Mandarin Chinese Courses
ACADEMIC YEAR 2008-09
Beginners' Chinese | Intermediate Chinese | Post-Intermediate Chinese
The course books listed in this page have been approved for 2008/09
ULCH10200 - Beginners' Mandarin Chinese
- Credits: 20
- Level: 1
- Pre-requisite: None
- Co-requisite: Open to all students except Mandarin Chinese speakers
- Taught during: Both semesters
- Timetable
- Description: This course is for absolute beginners. It aims to give students a basic knowledge of reading, listening, spoken and written skills in a dynamic and communicative way, through individual, pair and group work and studio-based and authentic texts. The focus is on accuracy as well as communication. Students will be expected to use the range of resources available to them in the Language Centre and to communicate with native speakers wherever possible, in order to develop cultural competence.
- Learning outcomes: Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to:
1) Understand short, simple messages and announcements; 2) read short simple texts and find specific information; 3) communicate in simple, routine situations; 4) write simple notes, messages and short personal letters using simplified Chinese characters.
- By the end of the course, students should be able to perform at Level A1/A2 of the Common European Framework.
- Transferable skills: Pair and team work, focussed listening, informal presentations, language awareness, cultural appreciation.
- Teaching and learning methods: seminars, three hours per week.
- Assessment: four pieces of assessed work as follows:
- Semester one: Written (Reading, Grammar, Writing) 30%
- Semester two: Oral 20%; Listening 20%; Written (Reading, Grammar, Writing) 30%
- Convenor: John Morley
- Taught by: Susan Tamin
- Maximum entry: 25
- Set texts: New practical Chinese reader, Book 1. ISBN: 7561910401.
- Recommended texts: New practical Chinese reader workbook. ISBN: 7561910428.
- Pathway: ULCH10200/ULCH20010 Intermediate Mandarin Chinese
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