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Chinese 2 (Level 6)

Overview

  • Credit value: 30 credits at Level 6
  • Convenor: Dr Michael Tsang
  • Assessment: three in-class tests (15% each), a three-hour examination including oral interview (35%), 1500-word self-reflexive essay in English (15%) and class participation (5%)

Module description

Chinese 2 builds on Chinese 1 and will work towards helping you attain Level 2 of the Chinese Proficiency Test (HSK*), and continue your study of Mandarin Chinese into post-beginner level.

This module provides you with more complex grammatical structures, more advanced skills of expression and vocabulary, and opportunities for conversation practice to be able to express yourself in a variety of social situations, including for travel in Sinophone areas. You will develop the four skills (reading, writing, listening and speaking) necessary for comprehending and communicating in a range of social and personal situations such as talking about hobbies, travel, habits, places and preferences. You will also learn more about the cultures of Sinophone societies.

Classes are interactive and taught by native speakers.

* The HSK is a six-level Mandarin Chinese language test for non-native speakers of Mandarin Chinese, administered by the Chinese government. It is a widely recognised and default proficiency test for the Mandarin Chinese language.

Learning objectives

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

  • make yourself understood with a reasonable level of accuracy in a variety of everyday topics and some work situations, such as talking about hobbies, travel, habits, places and preferences
  • understand the difference between and manipulate casual and polite forms
  • understand communication exchanges concerning various familiar subjects spoken in face-to-face situations and via electronic media with reasonable accuracy
  • understand essential points of announcements or information in a public setting, such as travelling
  • understand various less complex texts which you may encounter in everyday life and some business situations with reasonable accuracy
  • understand the main meaning of relatively simple but semi-authentic materials written in Chinese
  • formulate messages and texts in various everyday situations with relative ease and creative basic documents in some work situations with reasonable accuracy.