UGBS 112           3 Credit Hours

Introductory Chinese

This information is for second semester 2017/2018 academic year

Teacher responsible

Mr. Li Liang

Availability

This course is available open to all visiting students but only as a second semester course.

Course Content

Students are expected to gain their knowledge of reading, especially some knowledge about Chinese grammar and conversation. They will learn commonly used expressions and sentences about introducing themselves, hobbies and everyday lives. They will also learn some knowledge about organizing their expression in Chinese and sentences about introducing themselves, talking about family and friends. They will gain some commonly used Chinese sentences to enable basic conversation. Students are also expected to learn some basic knowledge of Chinese culture.

Teaching

Thursday, 1:30pm- 03:20pm for 12 weeks.

Presentation of the topics takes the form of a lecture and discussion on set topics. Students are required to read course materials before the class session it is assigned for. The Lecturer will not repeat the reading; usually, lectures will involve illustrating selected points by working through pieces of data. Students are expected to come prepared to discuss, with their questions that arise out of the reading.

Formative Coursework

Student’s general performance is assessed through class participation, group presentations, written assignment, class tests and final end-of Semester Examination.

Indicative reading

Liu Delian, Liu Xiaoyu; Exemplification of Common Sentence Patterns in Spoken Chinese. 2005. PEKING UNIVERSITY PRESS. China: Beijing.

Wu Zhongwei, contemporary Chinese Text book 1&2 / Character book 1&2 / Exercise book 1&2. 2003. SINOLINGUA. China: Beijing.

Zhou Jian, 500 Basic Chinese Characters. 1996. SINOLINGUA. China: Beijing.

Assessment and Grading

Evaluation will be based on a continued assessment which will constitute 30% and a final end of semester examination which will constitute 70%.

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