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 Academic Year:
| 2011/2 |
| Owning Department/School:
| Foreign Languages Centre |
| Credits:
| 6 |
| Level:
| Intermediate (FHEQ level 5) |
| Period: |
Semester 2 |
| Assessment:
| CW 40%, EX 60% |
| Supplementary Assessment: |
FL20251 Re-assessment Work (where allowed by programme regulations) |
| Requisites:
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| Description:
| Aims: The course aims to consolidate language already acquired, for example in Stage 3 Semester 1, and to encourage students to extend their active and passive vocabulary, to improve accuracy and the complexity of the language used, to increase their confidence in using the target language for spontaneous responses. The course aims to help students access increasingly more demanding reading and listening material. Learning Outcomes: On completion of the course students will be able to * Use the target language in a variety of situations and for a variety of purposes * Give clear detailed descriptions and presentations on a wide range of subjects related to their field of interest expanding and supporting ideas with subsidiary points and examples * Use simple language to express their opinions * Understand the gist and detail of recorded audio material on topics of personal and general interest * Find specific, predictable information in everyday material using characters and understand informal letters relating to personal information. * Write messages and short personal letters using characters * Actively use a minimum of 180 characters. 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 develops the four core competences of listening, speaking, reading and writing. More complex language structures are introduced and practised, such as the conditional. Reading and listening material on new topic areas will help students extend their passive vocabulary. Topics of general interest and cultural relevance will be presented, helping students to express and dispute opinions and to encourage spontaneous responses. The course significantly extends the students' passive knowledge and active accurate use of Chinese characters. |
| Programme availability: NB. Postgraduate programme information will be updated when the postgraduate catalogues are published in August 2011 |
FL20251 is Compulsory on the following programmes:Department of Computer Science
FL20251 is Optional on the following programmes:Foreign Languages Centre
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