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Undergraduate Programme and Module Handbook 2005-2006 (archived)

Module EAST2092: CHINESE LANGUAGE III

Department: EAST ASIAN STUDIES

EAST2092: CHINESE LANGUAGE III

Type Tied Level 2 Credits 40 Availability Available in 2005/06 Module Cap None. Location Durham
Tied to T100
Tied to T111
Tied to T1L2
Tied to T1R1
Tied to T1R2
Tied to T1R4
Tied to T1R7
Tied to T1V1
Tied to T1V5
Tied to TN12

Prerequisites

  • Two years' study of Chinese including one year abroad, or equivalent.

Corequisites

  • None.

Excluded Combination of Modules

  • None.

Aims

  • To develop intermediate/advanced level speaking, listening, reading and writing skills in modern standard Chinese.

Content

  • The module is designed to improve language pattern and vocabulary awareness and oral and written expressive skills, including a newspaper reading element, a listening comprehension element based on audio/video news and other materials, unseen translation and prepared modern literary texts.

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge:
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Subject-specific Skills:
    Key Skills:

      Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

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      Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

      Activity Number Frequency Duration Total/Hours
      Language Classes 154 7 Per Week 1 Hour 154
      Preparation and Reading 246 246
      Total 400

      Summative Assessment

      Component: Examination Component Weighting: 75%
      Element Length / duration Element Weighting Resit Opportunity
      written examination paper 1 3 hours 50%
      written examination paper 2 3 hours 50%
      Component: Aural Examination Component Weighting: 12.5%
      Element Length / duration Element Weighting Resit Opportunity
      aural test 100%
      Component: Oral Examination Component Weighting: 12.5%
      Element Length / duration Element Weighting Resit Opportunity
      oral test 100%

      Formative Assessment:

      Weekly written composition texts, weekly written translations into Chinese, regular individual and group oral presentations.

      ■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University