BA Sociology and Chinese

Residence abroad support

We offer dedicated financial support packages of up to £2,000 for residence abroad students, based on household income.

You will be automatically assessed for this, based on your Student Finance financial assessment - you just need to make sure you apply for a financial assessment in the academic year in which your residence abroad will take place.

RWS Brode Scholarship

You may be eligible for this scholarship if you fulfill the following conditions:

• your qualifications were achieved at a state-funded school in the UK;
• your total household income does not exceed £60,000 (as verified by the Student Loan Company);
• you achieve high marks in your A-levels (or equivalent qualifications), usually AAB or above;
• you apply to (and remain on) either a single honours Language course, or a dual-language course.

Awards will be made according to a sliding scale, benefitting those who have achieved the highest marks relative to backgrounds.

You will be automatically assessed for this after you have registered on your degree.

You simply need to make sure you allow the University access to your records when applying for your student lLoan (we cannot otherwise assess your eligibility).

Bursaries and Scholarships

• Find out more from student finance
• Eligible UK students can apply for bursaries and scholarships
• Funding for EU and international students is on our country-specific pages
• Many students work part-time or complete a student internship

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 10- 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.

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 

The content of the oral presentation and extended Chinese essay will be dictated by individual students’ academic and vocational interests and materials will be consulted as relevant to the chosen topics. 

One 1-hour tutorial per week.

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

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

Assessment task	Formative or Summative	Weighting within unit (if summative)
An extended written essay in Chinese on a topic of the student’s own choice	Summative	50%
Oral presentation on a topic of the student’s own choice, making appropriate use of audio-visual materials	Summative	30%
Coursework	Summative	20%

 

Resit Assessment: Video and essay

 

• 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.