- Department: Language and Linguistic Science
- Credit value: 20 credits
- Credit level: H
- 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 have a basic knowledge of Chinese. Over the course of a semester, it will steadily build the knowledge, skills, and strategies necessary to learn Chinese and take part in everyday routine exchanges. It will focus on developing a communicative competence from elementary to lower intermediate level and provide a foundation for further study.
Chinese Language and Cultures: Elementary 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 extend key skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing
To develop interactive skills in everyday concrete situations
build up a wider range of Chinese characters and 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 English and Chinese.
Module Learning Outcomes
By the end of the module students should be able to:
Understand short texts dealing with a wider range of everyday topics involving concrete situations.
Produce simple texts on familiar topics and give impressions and opinions, using basic everyday vocabulary and expressions.
Manage simple, routine exchanges of ideas and information on familiar topics.
Recognise basic cultural conventions associated with everyday social exchanges and apply them appropriately.
Convey the main point(s) of short, simple conversations or texts on everyday subjects of immediate interests.
Write sentences and texts, making use of the Chinese script.
Reflect upon language use and justify linguistic choices.
Self-monitor and self-regulate their own learning and resources.
Identify and apply adequate strategies to prevent or overcome breakdowns in interaction and production activities.
Topics may include:
talking about one's health and wellbeing;
talking about pastime activities and favorite places;
expressing a changed status or condition;
making an appointment;
adding an emphasis to an event.
Task | % of module mark |
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Closed/in-person Exam (Centrally scheduled) | 60 |
Oral presentation/seminar/exam | 40 |
None
Written exam will include one or two questions aimed at assessing students’ ability to reflect on language use and justify their responses and choices when using the language (in English) and a task related to students’ ability to monitor their own learning.
Oral exam will include strategic competence among the assessment criteria in production and interaction activities.
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.