Working with students from China - Glossary

"key" school/university

a school or university in China directly administered by the Ministry of Education in Beijing, rather than by the local or provincial government.

bìyè lùnwén

graduation thesis, completed (undergraduate)

CHC

(of or relating to) Confucian Heritage culture(s) – e.g., China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Singapore

EAP

English for Academic Purposes

EFL

English as a Foreign Language (e.g., as taught to Chinese students in China)

ESL

English as a Second Language (i.e., as taught to NNS in an English-speaking country)

gǎigé kāifàng

Deng Xiaoping's policy of "reform and opening up to the world", instituted in the early '80s

gāokǎo

Chinese national matriculation / university entrance exam at end of senior middle school

hùxiāng bāngzhù

mutual assistance

IAP

Introductory Academic Program - a 5-week pre-sessional course offered by the Monash College Group to newly-arrived international students

L1, L2

first language ('mother tongue'), second language

middle school

secondary school / high school in China

MULO

Monash University Lectures Online

MUSO

Monash University Studies Online – the Monash Learning Management System (LMS)

NESB

of non-English-speaking background

NNS

non-native speaker (of English)

pinyin hànyǔ pīnyīn

the standard romanisation of Standard Chinese in the PRC (and Singapore)

PRC

the People's Republic of China

pǔtōnghuà

the 'common speech': the officially recognised standard language of the PRC

Q Manual

an online guide to academic writing and study skills developed by and for the Faculty of Business and Economics at Monash University

zìxiū

self-study