Key facts

Type	Weekly Classes
Location	Reading
Address	Room 111 Building 22 London Road Campus Reading
Dates	Thu 4 Oct 2012 to Thu 21 Mar 2013 Day: Thursday Time of meeting: 700-9.00pm Number of meetings: 20
Subject area(s)	Chinese
CATS points	20
Fees	From £265.00
Application status	Course ended
Course code	R12P469WEW
Course contact	If you have any questions about this course, please email ppweekly@conted.ox.ac.uk.

Overview

All the Department’s language courses are designed to help you communicate in a friendly atmosphere with an emphasis on pair and group interaction. The focus is on speaking, listening and the exploration of culture and society, backed up by an understanding of grammar. Students will be encouraged to develop their reading and writing skills in their own time and regular assignments will be set. Choosing your level.

Programme details

Week 1: Introduction and Pinyin
Week 2: Greeting and Farewells
Week 3: Names and Titles
Week 4: Nationalities and Languages
Week 5: Days and Dates
Week 6: Time and Daily Routine
Week 7: Consolidation
Week 8: Addresses and Telephone Numbers
Week 9: Family and Family members
Week 10: End of term revision

Week 11: Revision
Week 12: Work and Professions
Week 13: Interests and Abilities
Week 14: Invitations and Appointments
Week 15: Telephoning and Messages
Week 16: Consolidation
Week 17: Money and Currency
Week 18: Shops and Shopping
Week 19: Colours and Clothing
Week 20: End of term revision

Background Reading:
Moon Tan & Haitong Wang Chinese Express Talk Chinese
Cypress Book CO.UK Ltd
ISBN 1845700090

Staff

Course aims

All the Department’s language courses are designed to help you communicate in a friendly atmosphere with an emphasis on pair and group interaction. The focus is on speaking, listening and the exploration of culture and society, backed up by an understanding of grammar. Students will be encouraged to develop their reading and writing skills in their own time and regular assignments will be set.

Assessment methods

Most tutors will set weekly assignments to consolidate learning and allow students to study at their own pace. Some of these assignments, which may include testing listening and speaking skills, will count towards formally assessing the students’ progress.

At Stages 5 & 6, students can expect to be assessed on either one 1,000 word essay or two shorter ones written in the target language.

At lower stages, students are required instead to submit for assessment a range of exercises and/or shorter pieces of work.

Teaching methods

Language classes are kept small (typically 10-15 students) in order to ensure plenty of opportunities for interaction in the target language, leading to the development of listening and speaking skills, as well as an understanding of grammar.

Teaching outcomes

The following are brief indicators of what students should be able to do in each of the skills
Speaking (S), Listening (L), Reading (R), and Writing (W) by the end of the individual stages:

STAGE 1
For beginners and false beginners.
No previous knowledge required.

STAGE 2
S participate in simple everyday conversation
L understand simple messages and conversations
R obtain specific information from basic written texts
W produce short texts

STAGE 3
S participate in simple prepared discussions
L understand simple recorded material
R understand the gist of magazine articles and simple texts
W write informal letters and descriptive paragraphs

STAGE 4
S communicate clearly in a wide range of situations
L listen intensively and listen for pleasure
R enjoy reading simple texts without dependence on a dictionary
W summarise and produce short narratives

STAGE 5
S communicate confidently in a wide range of situations
L understand specific information contained in authentic material
R understand the content of texts/articles of varying complexity
W write simple discursive essays

STAGE 6
S express and defend own opinion on various issues
L understand most of what is said in informal and formal situations
R understand gist, detailed content and register of most texts
W write texts on a range of subjects using appropriate language

Fee options

Programme Fee

EU Fee: £265.00

Non-EU Fee: £265.00

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Programmes including this module

This module can be studied as part of these programmes:

• Undergraduate Accredited Reading Short Courses in Chinese