CN1012 Chinese Language and Textual Practices 1

Academic year

2024 to 2025 Semester 1

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

20

The Scottish Credit Accumulation and Transfer (SCOTCAT) system allows credits gained in Scotland to be transferred between institutions. The number of credits associated with a module gives an indication of the amount of learning effort required by the learner. European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credits are half the value of SCOTCAT credits.

SCQF level

SCQF level 7

The Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) provides an indication of the complexity of award qualifications and associated learning and operates on an ascending numeric scale from Levels 1-12 with SCQF Level 10 equating to a Scottish undergraduate Honours degree.

Availability restrictions

This module is restricted to students taking pursuing a Chinese Studies joint degree, and students studying Chinese as a third subject if they meet the requisites.

Planned timetable

10:00-11:00 Mon

This information is given as indicative. Timetable may change at short notice depending on room availability.

Module coordinator

Dr C Weber

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module Staff

Dr Caterina Weber, Dr Yvonne Chi

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module description

This module allows students to develop their existing communicative and written competence in Chinese language and to broaden their knowledge of China’s cultural history. Students will learn to become accurate in their use of the spoken language, and focus on acquiring a solid ability in reading and writing traditional characters; they will gain confidence in reading material written for native speakers of the language (e.g. news reports, poetry, academic writing), and will also develop intermediate written composition skills.

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisites

TO TAKE THIS MODULE, APPLICANTS MUST HAVE RECENTLY OBTAINED ONE OF THE FOLLOWING QUALIFICATIONS IN CHINESE LANGUAGE: SCOTTISH ADVANCED HIGHERS, A-LEVEL, CAMBRIDGE PRE-U, IB, OR HAVE AN EQUIVALENT LEVEL OF PRIOR CHINESE LANGUAGE STUDY.

Anti-requisites

IN TAKING THIS MODULE, STUDENTS CANNOT TAKE CN1011.

Assessment pattern

Exam = 60%, Coursework = 40%

Re-assessment

Exam = 100%

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

1 lecture X 1hr (X 10 weeks), 5 X 1h language classes (X 10 weeks)

Scheduled learning hours

60

The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.

Guided independent study hours

132

The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.

Intended learning outcomes

  • By the end of this module students will be able to catch the essential meanings of authentic Chinese news announcements (radio and TV) as well as colloquial Chinese used in films and TV dramas, and understand the speech of native speakers on a range of topics
  • Students will be able to express their ideas clearly on a range of topics with properly used idiomatic phrase, and narrate a simple story with some detail
  • Students will be able to read authentic Chinese texts such as news headlines, short news reports, song lyrics, and short poems, recognize and reproduce 1,700 characters and 4,500 words.
  • Students will be able to write an organized and structured piece of of 800+ characters in length in an appropriate written style
  • Students will be able to understand the distinction between Standard Spoken Chinese and Written Chinese