Intermediate Chinese II (Mandarin)

Curriculum guideline

Effective Date:
Course
Discontinued
No
Course code
MODL 2292
Descriptive
Intermediate Chinese II (Mandarin)
Department
Modern Languages
Faculty
Language, Literature & Performing Arts
Credits
3.00
Start date
End term
Not Specified
PLAR
Yes
Semester length
15 weeks
Max class size
22
Course designation
Certificate in Global Competency
Industry designation
None
Contact hours

Seminar: 4 hrs/week

and

Lab: 1 hr/week

Method(s) of instruction
Lab
Seminar
Learning activities

The functional and communicative approach is used.

In this course, students engage in a variety of learning activities such as:

  • lecture material presented by the instructor, in-person or online synchronously or asynchronously;
  • task-based practice in pairs and small groups, both in class and in lab, presented in-person, or online synchronously, or asynchronously with instructor facilitation;
  • listening comprehension;
  • audio-visual activities;
  • online computer-assisted learning.

 Instructor feedback and revision of submitted work is provided.

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Course description
This course is designed for students who have completed MODL 2291 or its equivalent. In this course, students upgrade their language skills for purposes of: 1) participating in day to day personal, social and professional situations, 2) improving their employment opportunities, 3) participating in intercultural and/or international community activities, 4) preparing for further education or training. Students will develop intermediate listening, speaking, reading and writing skills through the study of vocabulary, grammar and culture. Chinese is spoken in class as much as possible.
Course content
  1. Intermediate-level sentence structures;
  2. Intermediate-level vocabulary;
  3. A minimum of 300 Chinese characters;
  4. Aspects of Chinese culture.

 

Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

 

  1. Demonstrate an understanding of spoken discourse at the intermediate level;
  2. Exhibit an understanding of written texts at the intermediate level;
  3. Conduct intermediate-level communicative tasks and conversations;
  4. Construct written expressions and write guided compositions;
  5. Articulate an understanding of target cultures;
  6. Apply intercultural competency skills. 
Means of assessment

Assessment will be based on course objectives and will be carried out in accordance with the Douglas College Evaluation Policy. Instructors may use a student’s record of attendance and/or level of active participation in a course as part of the student’s graded performance. Where this occurs, expectations and grade calculations regarding class attendance and participation must be clearly defined in the Instructor Course Outline. An evaluation schedule is presented at the beginning of the course. This is a graded course. 

Example evaluation scheme:

Written Evaluations
(may include, but not limited to, writing and reading exercises, chapter exams, paragraph writing, written homework, preparation, final written exam)

50% 

Oral Evaluations
(may include, but not limited to, oral exams, oral presentations, listening comprehension, conversation lab, attendance, preparation, class participation, final oral exam)

50%

Total

100%

No single evaluation will be worth more than 20%.

Evaluations may be done in person and/or online.

Note: This course includes testing worth more than 10 % during the last 14 days of classes. A standing variance to the Douglas College Evaluation Policy was granted by Education Council on April 24, 2017.

Textbook materials

 

Textbooks and materials are to be purchased by students. A list of required textbooks and materials is provided for students at the beginning of the semester.

Example texts may include:

Liu, Yuehua, et al. Integrated Chinese Level 2: Simplified Chinese Characters. Cheng & Tsui Company (current edition).

Prerequisites

 

MODL 2291 (Minimum Grade of C) or 
assessment (see calendar)

 

MODL 2291 (Minimum Grade of C) or assessment.

Corequisites

None

Equivalencies

None