|
 Academic Year:
| 2015/6 |
| Owning Department/School:
| Foreign Languages Centre |
| Credits:
| 3 |
| Level:
| Certificate (FHEQ level 4) |
| Period: |
Semester 1 |
| Assessment:
| CW100 |
| Supplementary Assessment: |
Reassessment not allowed |
| Requisites:
| Before taking this unit you must take FL10235 or equivalent. |
| Description:
| Aims: The course aims to consolidate and further develop vocabulary and accuracy in all skill areas whilst developing autonomous language use and extending students' cultural knowledge and awareness. Learning Outcomes: On completion of the course students will be able to: * Give clear, systematically developed descriptions and presentations on topics of general, personal or cultural interest, with appropriate highlighting of significant points, and relevant supporting detail * Contribute to varied work and general discussions * Understand the general sense and some specific information contained in authentic audio material on topics of personal and general interest * Understand texts in Chinese characters on familiar topics of general and cultural interest without relying on a dictionary * Complete forms, write notes and short essays. 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 consolidates previously acquired language structures and skills and further develops the four core competences of listening, speaking, reading and writing. In addition, more complex language structures, specific to the target language, will be introduced, including some common idioms. The course will cover specific information relevant to China and current events. |
| Programme availability: NB. Postgraduate programme information will be added when the postgraduate catalogues are published in August 2015 |
FL10313 is a Generally Available Unit which is available to all students of the University (subject to the usual constraints) to take as an 'extra' unit which does not count towards a final award.Foreign Languages Centre
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