| CODE | CHN1004 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Intermediate Chinese 2 | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 10 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Oriental Studies | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The study-unit is designed to further develop the language skills in Chinese based on the Intermediate Chinese 1. It continues to further focus on developing the listening, spoken,reading and writing skills. It also gradually moves on in helping the students to use the Chinese language to express their own ideas and viewpoints with a much wider range of vocabulary on a more various topics. Study-unit Aims 1. To introduce 500 more characters and about 900 more words. 2. To help students to engage in discussions about non-specialist current topics 3. To help students to obtain the freedom to develop their own vocabulary depending on their interests, 4. To help students to develop the skills needed to gather information from authentic sources in Chinese. Learning Outcomes 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: 1. recognise and write 500 new Chinese characters 2. learn a higher level of Chinese vocabulary (900 words) and use them correctly 3. master the Chinese sentence structure and grammar 4. understand more Chinese etiquette and customs related to the course content. 2. Skills (including transferable [generic] skills): By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: 1. discuss non-specialist current topics 2. have the freedom to develop their own vocabulary depending on their interest 3. develop the skills needed to gather information from authentic sources in Chinese. 4. translate Chinese short articles into English 5. write letters,diaries, and short essays in Chinese Main Text/s and any supplementary readings The library of the Confucius Institute at the University f Malta has all the following items: 1. Li Xiaoqi . Boya Chinese - Semi-intermediate Speed-up. Peking University Press,2005.10. 2. Liu Songhao . Chengo Chinese 4. Higher Education Press,2006.6. 3. Ma Jianfei . Great Wall Chinese-essentials in communication 4 . Beijing Language and Culture University Press,2005.7. 4. Li Xiaoqi, Luo Qingsong, Liu Xiaoyu, Wang Shuhong, Xuan Ya . KuaiLe HanYu 4. People's Education Press,2003.10. 5. Liu Yuan,Jiang Liping . Experiencing Chinese-elementary course. Higher Education Press,2006.10. |
|||||||||
| RULES/CONDITIONS | Before TAKING THIS UNIT YOU MUST TAKE CHN1001 AND TAKE CHN1002 AND TAKE CHN1003 | |||||||||
| ADDITIONAL NOTES | This study-unit is offered to Diploma in Chinese students only. | |||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | |||||||||
| METHOD OF ASSESSMENT |
|
|||||||||
| LECTURER/S | Lu Li |
|||||||||
|
The University makes every effort to ensure that the published Courses Plans, Programmes of Study and Study-Unit information are complete and up-to-date at the time of publication. The University reserves the right to make changes in case errors are detected after publication.
The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2023/4. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
||||||||||