CN1022 Chinese Language and Textual Practices 2

Academic year

2024 to 2025 Semester 2

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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 who have already taken CN1012. Students not on the Chinese Studies programme who wish to take CN1012 must first contact the School of Modern Languages for approval.

Planned timetable

11:00-12:00 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 follows on from the first semester module CN1012 intended for students with prior learning and allows students to further develop their communicative and written competence in Chinese, 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 of 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

BEFORE TAKING THIS MODULE YOU MUST TAKE CN1012

Anti-requisites

IN TAKING THIS MODULE, STUDENTS CANNOT TAKE CN1021.

Assessment pattern

Exam = 60%, Coursework = 40%

Re-assessment

Exam = 100%

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

1 lecture X 1hr (X 11 weeks), 5 X 1h language classes (X 11 weeks)

Scheduled learning hours

66

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

Guided independent study hours

154

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