BA Chinese and Linguistics

Year 4

(Award available for year: Bachelor of Arts)

Learning outcomes

On completion of the programme, students should have provided evidence of being able to:
-Communicate fluently and appropriately, maintaining a high degree of grammatical accuracy, in Chinese, with native or other competent speakers
-Demonstrate sophisticated receptive and productive language skills, and show some practice in mediation language skills (such as translation, interpreting, and presentation in the target language), in a variety of contexts
-Demonstrate a consolidated and extended knowledge and understanding of complex structures and registers of Chinese
-Demonstrate an ability to evaluate critically one or more aspects of the literatures, cultures, linguistic contexts, history, politics, social and economic structures of China
-Demonstrate global and cultural awareness and a particular understanding of one or more cultures and societies, other than their own, that will normally have been significantly enhanced by a period of residence abroad
-Demonstrate cultural sensitivity and an awareness of and ability to engage with and respond to the ethical issues raised by the programme of study
-Effectively communicate information, arguments and analysis in a variety of media, including undertaking extended pieces of work or projects, demonstrating independent research skills, making appropriate use of primary sources and showing coherent and detailed knowledge of recent research and scholarship in the field
-Describe and comment on particular aspects of recent research and/or scholarship, appreciate the uncertainty, ambiguity and limitations of knowledge in the subject and make appropriate use of scholarly reviews and primary sources
-Effectively communicate information, arguments and analysis in a variety of media, including undertaking extended pieces of work or projects, making appropriate use of primary sources and showing knowledge of different aspects of the disciplines, and of recent research and scholarship in the field.
-Work autonomously within a structured environment.
-Demonstrate knowledge of core linguistics
-Understand the relationship of theory and data, and the importance of a theory's explanatory power
-Demonstrate an understanding of the competitive nature of opposing theories, and be able to assess the contribution of evidence to conflicting claims
-Be aware of the problematic nature of data collection and analysis
-Show an awareness of the limitations of current knowledge, and the importance of scientific enquiry and well-supported argumentation in the extension of that knowledge
-Demonstrate, where appropriate, an ability to identify independently and critically engage with instances of cross-over between the two strands of the degree programme

Transferable (key) skills

Students will have had the opportunity to acquire, as defined in the modules specified for the programme:

- qualities and transferable skills related to the subject area(s) studied, valuable for employment, eg. be able to gather and analyse information from a variety of paper, audio-visual and electronic sources, be able to use IT effectively both as a means of communication and as an aid to learning;
- skills necessary for the exercising of personal responsibility;
- the ability to appreciate their strengths and weaknesses as learners;



The subject modules provide opportunities for students to practice and develop:
- The transferable skills necessary to non-vocational graduate employment, or to further academic study and/or professional qualifications;
- The exercise of initiative and acceptance of personal responsibility for continued development;
- The ability to assess complex and unpredictable situations, and to make reasoned decisions;
- The communication of information, ideas, problems and solutions to a variety of audiences which shows an awareness of both the possibilities of different media, and the importance of purposes and audience to the design of communication.

Assessment

Achievement will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules specified for the year/programme and will include:
- demonstrating the ability to apply a broad range of aspects of the discipline;
- work that draws on a wide variety of material;
- the ability to evaluate and criticise received opinion;
- evidence of an ability to conduct independent, in depth enquiry within the discipline;
work that is typically both evaluative and creative.

The achievement of the subject learning outcomes will be assessed by a variety of assessment methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules specified for the programme and will include:
- Demonstrating the ability to engage with a relatively broad range of aspects of the discipline;
- Drawing on a range of perspectives on an area of study;
- The ability to evaluate and criticise received opinion;
- Work that shows some evidence of independent thought, through either engagement with scholarship, application of theory to novel data, or depth of enquiry.