Module manager: Ying Peng
Email: y.peng@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2025/26
| EAST2030 | Chinese Language Skills – 2A |
This module is not approved as a discovery module
This module is a comprehensive course of upper-intermediate language skills. The module aims to improve students' practical language skills through intensive and extensive readings, writings, translation/interpretation between Chinese and English, listening comprehension and interpersonal communication. Topics covered may include literature, business, tourism, education and other social-cultural issues.
On completion of this module, students should have developed an enlarged range of vocabulary, grammatical structures, idioms and collocations and be able to use them appropriately in different contexts; to read and understand original modern Chinese texts of various styles; to translate and interpret between English and Chinese; to understand everyday spoken Chinese on a wider range of topics including more complex social and cultural issues; and to use Chinese more fluently and naturally in a variety of spoken and written discourse contexts. In conjunction with the pre-requisite EAST2015, the modules prepare students for advanced language levels which are essential to their Level 3 study, future career and ability to act as cross-cultural intermediaries.
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following learning outcomes relevant to the subject:
1. Recognise and employ Chinese vocabulary, grammatical structures, idioms and collocations at higher upper-intermediate level;
2. Demonstrate the ability to read and understand various discourses written or recorded in Chinese at higher upper-intermediate level;
3. Express themselves on a range of topics with accuracy, fluency and confidence either in written or spoken Chinese;
4. Translate and interpret materials of higher upper-intermediate level between Chinese and English competently;
5. Develop the ability to critically analyse and interpret Chinese texts, recognizing main ideas and key points in alignment with the module level.
Skills Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following skills learning outcomes:
6. Demonstrate intercultural understanding and awareness of cultural and 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 | 22 | 1 | 22 |
| Practical | 44 | 1 | 44 |
| Private study hours | 134 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 66 | ||
| 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 | 70 |
| Practical Exam / OSCE | 0.0 Hrs 20 Mins | 30 |
| 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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