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Undergraduate Programme and Module Handbook 2006-2007 (archived)

Module EAST3052: CHINESE LANGUAGE IV

Department: EAST ASIAN STUDIES

EAST3052: CHINESE LANGUAGE IV

Type Tied Level 3 Credits 40 Availability Available in 2006/07 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

  • Chinese Language III (EAST2092).

Corequisites

  • None.

Excluded Combination of Modules

  • None.

Aims

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

Content

  • The main element is topic-based, designed to improve language pattern and vocabulary awareness and oral and written expressive skills, including interpreting and translation into Chinese.
  • In addition there are: 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 138 6 per week One hour 138
      Seminars 44 2 per week One hour 44
      Preparation and reading 218 218
      Total 400 400

      Summative Assessment

      Component: Oral Examination Component Weighting: 12.5%
      Element Length / duration Element Weighting Resit Opportunity
      Oral Examination 25 minutes 100%
      Component: Aural Examination Component Weighting: 12.5%
      Element Length / duration Element Weighting Resit Opportunity
      Aural Examination 1.5 hours 100%
      Component: Examination Component Weighting: 75%
      Element Length / duration Element Weighting Resit Opportunity
      Written Examination (Composition paper) 2 hours 33.3%
      Written Examination (Translation paper) 2 hours 33.3%
      Written Examination 2 hours 33.3%

      Formative Assessment:

      Weekly written composition tests, 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