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Learning Objectives
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The learning objectives of Chinese 4 are to continue to develop communicative competence in Chinese speaking and reading. The students should be able to 1) give a rehearsed presentation on a specialized topics concerning culture, society and economy, 2) put them into a broader context 3) debate and sustain a dialogue on familiar topics from syllabus.
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Prerequisite
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Requirements: students must have passed Chinese 3 or the equivalent to enroll in this course and are expected to have an intermediate level of Chinese.
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Chinese:
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Assessment
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Oral with Written Assignment
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Marking Scale
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7-step scale
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Censorship
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External examiners
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Exam Period
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Summer Term
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Aids
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Without preparation
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Duration
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30 Minutes
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The end-of-year summer exam is a 30 minutes oral exam without any preparation time. It consists of two parts:
1) A power point presentation in Chinese on:
a topic chosen from syllabus.
two or more texts from syllabus
2) Discussion in Chinese taking the presentation as a starting point. It should ideally include other texts/topics from syllabus.
The power point presentation must be handed in before the exam. |
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Course Content
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The focus of teaching is to enable the students to communicate in intermediate Chinese on socioeconomic topics. The student will continue learning business Chinese in this course using the textbook system Open For Business. The overall aim of the course is to build on the students’ Chinese language knowledge and expand vocabulary range about more specialized topics related to society and economy, and also to introduce the students to reading newspapers etc. with a socioeconomic content. |
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Teaching Methods
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Teaching methods are a mix of lectures and group work guided by cooperative learning principles that engage each student to a maximum extent. The languages of instruction are Chinese and English. Active involvement in class discussion and activities is expected of all participants, so students should come to class prepared to contribute.
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Literature
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Text- and workbooks: Jane C.M.Kuo, Open for Business, Vol. 2 (Boston: Cheng & Tsui, 2008)
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