- Department: Language and Linguistic Science
- Credit value: 20 credits
- Credit level: C
- Academic year of delivery: 2024-25
Learning a language can be a transformative and enriching experience. Both the process and the outcomes are beneficial at various levels, from increased neuroplasticity to improving your overall academic performance, fostering empathy and intercultural awareness, and enhancing your career opportunities. This course is aimed at students who already have some knowledge of Chinese. Over the course of a semester, it will steadily build the knowledge, skills, and strategies necessary for students to engage with structured simple conversations and short texts. It will focus on developing a communicative competence at intermediate level.
Chinese Language and Cultures: Lower Intermediate or equivalent
Occurrence | Teaching period |
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A | Semester 1 2024-25 |
B | Semester 2 2024-25 |
The aim of this module are:
to continue to develop the key skills (listening, speaking, reading, writing)
to make use of the language more accurately and creatively in various contexts
to build up a wider range of Chinese characters, and further establish their application in reading and writing
Students will engage, individually and in groups, in activities and tasks emphasising three core communicative skills:
reception activities (oral, audio-video and reading comprehension);
production activities (oral and written production);
interaction activities (oral, written and online interaction).
The mediums of instruction are Chinese and English.
By the end of this module students should be able to:
Understand straightforward factual texts with a satisfactory level of comprehension.
Produce short, complex texts on topics of interest and briefly explain the reasons.
Express personal opinions and exchange information on topics that are familiar, of personal interest or pertinent to everyday life.
Generally respond appropriately to frequently used cultural cues.
Convey the relevant information contained in short, simple conversations or informational texts,
Write sentences and texts, making use of a wider range of the Chinese script.
Topics may include:
talking about holidays and days off
taking about use of digital devices
exchanging opinions
giving, receiving, and asking for help
assessing the quality of an action
indicating possibilities of an action
Task | % of module mark |
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Closed/in-person Exam (Centrally scheduled) | 60 |
Oral presentation/seminar/exam | 40 |
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Task | % of module mark |
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Closed/in-person Exam (Centrally scheduled) | 60 |
Oral presentation/seminar/exam | 40 |
Feedback on exams and essays as per University regulations.
Course materials and guided readings will be provided by the module convenors via the VLE at the start of the semester.