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On completion of this course, students will be able to:
1) Understand phrases and sentences on topics such as common greetings, oneself, family and friends, dates and time, directions and locations, and going shopping (when given adequate time and relevant cues);
2) Read simple texts, standardized messages, phrases and expressions on topics given above;
3) Achieve mastery of the Pinyin (Romanisation of Standard Chinese) system, and pronounce acquired vocabulary and short phrases with the correct tones;
4) Ask questions and make sentences involving learned material;
5) Write simple texts on the topics learned using characters;
6) Build up a vocabulary of 200 words;
7) Achieve HSK level 1 proficiency.
Week 1: Phonetics and greetings
Week 2: The interrogative pronoun什么/谁/哪;The “是”sentence; Interrogative sentence with “吗” ;The structural particle“的”;The interrogative particle “呢”.
Week 3: The interrogative pronoun 几/怎么; Numbers below 100; “了”indicating a change; The interrogative phrase “多+大”;The modal verb “会”;Sentences with an adjectival predicate.
Week 4: Expression of dates; Sentence with a nominal predicate; 去+place+ to do sth.; The modal verb“想”;The interrogative pronoun“多少”;The measure words“个”and“口”;Expression of money
Week 5: The Verb “在”;The interrogative pronoun “哪儿”;The preposition “在”;The interrogative particle “呢”
Week 6: The “有”sentence indicating existence; The conjunction “和”;The modal verb “能”;Imperative sentence with “请”.
Week 7: Expression of time; Time word used as an adverbial; The noun “前”.
Week 8: The interrogative pronoun“怎么样”;Sentence with a subject-predicate phrase as the predicate; The adverb “太”;The modal verb “会”.
Week 9: The interjection “喂”;“在……呢”used to indicate an action in progress; The modal particle “吧”.
Week 10: “了”indicating occurrence or completion; The noun “后”;The modal particle “啊”;The adverb “都”
Week 11: The structure “是…….的”used to emphasize time, place, or manner.
Week 12: Revision
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 36 |
Specified Learning Activities | 36 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 38 |
Total | 110 |
No prior knowledge of the language is required.
Learning Exclusions:Students who are native Mandarin speakers, or those whose Mandarin Chinese level is equal to or higher than HSK level 1, are not eligible to take this module as an elective.
The lecturer reserves the right to assess the language competence of all students. Students whose competence is incompatible with the level of their chosen elective module will be advised to transfer to a more appropriate language module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Attendance: Engagement in discussion, oral presentation and/or homework tasks. | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 10 |
Continuous Assessment: Two in-class tests throughout the trimester | Varies over the Trimester | n/a | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 30 |
Examination: Final exam testing reading, writing, speaking and listening skills in Week 13 | Coursework (End of Trimester) | No | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 30 |
Project: One video project to be completed throughout the trimester | Varies over the Trimester | n/a | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 30 |
Remediation Type | Remediation Timing |
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In-Module Resit | Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board |
• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
Not yet recorded.
Name | Role |
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Dr Xiaodong Li | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Dr Caitríona Osborne | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Xuan Yang | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Lecture | Offering 2 | Week(s) - Autumn: Weeks 2-12 | Mon 14:00 - 14:50 |
Lecture | Offering 2 | Week(s) - Autumn: Weeks 2-12 | Thurs 12:00 - 12:50 |
Lecture | Offering 2 | Week(s) - Autumn: Weeks 2-12 | Wed 11:00 - 11:50 |
Lecture | Offering 3 | Week(s) - Autumn: Weeks 2-12 | Mon 15:00 - 15:50 |
Lecture | Offering 3 | Week(s) - Autumn: Weeks 2-12 | Thurs 13:00 - 13:50 |
Lecture | Offering 3 | Week(s) - Autumn: Weeks 2-12 | Tues 13:00 - 13:50 |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 | Mon 11:00 - 12:50 |
Tutorial | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 | Wed 12:00 - 12:50 |