Chinese 5.3

Pre-requisites for enrolment

Students should have completed either Chinese 5.2 or equivalent.

Content of Course

Various aspects of Chinese culture and society will be covered.

Teaching method(s)

The course is tutorial-based with a combination of class activities, group work, and use of audio-visual material as teaching aids (CDs and DVDs). The videos are edited from the original documentaries Chinese broadcasts. The videos will help students visually understand the living environment, conditions and the attitudes of some contemporary Chinese people.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course students should be able to:

• be familiar with Chinese daily communication.
• have improved listening comprehension of spoken Chinese.
• know more about Chinese culture, customs, idioms, and contemporary China.

Sources

Core Readings

Textbook: Wu Zhongwei. Ten Level Chinese (Intensive Reading). Vol. 5. Beijing: Beijing Language & Culture University - Electronic & Audiovisual Press, 2007.

There will be an additional charge for the textbook and workbook not exceeding £30. The materials can be purchased with the Confucius Institute for Scotland via the link below:
www.epay.ed.ac.uk/browse/product.asp?compid=1&modid=1&catid=402
...or in the first class of the semester at the Confucius Institute for Scotland.

Web Sources

www.chinesecio.com

Queries

If you have questions regarding the course or enrolment, please contact COL Reception at Paterson's Land by email COL@ed.ac.uk or by phone 0131 650 4400.

Student support

If you have a disability, learning difficulty or health condition which may affect your studies, please let us know by ticking the 'specific support needs' box on your course application form. This will allow us to make appropriate adjustments in advance and in accordance with your rights under the Equality Act 2010. For more information please visit the Student Support section of our website.