Chinese 2B (VS2) (U02500)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 8 ? Acronym : LLC-2-U02500

Chinese 2B provides intensive language work, especially reading of authentic literary and documentary texts, plus an introduction to Classical Chinese through Tang poetry and a year-long series of weekly one-hour lectures, tutorials and multi-media sessions devoted to study and discussion of various aspects of Chinese culture.

Entry Requirements

? This course is only available to part year visiting students.

? This course is a variant of the following course : U01844

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Asian Studies, (School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures, Schedule G)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 2nd year

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 5 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Monday	12:10	13:00	Central
Lecture	Tuesday	12:10	13:00	Central
Lecture	Wednesday	12:10	13:00	Central
Lecture	Thursday	12:10	13:00	Central
Lecture	Friday	12:10	13:00	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

The course consolidates and deepens traditional Chinese language teaching, concentrating on authentic written and spoken production and introducing more specialist material, including full-form characters and classical Chinese as tools for advanced study.
The course aims to develop the student's skills in Chinese to an intermediate level in the following areas:
everyday and current affairs speaking and listening;
reading short essays, fiction and journalism;
writing simple essays and summaries, letters to family and friends; simple business letters.
The course places language learning in the contemporary cultural context, through selection of material and classroom discussion of content, thus building appropriate intercultural skills appropriate to the student's level of proficiency.