Module manager: Ying Peng
Email: y.peng@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable
Year running 2025/26
| MODL9500 | LCS Year Abroad |
| MODL9501 | LCS Year Abroad 2 |
This module is not approved as a discovery module
This module is a comprehensive course of upper-intermediate language skills, which provides students with the opportunity to improve their Chinese linguistic and communicative competence through readings of authentic texts, a systematic study of some main features of Chinese grammar, translation between Chinese and English, listening comprehension, interpersonal communication and oral interpretation. It combines traditional classroom teaching with independent learning and group work using VLE and other online resources. It will broaden students’ thematic vocabulary; improve their linguistic sense in accordance with various topical and stylistic contexts; and develop their written and spoken skills to a more advanced level.
The aim of this module is to develop students' language knowledge and skills in preparation for more advanced language modules. On completion of this module, students should be able to have a good command of modern Chinese grammar, to read and understand original modern Chinese texts of various styles, to translate and paraphrase between English and Chinese, to understand everyday spoken Chinese on familiar topics, and to speak Chinese more accurately and fluently.
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following learning outcomes relevant to the subject:
1. Recognise and employ Chinese vocabulary, idioms and grammar at upper-intermediate level;
2. Demonstrate -the ability to read and understand various discourses written or recorded in Chinese;
3. Express themselves accurately, coherently and confidently on familiar topics in written and spoken Chinese;
4. Translate and interpret materials of upper-intermediate level between Chinese and English;
Skills Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following skills learning outcomes:
5. Demonstrate intercultural understanding and awareness of different cultural and social contexts;
Details of the syllabus will be provided on the Minerva organisation (or equivalent) for the module.
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lecture | 20 | 1 | 20 |
| Practical | 40 | 1 | 40 |
| Private study hours | 140 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 60 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 200 | ||
-Students will receive formative feedback from the tutors of their oral and written production during language classes.
-Students will receive formative feedback from the tutors on written tasks through homework set every week.
| Exam type | Exam duration | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc) | 2.0 Hrs 0 Mins | 80 |
| Practical Exam / OSCE | 1.0 Hrs 0 Mins | 20 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Exams) | 100 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
The reading list is available from the Library website
Last updated: 11/03/2025
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