Mandarin Listening and Speaking 3B
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| LANG3083 | Language Centre | 3 | 10 | Spring China |
- Code
- LANG3083
- School
- Language Centre
- Level
- 3
- Credits
- 10
- Semesters
- Spring China
Summary
This module further develops students’ Mandarin listening and speaking skills acquired in Mandarin Listening and Speaking 3A, enhanced by intensive interaction in class, the use of online materials, e-learning and multi-media methods. The topics chosen are mainly everyday, but more abstract topics will be included too. Besides oral presentation skills, students are provided with opportunities to practise note-taking skills and summarizing skills.
In addition, students are required to undertake a programme of autonomous learning. The module will be delivered in a blended modality for which students will be given access to a virtual learning environment with extra activities and resources.
Requisites:
Successful completion of Mandarin Listening and Speaking 3A or equivalent qualification.
Students must not choose this course if they are over-qualified. The Language Centre reserves the right to check students’ prior learning and qualifications and to move students to a more appropriate level if necessary.
Please note this module is assessed at the end of in Spring semester. First sit/ Resit exams are scheduled normally in the summer and can take the same form as the missing/ failed component of the assessment (exam, essay etc.) or other form, as decided by the School.
Target Students
Priority will be given to students doing the module as a compulsory element of their degree.Successful completion of Mandarin Listening and Speaking 3A or equivalent qualification.
Classes
- One 1-hour seminar each week for 11 weeks
- One 2-hour seminar each week for 11 weeks
The one-hour seminar is delivered online
Assessment
- 100% Oral exam: Oral examination, 20 min
Assessed by end of spring semester
Educational Aims
The overall aim of the module is to help students develop competence in their listening skills of Mandarin acquired in Mandarin Listening and Speaking 3A and to further improve students’ fluency and accuracy of their mandarin oral skills through group discussions, presentations, debating and summary making etc. Students will continue to develop their awareness of autonomy in language learning under the guidance of their language tutor.Learning Outcomes
On completing this module, students are expected to
a) Knowledge and understanding:
• Improved understanding of local and regional Chinese culture
• Enlarging passive and active vocabulary and sentence structures in Mandarin related to everyday topics and some abstract topics;
b) Professional practical skills:
• Enhancing their oral presentations skills, note-taking skills, summary making skills;
c) Intellectual skills:
• Ability to assess appropriacy of lexical, structural and functional solutions to linguistic problems in Mandarin listening and speaking
d) Transferable (key) skills:
• Group discussion
• Presentation skills
• Debating
• Time management