1 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

Provides a broad overview of up-to-date Chinese management, business and commercial terminology, in particular some contractual legal and e-commerce terminology used in current business dealings. Based on recent Chinese language management and commercial case studies, with additional material drawn from official economic documents, statistical yearbooks and business magazines, as well as relevant Chinese language government, business and commercial websites.

Learning Outcomes

After completing this course, students should have the ability to:
  • Understand and use Chinese texts and documents relating to the objective areas set up in the beginning of the term.
  • Understand general commercial/business terminology and its practical application
  • Present their views on general commercial topics in both written and oral form using the appropriate Chinese terminology.

Assessment

Students need to complete a group presentation, a group project and a final test for the course, and these will be assessed according to the following assessment criteria:
  • Individual class participation - 10%
  • Weekly reading notes - 30%
  • Group presentation - 10%
  • Group project - 30%
  • Class test - 20%

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