CHN30240 Chinese Legal Writing I

Academic Year 2020/2021

This module is an advanced Chinese writing course provided to Law students. Students will learn legal terms in Chinese in order to acquire basic writing skills of legal documents. Through reading legal documents in Chinese, students will become familiar with basic format and writing requirements.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of this module, students should be able to:
1) acquire specialized Chinese legal terminology;
2) understand common Chinese legal documents;
3) grasp basic format and requirements of legal documents;
4) compose common legal documents independently.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

24
Specified Learning Activities

48
Autonomous Student Learning

38
Total

110
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Approaches of teaching and learning include: active/task-based learning; lectures; case-based learning; student presentations, etc. 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
Learning Requirements:

In order to take this module, students need to have prior knowledge which is equivalent to HSK Level 6.

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
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
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

60
Examination: Final written examination Week 12 No Standard conversion grade scale 40% No

40

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

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Not yet recorded.

Name Role
Ms Deng ChangE Lecturer / Co-Lecturer