School: Business and Law

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for Semester 1 2020 Units. Students will be notified of all approved modifications by Unit Coordinators via email and Unit Blackboard sites. Where changes have been made, these are designed to ensure that you still meet the unit learning outcomes in the context of our adjusted teaching and learning arrangements.

  • Unit Title

    Business Mandarin 2
  • Unit Code

    SBL2701
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Esme Huia FRANKEN

Description

This Chinese Mandarin language (Putonghua) unit builds on Business Mandarin 1 but with more emphasis on basic business terms and simple business etiquette. Students will develop their Chinese language skills in business settings with the ability to follow aspects of simple business communications with a reasonable degree of accuracy. The unit also develops students' knowledge of Chinese culture, business and society.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must have completed SBL1701

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Negotiate an authentic business outcome in simple oral Mandarin.
  2. Read and write Pinyin for simple sentences in a business context.
  3. Write basic pinyin and Chinese characters to construct basic sentences in a business context.
  4. Discern aspects of contemporary Chinese culture and society from Chinese media, relating these to Chinese business practices.

Unit Content

  1. Strokes of intermediate Chinese characters for a business context.
  2. Intermediate Pinyin for a business context.
  3. Chinese Guanxi.
  4. Skills in the Chinese art of negotiation.
  5. Chinese workplace culture.
  6. Chinese business customs and protocols.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 213 x 4 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Students will be required to actively participate in group and individual learning activities in class. Activities are designed to develop skills in listening, speaking, reading comprehension and writing. Contemporary media will be used as a learning tool to enhance cultural understanding and student engagement.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
PresentationGroup Oral Presentation in Mandarin20%
AssignmentComprehension of Chinese Culture through the perspective of Chinese media30%
TestReading and Oral communication In-Class Test in Mandarin 10%
ExaminationWritten Examination in Mandarin and Pinyin40%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Business and Law

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for this unit. All assessment changes will be published by 27 July 2020. All students are reminded to check handbook at the beginning of semester to ensure they have the correct outline.

  • Unit Title

    Business Mandarin 2
  • Unit Code

    SBL2701
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Esme Huia FRANKEN

Description

This Chinese Mandarin language (Putonghua) unit builds on Business Mandarin 1 but with more emphasis on basic business terms and simple business etiquette. Students will develop their Chinese language skills in business settings with the ability to follow aspects of simple business communications with a reasonable degree of accuracy. The unit also develops students' knowledge of Chinese culture, business and society.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must have completed SBL1701

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Negotiate an authentic business outcome in simple oral Mandarin.
  2. Read and write Pinyin for simple sentences in a business context.
  3. Write basic pinyin and Chinese characters to construct basic sentences in a business context.
  4. Discern aspects of contemporary Chinese culture and society from Chinese media, relating these to Chinese business practices.

Unit Content

  1. Strokes of intermediate Chinese characters for a business context.
  2. Intermediate Pinyin for a business context.
  3. Chinese Guanxi.
  4. Skills in the Chinese art of negotiation.
  5. Chinese workplace culture.
  6. Chinese business customs and protocols.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 213 x 4 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Students will be required to actively participate in group and individual learning activities in class. Activities are designed to develop skills in listening, speaking, reading comprehension and writing. Contemporary media will be used as a learning tool to enhance cultural understanding and student engagement.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ExerciseReading Exercise15%
ExerciseWriting Exercise15%
ExerciseCultural Reflection10%
PresentationGroup Oral Presentation in Mandarin20%
AssignmentComprehension Assignment40%

Core Reading(s)

  • Li, Y. C. X. (2010). New Silk Road Business Chinese Elementary Vol. 2 (p. 94). Beijing: Peking University Press 2010. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1102017146

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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