CHN30080 Advanced Intensive Chinese I

Academic Year 2020/2021

This course builds on the vocabulary and range of language structures learned at the advanced level, thus equipping students with the linguistic tools to enable them to communicate effectively in work and social situations. This course further develops students' ability of comprehensive application ability and language communicative ability. The course aims to deepen students' understanding and appreciation of the customs, culture and society of the regions/countries in which the languages are spoken and to develop student awareness of the general social and cultural background of the language, this course will lay more emphasis on cultural background knowledge.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

At the end of this course, students should be able to:
1. Communicate with a high degree of fluency and accuracy in discussing or debating topics in a considerable range of contexts.
2. Communicate in a more advanced and complicated linguistic form.
3. Discuss aspects of Chinese modern and contemporary literature.
4. Further understand and use idiom, folk adage and rhetoric.

Indicative Module Content:

Week 1 &2:
Topic: 孩子给我们的启示
Language points: 巴不得；别提……了；具体语体差异的同义词；词语辨析：人家-别人；病句类型：词语误用（一）。词汇：词语搭配

Week 3&4
Topic：父母之爱
Language points：恨不得；顿时；不由得；词语辨析：体谅-原谅；词汇：表示动作的词语

Week 5&6
Topic：亲子关系
Language points：番；过于；着呢；词语辨析：起码-至少； 病句类型：词语误用（二）；词汇：（1）表示动作的词语 （2）表示亲属称谓的词语

Week 7&8
Topic ：人际关系
Language points：乘机；不料；未免；词语辨析：恰巧-正好 词汇：（1）词语的语素义 （2）量词

Week 9&10
Topic：为什么要学一门外语
Language points：而已；固然；无非 ；词语辨析：专程-专门；病句类型：成分残缺；词汇：近义词

Week 11&12
Topic：职场生活
Language points：唯独；明明；大不了；词语辨析：创立-创办 ； 词汇：词语搭配

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

36
Specified Learning Activities

36
Autonomous Student Learning

38
Total

110
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
The key teaching and learning approaches of the course include lectures, active/task-based learning, lectures, critical writing, topic-based debates and student presentation. 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
Learning Requirements:

In order to take this module, students need to have prior knowledge which is equivalent to HSK Level 5.

Learning Exclusions:

Students who are native Mandarin speakers 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.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Equivalents:
Advanced Intensive Chinese I (BCHN30230)


 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Assignment: Assignment and presentation Throughout the Trimester n/a Standard conversion grade scale 40% No

20
Attendance: Engagement in discussion or oral presentation. Examples of participation and presentation might include contributions to in-class discussions, debates or oral presentations. Varies over the Trimester n/a Standard conversion grade scale 40% No

10
Examination: Final exam Week 12 No Standard conversion grade scale 40% No

40
Continuous Assessment: Involves the evaluation of a student's progress and attainment throughout the course of delivery of a module.
 Varies over the Trimester n/a Standard conversion grade scale 40% No

30

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Spring Yes - 1 Hour
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

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