MANDARIN

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Shaomin Lee Murray

Pre-requisites

Overview

This course aims to familiarize students with the basics of spoken and written forms of Mandarin Chinese. Emphasis will be placed first on speaking and listening, particularly pronunciation and tones. The written form will be presented first through the medium of pinyin and gradually students will be introduced to a small number of to the most high frequency characters. The emphasis will be on dialogue and role play.

Structure

3 x 1-hour classes per week

1 tutorial per week

Assessment

Examination (40%)

Course Work - Language exercises (60%)


Examination 100%

Formative Assessment

Course work 60%


3 formative assessments of different aspects of written Chinese language, 1 formative assessment of aural Chinese language, and 1 formative assessment of oral Chinese language.

Feedback

The above assessments are given CAS marks, and written or verbal feedback is also given. Additional informal feedback on performance is also given in both written language classes and oral/aural classes.

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Shaomin Lee Murray

Pre-requisites

Mandarin Chinese for Beginners 1

Overview

Building on Mandarin Chinese for Beginners 1 this course will continue to familiarize students with the basics of spoken and written forms of Mandarin Chinese. Emphasis will be placed first on speaking and listening, particularly pronunciation and tones, and on aural comprehension. While students will continue to learn through the medium of pinyin they will be introduced to more of the most high frequency characters. The emphasis will be on dialogue, role play. The grammatical structure, drills and simple reading, translation and writing exercises will be used.

Structure

3 x 1-hour classes per week

1 tutorial per week

Assessment

Course work - language exercises (60%) Examination (40%)



Examination 100%

Formative Assessment

Course work 60%


3 formative assessments of different aspects of written Chinese language, 1 formative assessment of aural Chinese language, and 1 formative assessment of oral Chinese language.

Feedback

The above assessments are given CAS marks, and written or verbal feedback is also given. Additional informal feedback on performance is also given in both written language classes and oral/aural classes.