• Inactive for Year: 2024/25

• Module Leader(s): Dr Fang Su
• Co-Module Leader: Mrs Shirley Knott
• Other Staff: 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 productive skills of upper intermediate/advanced levels to cope with the linguistic demands of real life in general, personal and social contexts. Students will build on the content of CHN4013 and develop their communication skills including active listening, speaking and writing at a post-intermediate level. They will be able to read a wide range of authentic Chinese materials dealing with a variety of social topics and to write on a variety of topics, understand a wide range of spoken Japanese and participate in speaking activities.

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, enabling successful interpersonal communication in a range of different situations.
(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 reading, listening, speaking and writing skills. Grammar will be taught throughout in order to improve all four 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.

Every week you will have 6 scheduled teaching hours, which incorporate activities such as reading, grammar, writing, speaking, and listening.

1. Speaking and oral presentation
The topics of the textbook which are in social, cultural and linguistic nature will be incorporated into speaking exercises in class to support better understanding of the reading materials used for reading seminars of CHN4013 and to facilitate ideas for essay writing and speech tasks.

2. Listening
We shall provide you with weekly listening task in class to enable you to develop your listening comprehension skills as well as speaking skills through debates/interview practices.

3. Writing
Five writing topics will be given as exercise over 2 semesters for students to acquire sufficient formal writing skills in the target language.

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

Speaking skills are assessed in the speaking examination in Semester 2. This assessment will test students’ ability to produce and present their own output orally and to discuss with a target language speaker directly and spontaneously.

Listening skills are assessed as part of the formal examination in Semester 2. This exam will test the students’ ability to listen and understand authentic audio sources and to respond appropriately in written or oral form. This test provides summative information to staff and student on student's achievement in listening in the module.

Writing skills are assessed in the writing exam in Semester 1. It also provides students with the opportunity to have constant feedback on their performance. Students with certain disabilities may be allowed to type their own answers provided that access to dictionaries and other sources for checking has been disabled.

Reading Lists

• CHN4014's Reading List

Timetable

• Timetable Website: www.ncl.ac.uk/timetable/
• CHN4014's Timetable