Chinese Language 5

CHIN51050 Chinese Language 5 20 Full year Undergraduate Level 2 Ablimit Elterish Unit coordinator Minjie Xing Unit coordinator Chinese Studies 1 FHEQ level (Framework for Higher Education Qualifications) ' Middle part of Bachelors ' European Credit Transfer & Accumulation System Rating : 10.0 Chinese 5 is intended for first-year students who have substantial experience studying Chinese, second-year students who have already completed Chinese 3 and 4, and final-year students who require additional support for their final year. This course is designed to develop students’ comprehensive language skills that are important for practical use. The course continues to develop students’ linguistic and cultural awareness by emphasising the links between a higher level of linguistic competency and socio-cultural literacy. Students will interpret texts related to Chinese popular culture, social change, cultural traditions and more. Students will discover and develop more in-depth knowledge of Chinese culture and society, and gain an insight into inter-cultural sensitivity within a view to successful communication in real situations with Chinese native speakers or people in Chinese-speaking countries. By the end of the year students should be prepared to take and pass HSK level 5. Chinese 5 is intended for first-year students who have substantial experience studying Chinese, second-year students who have already completed Chinese 3 and 4, and final-year students who require additional support for their final year. This course is designed to develop students’ comprehensive language skills that are important for practical use. The course continues to develop students’ linguistic and cultural awareness by emphasising the links between a higher level of linguistic competency and socio-cultural literacy. Students will interpret texts related to Chinese popular culture, social change, cultural traditions and more. Students will discover and develop more in-depth knowledge of Chinese culture and society, and gain an insight into inter-cultural sensitivity within a view to successful communication in real situations with Chinese native speakers or people in Chinese-speaking countries. By the end of the year students should be prepared to take and pass HSK level 5. This course aims to:<ul> <li>Further reinforce and develop students' linguistic knowledge and skills acquired before starting university or in Chinese 3 and 4</li> <li>Expand students’ knowledge and understanding of modern and contemporary China</li> <li>Guide students in their appreciation of important Chinese-language literary texts and topics related to a range of social, political and cultural issues</li></ul> By the end of this course students will be able to:<ul><li>Be able to understand a range of everyday Chinese texts and audio-visual materials  </li><li>Feel confident navigating real-life, practical Chinese-language situations  </li><li>Have continued to build upon their existing vocabulary and grammatical knowledge  </li><li>Be approaching a total vocabulary of 3000+ Chinese characters  </li><li>Have strengthened their listening, reading, speaking and writing skills across a broad range of subject matter</li></ul> By the end of this course students will be able to:<ul><li>Compose and connect short passages to form a logical and coherent discourse</li><li>Employ idiomatic expressions and circumlocution to get meanings across</li><li>Translate sentences/passages accurately between Chinese and English</li><li>Conduct communication adequately in oral and written forms</li></ul> By the end of this course students will be able to:<ul> <li>Develop learning strategies, including online learning and independent learning</li> <li>Apply communicative strategies to real-life situations</li> <li>Demonstrate problem-solving skills for communication</li> <li>Acquire knowledge via various media about recent development in China</li></ul> By the end of this course students will be able to:<ul> <li>Synthesise complex information from a wide range of different sources</li> <li>Make good use of various resources for communicative purposes</li> <li>Be familiar with social media for communicative purposes</li> <li>Demonstrate accomplished note-taking and summarising skills in Chinese</li> <li>Reach, or be close to reaching, HSK level 5</li></ul> By the end of this course students will be able to:<ul> <li>Apply, in the process of acquisition, analysis, evaluation, and assimilation of information, a full range of learning skills, including information retrieval and autonomous learning.</li> <li>Demonstrate an ability to take part effectively in debate and present complex ideas and sustained arguments in a clear and fluent form</li> <li>Make good use of resources for support</li> <li>In a self-critical way, exercise initiative and independence of mind in the identification of their own learning needs, and in the planning and execution of their own learning</li></ul> Other Verbal communication skills: be able to express ideas clearly and confidently in presentation and speech; Written communication skills: be able to express oneself clearly in writing; Motivation: be able to act on initiative, identify opportunities; Drive: determination to get things done, make things happen and look for better ways to do things  A combination of lectures, seminars and tutorials, totalling three contact hours per week. 0 Other 100%  <figure class="table"><table aria-rowcount="8" border="1" data-tablelook="480" data-tablestyle="MsoNormalTable"><tbody><tr aria-rowindex="1" role="row"><td style="background-color:hsl(0, 0%, 30%);border:0.3px solid hsl(0, 0%, 60%);" data-celllook="4369" role="rowheader"> Assessment task  </td><td style="background-color:hsl(0, 0%, 30%);border:0.3px solid hsl(0, 0%, 60%);" data-celllook="4369" role="columnheader"> Formative or Summative </td><td style="background-color:hsl(0, 0%, 30%);border:0.3px solid hsl(0, 0%, 60%);" data-celllook="4369" role="columnheader"> Weighting within unit (if summative) </td></tr><tr aria-rowindex="2" role="row"><td style="background-color:hsl(0, 0%, 90%);border:0.3px solid hsl(0, 0%, 60%);" data-celllook="4369" role="rowheader"> S1 Coursework </td><td style="background-color:hsl(0, 0%, 90%);border:0.3px solid hsl(0, 0%, 60%);" data-celllook="4369"> Summative </td><td style="background-color:hsl(0, 0%, 90%);border:0.3px solid hsl(0, 0%, 60%);" data-celllook="4369"> 10% </td></tr><tr aria-rowindex="3" role="row"><td style="border:0.3px solid hsl(0, 0%, 60%);" data-celllook="4369" role="rowheader"> Participation and Discussion</td><td style="border:0.3px solid hsl(0, 0%, 60%);" data-celllook="4369"> Summative </td><td style="border:0.3px solid hsl(0, 0%, 60%);" data-celllook="4369"> 5% </td></tr><tr aria-rowindex="4" role="row"><td style="background-color:hsl(0, 0%, 90%);border:0.3px solid hsl(0, 0%, 60%);" data-celllook="4369" role="rowheader"> Essay </td><td style="background-color:hsl(0, 0%, 90%);border:0.3px solid hsl(0, 0%, 60%);" data-celllook="4369"> Summative </td><td style="background-color:hsl(0, 0%, 90%);border:0.3px solid hsl(0, 0%, 60%);" data-celllook="4369"> 10% </td></tr><tr aria-rowindex="5" role="row"><td style="border:0.3px solid hsl(0, 0%, 60%);" data-celllook="4369" role="rowheader"> S2 Coursework </td><td style="border:0.3px solid hsl(0, 0%, 60%);" data-celllook="4369"> Formative / Summative </td><td style="border:0.3px solid hsl(0, 0%, 60%);" data-celllook="4369"> 5% </td></tr><tr aria-rowindex="6" role="row"><td style="background-color:hsl(0, 0%, 90%);border:0.3px solid hsl(0, 0%, 60%);" data-celllook="4369" role="rowheader"> Essay </td><td style="background-color:hsl(0, 0%, 90%);border:0.3px solid hsl(0, 0%, 60%);" data-celllook="4369"> Summative </td><td style="background-color:hsl(0, 0%, 90%);border:0.3px solid hsl(0, 0%, 60%);" data-celllook="4369"> 10% </td></tr><tr aria-rowindex="7" role="row"><td style="border:0.3px solid hsl(0, 0%, 60%);" data-celllook="4369" role="rowheader"> Oral exam </td><td style="border:0.3px solid hsl(0, 0%, 60%);" data-celllook="4369"> Summative </td><td style="border:0.3px solid hsl(0, 0%, 60%);" data-celllook="4369"> 10% </td></tr><tr aria-rowindex="8" role="row"><td style="background-color:hsl(0, 0%, 90%);border:0.3px solid hsl(0, 0%, 60%);" data-celllook="4369" role="rowheader"> Written exam </td><td style="background-color:hsl(0, 0%, 90%);border:0.3px solid hsl(0, 0%, 60%);" data-celllook="4369"> Summative </td><td style="background-color:hsl(0, 0%, 90%);border:0.3px solid hsl(0, 0%, 60%);" data-celllook="4369"> 50% </td></tr></tbody></table></figure> Resit Assessment:Video and Essay <ul> <li>Comments made during class discussion regarding the relevance and coherence of student participation in discussion</li> <li>Comments made during oral presentation regarding the relevance and coherence of the presentation, including word choice, sentence structure and content</li> <li>One-to-one feedback before oral presentation</li></ul> CHIN51042 Chinese Language 4 Pre-Requisite Compulsory <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width:168px;">Pre/Co/Antirequisite units</td> <td style="width:493px;">Prerequisite: CHIN51042 (Chinese 4)</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:168px;">Medium of language</td> <td style="width:493px;">Mandarin Chinese</td> </tr> </tbody></table> N New Practical Chinese Reader, Books 5,  6 (Beijing: Beijing Language and Culture University Press, 2010) and additional texts   Seminars 33 0 167 Exceptions to word-processed assignments: Assessed coursework and the essay should be hand-written.  Students may take a one-volume Chinese-English-Chinese dictionary provided on the examination date.