2013/2014
BA-4LAN_C Chinese 4
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Language |
Chinese |
Exam ECTS |
7.5 ECTS |
Type |
Mandatory |
Level |
Bachelor |
Duration |
One Semester |
Course period |
Spring |
Time Table |
Please see course schedule at e-Campus |
Study board |
Study Board for Asian Study Programme
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Course
coordinator |
- Susan Aagaard Petersen - Department of International Economics
and Management (INT)
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Main academic
disciplines |
- Language and Intercultural Studies
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Last updated on
14-08-2013
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Learning objectives |
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. |
Course prerequisites |
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. |
Examination |
Chinese:
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Examination form |
Oral exam based on written product
In order to participate in the oral exam, the written product
must be handed in before the oral exam; by the set deadline. The
grade is based on an overall assessment of the written product and
the individual oral performance. |
Individual or group exam |
Individual |
Assignment type |
Synopsis |
Duration |
Written product to be submitted on specified date and
time.
30 min. per student, including examiners' discussion of grade,
and informing plus explaining the grade |
Preparation time |
No preparation |
Grading scale |
7-step scale |
Examiner(s) |
Internal examiner and external examiner |
Exam period |
Summer Term |
Make-up exam/re-exam |
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
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Description of the exam
procedure
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.
Grading is based on an overall
assessment.
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Course content and
structure |
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 |
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. |
Expected literature |
Text- and workbooks: Jane C.M.Kuo,
Open for Business, Vol. 2 (Boston: Cheng & Tsui,
2008) |
Last updated on
14-08-2013