Chinese 2B (U01844)

? Credit Points : 40 ? SCQF Level : 8 ? Acronym : LLC-2-U01844

Aimed primarily at intending Honours students and normally taken with Chinese 2A, Chinese 2B provides further intensive language work, especially reading of authentic literary and documentary texts, plus an introduction to Classical Chinese and a year-long series of weekly one-hour lectures, tutorials and multi-media sessions devoted to study and discussion of various aspects of Chinese culture.

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : A pass in Chinese 1

Variants

? This course has variants for part year visiting students, as follows

Chinese 2B (VS2) (Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4))

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Asian Studies, (School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures, Schedule G)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 2nd year

? Delivery Period : Full Year (Blocks 1-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 5 hour(s) per week for 22 weeks

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Monday	10:00	10:50	Central
Lecture	Tuesday	10:00	10:50	Central
Lecture	Wednesday	10:00	10:50	Central
Lecture	Thursday	10:00	10:50	Central
Lecture	Friday	10:00	10:50	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

The course consolidates and deepens the skills in Chinese language taught in Chinese 2A, concentrating on authentic written and spoken production and introducing more specialist material, including full-form characters and classical Chinese, which will be necessary for Honours-level study.
The course aims to develop the student's skills in Chinese to an intermediate level in the following areas:
everyday and current affairs speaking and listening;
reading short essays, fiction and journalism;
writing simple essays and summaries, letters to family and friends; simple business letters.
The course places language learning in the contemporary cultural context, through selection of material and classroom discussion of content, thus building appropriate intercultural skills appropriate to the student's level of proficiency.