Undergraduate Course: Chinese 2C (ASST08050)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 40 |
ECTS Credits | 20 |
| Summary | This course is aimed at students who began their studies at Edinburgh with prior knowledge of Chinese language and provides further intensive language work during the second year. As a continuation of Chinese 2A, this course aims to develop students' language competence in Chinese to upper intermediate level and to enable them to understand and use a fairly wide range of vocabulary and sentence structures in dealing with various topics orally and in writing from everyday life to specific topics that students are interested in. The course will also further students' autonomous learning skills and help them prepare for their year-abroad studies in the third year.
Students not taking a degree in Chinese who pass Chinese 2A Entry Test with a mark of at least 90% are also eligible. |
| Course description |
Students will spend the bulk of the class time studying language, with grammar and oral classes. In addition they will read a range of modern literary texts.
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Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2022/23, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Full Year |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
400
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 132,
Summative Assessment Hours 5,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
255 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
3 x Composition (30%)
2 x Recorded oral presentation (10%)
2 x Oral test (10%)
2 x Literature translation work (30%)
2 x End-of-semester language test (20%)
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| Feedback |
Feedback will be offered regularly as part of learning process where appropriate, e.g. after an assignment or an assessment. Students are also encouraged to reflect upon their own learning, and make their own list of action points after each feedback session. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Confidently use a range of upper-intermediate grammatical structures in spoken and written Chinese.
- Employ a good range of vocabulary on topics related to contemporary and modern society, tradition and culture.
- Interpret and identify the contents of complex texts on concrete and abstract topics.
- Distinguish and compare cross-cultural differences, problems and solutions.
- Discuss information with relative fluency and spontaneity in spoken form when interacting with native Chinese speakers.
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Reading List
New Practical Chinese Reader Books 3 and 4.
Lau, Joseph S.M. and Howard Goldblatt, eds., The Columbia Anthology of Modern Chinese Literature, New York: Columbia University Press, 1995. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Essay writing, Critical thinking. Oral presentation Autonomous learning |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Duo Luan
Tel: (0131 6)51 7112
Email: |
Course secretary | Mrs Vivien MacNish Porter
Tel: (0131 6)50 3528
Email: |
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