This module aims to help students to understand and translate a range of demanding, long texts, and recognise implicit meaning;

To express him / herself near fluently;

To use Chinese near flexibly for social purposes;

To produce clear and well-structured text on some subjects;

To help students to explore aspects of Chinese society and culture through the study of its language.

(LO1) Be able to read and translate texts of approximate 1000 Chinese words.

(LO2) To know how to write the new characters with the right order of strokes and radicals.

(LO3) To know Chinese grammar at advanced level.

(LO4) To consolidate presentation and speaking skills for social purposes.

(LO5) To demonstrate sound knowledge and understanding of Chinese society and culture.

(S1) Communication (oral, written and visual) - presentation skills - written.

(S2) Communication (oral, written and visual) - presentation skills – oral.

(S3) Communication (oral, written and visual) - listening skills.

(S4) Global citizenship - cultural awareness.

The majority of teaching will be delivered face-to-face on campus. Online delivery will be used to complement the on-campus delivery and where technology affords a better learning experience.

Lecture:
The lectures (delivered by a native speaker) will help students to acquire the relevant vocabulary, grammar and cultural knowledge, and improve skills of reading, writing and translation.

Seminar:
The seminars (delivered by a native speaker) will help the students to improve listening and speaking skills along with the related cultural knowledge.

Portfolio:
Students will do exercises / drills every week for correction or feedback, and compare their assignments of different stages for more reflections on learning.

Topics covered during the module may include:

College courses and requirements; asking for information; resultative complements, talking about the future using 会 / 将;

Books, libraries and book reviews; asking for and giving opinions about books and libraries; limiting the range of statements, making recommendations;

Assignments, quizzes and deadlines; asking for and giving clarification through repetition; starting and ending a conversation politely; expressing formality through vocabulary; stating a rationale;

Life stories; asking for and giving opinions through reasoning, agreeing and disagreeing; expressing “be worth” using 值得;stating causes;

Air travel and extreme weather; asking for and checking information, giving reasons and expressing regret; expressing influences using受......影响, noun phrases with 以 , stating extreme consequences;

Meeting a host family; Expressing hospit ality and appreciation, giving polite responses ; describing impressions, expressing causal relations, expressing limited choices.