Chinese 4 (LL239)
Summary
Level
Pre-requisite: Prior knowledge of Chinese
- Completed Language Centre Chinese 3 or equivalent levels
- AS level or lower grades of IB or A level
- A B1 level of the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference)
- 6 months or more intensive study or work in the native speaking countries only
Main Objectives
- To further develop linguistic and cultural competence in using Chinese in various social and study/work-related contexts
- To understand ideas in complex texts
- To produce text on topics on a wider range of topics
- To achieve B1+ and work towards B2 of the CEFR (Common European Framework of reference)
Credits
This 30 CREDIT module is also available for 24 CREDITS.
Teaching and Learning
- Three-hour face-to-face class on campus +one hour online class
- Some independent study will also be set
If health & safety restrictions are required, teaching may move online.
Students are reminded that 1 credit = 10 hours of study, therefore for a 30 credit module, the minimum expected amount of study is 300 hours, which averages over 10 hours per week. A substantial amount of independent study is therefore required. Students can make use of Moodle to facilitate this.
Assessment
- Term 1: One interim test (10%)
- Term 2: One listening test (15%)
- Term 3: One reading / writing test (40%) + one speaking test (35%)
Tutor
Yinghong Shang:
Course Texts (must be bought by students)
- New Practical Chinese Reader Textbook 3 (2nd Edition), Liu Xun. Beijing Language University Press, 2012. (ISBN:7-5619-3255- 1)
- New Practical Chinese Reader Textbook 4 (2nd Edition), Liu Xun. Beijing Language University Press, 2012. (ISBN: 7-5619-3431-9)
- New Practical Chinese Reader Workbook 3 (2nd Edition), Liu Xun. Beijing Language University Press, 2011. (ISBN: 7-5619-3207-0)
Course Description
The module will focus on improving the following:
- Gaining further consolidating Chinese grammar
- Understanding and oral production of natural and authentic linguistic patterns, with more detailed analysis of important words and phrases
- Understanding texts on social and study/work related topics
- Using more advanced reading and writing techniques
- Gaining more insights into social issues and everyday life in China today
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the module, students should be able to:
- Develop their oral fluency and accuracy in a range of predictable and unpredictable situations
- Gather information from authentic texts of a variety of informal and formal genres
- Produce reasonably long essays on both social and study/work related topics, using simplified characters
- Increase their intercultural knowledge and understanding of contemporary Chinese society
- Critically evaluate texts relating to culture and engage where appropriate with scholarly debates
- Conduct and present independent research into one area of culture
By the end of the module, students should also be able to achieve B1+ standard of the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference).
Syllabus
The syllabus will include the following:
Topics
- food culture in China
- climate and weather
- transport and environmental protection
- loans and consumption attitude
- gender equality
- job opportunities
Grammar
- sentences indicating the existence or emergence of something
- complex conjunctives
- structural particles
- summary of complements and complex sentences
Subject-specific and transferable skills
- Written and spoken communication
- Strategies for understanding gist and specific information
- Intercultural awareness, professionalism, digital Literacy, teamwork, problem-solving
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