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Foreign Languages Centre, Unit Catalogue 2009/10


FL10230: Mandarin Chinese stage 1 semester 1 (3 credits)

Click here for further information Credits: 3
Click here for further information Level: Certificate
Click here for further information Period: Semester 1
Click here for further information Assessment: CW 100%
Click here for further informationSupplementary Assessment: Reassessment not allowed
Click here for further information Requisites:
Description: NB. Students wishing to take this unit should apply via the Foreign Languages Centre website.
Aims:
The course aims to provide the linguistic foundation enabling students to acquire the basic functional language and skills necessary for communication in predictable everyday situations. The course provides basic cultural information and introduces students to some social convention of the country/ countries where the target language is spoken.

Learning Outcomes:
On completion of the course, students will be able to
* Take part in a basic factual conversation.
* Deal with routine questions and statements.
* Understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of immediate relevance.
* Read straightforward information within a known area using Pinyin.
* Write notes, complete forms and write short paragraphs reproducing given phrases and applying new grammatical structures encountered using Pinyin.

Skills:
Speaking, Reading, Listening and Writing in the target language - all assessed
Interpersonal skills, communication, team skills - facilitated
IT skills - facilitated
Intercultural skills - facilitated and taught
Autonomous learning - facilitated
Research and organisational skills - facilitated
Cognitive - taught.

Content:
The course introduces the students to the basic elements of the target language through the four core skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing reproducing typical scenarios and situations experienced when visiting or receiving visitors from a country where the target language is spoken, for example, providing basic personal and family information, local geography and employment. It follows a graded programme of study familiarising participants with a number of fundamental linguistic structures specific to the target language.
NB. Programmes and units are subject to change at any time, in accordance with normal University procedures.