CHN20040 Int. Written Chinese III

Academic Year 2022/2023

This course is designed for students who have completed Int. Written Chinese I. The focus is on reading and writing competencies, with guided study using ICT and web-based materials. In addition to further consolidating and enhancing the skills that students have acquired in reading and writing, the course aims to develop students’ accuracy, coherence and range of vocabulary in written Chinese to an intermediate level of communicative competency to serve both social and business-related purposes. The course also introduces students to learning Chinese with the assistance of computers, smartphones and other online resources. Students are expected to complete assignments and examinations aided partially by digital devices. Students who achieve at least a C grade in this module are deemed to have a good grasp of the key linguistic elements of HSK level 3.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this course, students will be able to:
1) Understand the main ideas from connected texts related to work and job recruitment, leisure activities, public announcements, invitations, etc..
2) Understand sentences or texts consisting of combinations of learned materials on the topics given above.
3) Exhibit basic proficiency to extrapolate the meaning of texts which contain a reasonable number of unfamiliar words.
4) Convey basic ideas and intentions related to the above topics accurately and appropriately.
5) Construct sentences consisting of combinations of learned materials on the topics above.
6) Build up a vocabulary of 1,500 words.


Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

24
Tutorial

12
Specified Learning Activities

36
Autonomous Student Learning

38
Total

110
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
active/task-based learning; peer and group work; lectures;problem-based learning 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
Learning Requirements:

In order to take this module, students need to have prior knowledge which is equivalent to HSK Level 2.

Learning Exclusions:

The 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
Incompatibles:
LANG10020 - Chinese L & C 1, LANG10160 - Chinese L & C 2, LANG20140 - Chinese L & C 3, LANG20320 - Chinese L&C 4, LANG20420 - Chinese L & C 3a

Equivalents:
Int. Written Chinese III (BCHN20220)


 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Assignment: Coursework Varies over the Trimester n/a Graded No

30
Class Test: Reading and Writing Varies over the Trimester n/a Graded No

30
Examination: Final exam Coursework (End of Trimester) No Graded No

40

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Autumn No
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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