LA921-5-AU-CO:
Intensive Initial Mandarin Chinese 1
2021/22
Language and Linguistics
Colchester Campus
Autumn
Undergraduate: Level 5
Current
Thursday 07 October 2021
Friday 17 December 2021
15
14 May 2021
Requisites for this module
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LA922
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Intensive Initial Mandarin Chinese 1 is an interactive, intensive language module using blended-learning strategies to allow fast-paced progress through the Mandarin Chinese language and Mandarin-Chinese speaking world. There is a dual focus on communicative and structural aspects of the language. Language learning is supported by an online guided independent study program and extended by multimedia activities.
The module is designed for students with no or little knowledge of Mandarin Chinese. The aim of the module, in correlation with Intensive Initial Mandarin Chinese 2 in the Spring Term, is to enable students to attain a level of Mandarin Chinese equivalent to equivalent to an A1/A2 level.
It is the compulsory path for those students with no knowledge of Mandarin Chinese who intend to take the study of the language to a Higher Intermediate/Advanced level in their second/final year of study. This module can also be taken as an outside option.
The main aim of Intensive Initial Mandarin Chinese 1 is to help students acquire the basic linguistic skills needed to cope with a visit to Mandarin Chinese-speaking countries. By the end of the term, students should also have acquired some general background knowledge of particular aspects of life and culture in the present-day Mandarin Chinese-speaking world.
1. devise/ take part in a dialogue in the context of a range of everyday situations;
2. do a short, oral presentation in Mandarin Chinese;
3. carry out listening and reading comprehension tasks;
4. carry out various writing tasks (e.g. short descriptions and narratives, simple letters, email messages, postcards), making pertinent lexical and grammatical choices.
For example
1. Greetings and self-introduction
2. Asking and providing personal information
3. Communicating about people and places
4. Communicating about relationships
5. Communicating about time
6. Communicating about shopping
7. Communicating about food
8. Communicating about hobbies
There are four weekly contact hours, including one hour in a PC lab, to provide students with opportunities to progress through the structural aspects of the language at their own pace. Class time is dedicated to the introduction of new concepts and focuses on creating practice opportunities for the four skills (reading, writing, listening and speaking).
Students will be expected to attend all sessions and to complete some relevant practical tasks for each session.
This module does not appear to have a published bibliography for this year.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Assignment 1 (in-class test) |
|
35% |
| Coursework |
Assignment 2 (in-class test) |
|
40% |
| Coursework |
Assignment 3 (in-class test) |
|
25% |
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Mrs Yan Li, email: ylibd@essex.ac.uk.
Yan Li
Yan Li, email ylibd@essex.ac.uk
Yes
Yes
No
Dr Ge Min
University of Chester
Programme leard for Chinese
Available via Moodle
Of 40 hours, 39 (97.5%) hours available to students:
1 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s), module, or event type.
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