• Inactive for Year: 2024/25

• Module Leader(s): Dr Fang Su
• Co-Module Leader: Mrs Shirley Knott
• Lecturer: Ms Linda Cheng

• Owning School: Modern Languages
• Teaching Location: Newcastle City Campus

Semesters

Your programme is made up of credits, the total differs on programme to programme.

Aims

This module is designed to be the core module of Level C Chinese modules. It provides students with comprehension skills of upper intermediate/advanced levels to cope with the linguistic demands of real life in general, personal and social contexts. Students will increase their knowledge of vocabulary and grammatical structures at intermediate and post-intermediate levels. They will be able to read a wide range of authentic Chinese materials dealing with a variety of social topics and to translate these materials into English.

Content aims:

(1) To provide students with sufficient language competence to cope with the linguistic demands of real life in general, personal and social contexts.
(2) To develop an appropriate level of inter-cultural sensitivity in students.
(3) To continue to provide students with the necessary skills to become better language learners.

Outline Of Syllabus

Roughly equal emphasis will be placed on grammar, reading and translation skills. Grammar will be taught throughout in order to improve other skills, using an integrated task-based approach. Topics will include a wide range of social, cultural and political trends and issues relevant to contemporary China.

Grammar:
We will cover a diverse range of grammar structures based on HSK3-5 grammar points and content relevant to social topics. This will include formal expressions, similar words, set phrases, and idioms.

Reading:
Reading materials, including selected topics from textbooks and other publications on cultural and social topics, will be covered in seminars. These sessions aim to assist you in acquiring a wide range of vocabulary and key expressions related to social topics through online resources.

Translation:
This seminar will take an integrated approach to the study of translation, providing students with articles and videos in the target language that are relevant to social topics.

Teaching Methods

Teaching Activities

Teaching Rationale And Relationship

N/A

Assessment Methods

The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners

Exams

Other Assessment

Assessment Rationale And Relationship

Grammatical structures and vocabulary are introduced and consolidated, using a task-based, communicative approach in practical classes delivered in seminar style.

Reading and translation skills are practised throughout the course in task-based activities involving individual, pair and group work.

Vocabulary and grammar tests will take place biweekly and will be formally assessed. In order to ensure that 134 hours of independent guided study takes place, each contact hour is followed by homework assignments relating to what has just been introduced/practised.

The homework will include:
vocabularies practice
Preparations for reading materials from the core textbook and from materials outside the textbook
Grammar exercises

There is a minimum homework submission requirement of 70%, with this percentage being calculated each semester.

Where appropriate, individualised formative feedback is provided.

This module is taught and assessed in English and Chinese (simplified characters). English will be applied for the following activities:
1. Explanation of grammatical structures
2. Translation

Reading Lists

• CHN4013's Reading List

Timetable

• Timetable Website: www.ncl.ac.uk/timetable/
• CHN4013's Timetable