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 Academic Year:
| 2015/6 |
| Owning Department/School:
| Foreign Languages Centre |
| Credits:
| 3 |
| Level:
| Certificate (FHEQ level 4) |
| Period: |
Semester 2 |
| Assessment:
| CW100 |
| Supplementary Assessment: |
Reassessment not allowed |
| Requisites:
| Before taking this unit you must take FL10313 or equivalent. |
| Description:
| Aims: The course aims to consolidate and extend language already acquired and to significantly improve students' accuracy when writing and fluency when speaking. It aims to extend students' vocabulary range, including idiomatic expressions. Learning Outcomes: On completion of the course students will be able to * Communicate confidently and spontaneously in a wide range of situations * Take an active part in discussions * Understand the gist and some detail of recorded or broadcast audio material on topics related to the culture and geography of China and on current affairs * Access more demanding texts with the help of a dictionary * Write CV, covering letters and short essays on topics of general and cultural interest. 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. The course develops students' language skills and accuracy through appropriate guided writing tasks. It develops fluency, spontaneity and constructive reasoning through appropriate classroom activities as well. |
| Programme availability: NB. Postgraduate programme information will be added when the postgraduate catalogues are published in August 2015 |
FL10314 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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