CHN20080 Int. Spoken Chinese II

Academic Year 2022/2023

This course is designed to develop students' skills of Chinese beyond an intermediate level of competence. The focus is on listening and speaking competencies, with guided study using ICT and web-based materials. In addition to further consolidating and enhancing skills that students have acquired in listening and speaking, the course aims to develop students communication skills in spoken Chinese to a higher-intermediate level.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this course, students will be able to:
1) understand extended speech and lectures and follow even complex lines of argument provided the topic is reasonably familiar.
2) make regular interaction with native speakers of Chinese with a degree of fluency and spontaneity.
3) present clear, detailed descriptions on a wide range of subjects related to their field of interest:
4) understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar subjects regularly encountered during school and leisure time
etc.
5) describe experiences and events; briefly giving reasons and explanations for plans.
6) employ basic business-related vocabulary to describe business interests, business invitations and career plans.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Small Group

24
Tutorial

12
Specified Learning Activities

36
Autonomous Student Learning

38
Total

110
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
This module will be delivered in small-sized class and students’ learning will be guided using digital tools for maximized efficiency. The module will be taught mainly in Chinese.
 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
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
Examination: Final exam and tasks testing speaking and listening skills Throughout the Trimester No Standard conversion grade scale 40% No

30
Project: Two oral presentation projects to be completed throughout the trimester Throughout the Trimester n/a Standard conversion grade scale 40% No

30
Attendance: Attendance and participation: Engagement in discussion or oral presentation. Examples of participation and presentation might include contributions to in-class discussions or debates Throughout the Trimester n/a Standard conversion grade scale 40% No

10
Continuous Assessment: Two in-class tests throughout trimester Throughout the Trimester n/a Standard conversion grade scale 40% No

30

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Remediation Type Remediation Timing
In-Module Resit Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

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Name Role
Ms Deng ChangE Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Mengwen Hu Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Lirong Peng Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Xuan Yang Lecturer / Co-Lecturer