BA Chinese and Japanese / Course details

This is an advanced Chinese language course for students who have already completed CHIN51060 Chinese Language 6. It is designed to allow students with near-native proficiency in Mandarin Chinese to put their language skills to work through the completion of two independent projects: a 20 minute Chinese-language oral presentation and a Chinese-language extended essay. Students enrolled in the course will decide the topics of both these assessed elements on the basis of their academic and vocational interests and in consultation with their tutor. Students will report and gain feedback on their progress in weekly hour-long tutorials before submitting the essay in week 12. Tutorials may also be used to practice informal and formal topics of advanced conversational Chinese, with feedback provided.

Available to BA Chinese Studies and programme combinations involving Chinese with other languages and area studies degrees and BA Modern Language with Business and Management etc.

This course aims to: 

• Guide students to learn independently 
• Help students to set their own learning targets
• Train students to analyze and critique their own work  

By the end of this course students will be able to: 

• Confidently display their proficiency in the target language using both written and oral skills 
• Equip themselves with the strategies to maintain and extend their skills in the target language in the future 
• Become more self-aware and self-critical in the field of language learning and language development 
• Discover ways in which they can increase and extend their level of motivation in the field of foreign language learning 

By the end of this course students will be able to:

• Confidently display their proficiency in the target language, using both written and oral skills
• Equip themselves with the strategies to maintain and extend their skills in the target language in the future
• Become more self-aware and self-critical in the field of language learning and language development
• Discover ways in which they can increase and extend their level of motivation in the field of foreign language learning

By the end of this course students will be able to: 

• Explore issues and subject matter of interest to the student with a high level of linguistic and intellectual sophistication  

• Conduct independent research using Chinese-language primary and secondary materials  

• Construct a lengthy piece of Chinese-language written work that is clearly structured, well supported using primary and secondary materials and which demonstrates excellent understanding of the subject matter concerned 

By the end of this course students will be able to:

• Identify and make use of Chinese-language materials that suit their level of language ability, interests and needs
• Manage their own pace of learning
• Learn independently

By the end of this course students will be able to:

• Identify and make use of Chinese-language materials that suit their level of language ability, interests and needs
• Manage their own pace of learning
• Learn independently

Resit Assessment

• Oral feedback an individual basis when discussing progress
• Written feedback on the extended essay
• Additional one-to-one feedback (during consultation hour or by making an appointment)

N/A; students are encouraged to consult as many Chinese-language sources as required for their independent learning. The instructor will make suggestions regarding relevant materials as necessary.