2024/25 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

LANG1142 Mandarin post-beginners: language and society (A2)

10 creditsClass Size: 18

Module manager: Zhe Yu
Email: Z.Yu@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2024/25

This module is approved as a discovery module

This module is approved as a skills discovery module

Module summary

This module covers Mandarin language that you can use to communicate in everyday social and practical contexts. It is at A2 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR https://www.coe.int/en/web/common-european-framework-reference-languages/table-1-cefr-3.3-common-reference-levels-global-scale). It is designed for people who have some basic knowledge of the language, either because you have taken the beginners module, or because you have prior knowledge equivalent to at A1 of the CEFR. This module is also suitable for you if you have a GCSE or A2 of the CEFR and wish to maintain your current level. If you already have an A level or CEFR B1 then this module is not for you. It is a skills discovery module, which means that it can be taken in any year of your programme for which you have discovery credits available, with the credits counting towards progression and award. If there is another A2 module available, they can be taken in either order, one or two at a time.Note: It is not possible to take this module if you are enrolled on a single or joint honours degree programme in Mandarin.

Objectives

Through this module you will study the Mandarin needed to communicate in everyday social and practical contexts through topics such as shopping, eating out, education, transport, a trip, and visiting someone’s home. You will learn relevant vocabulary, become more comfortable with the sounds of the language, and gain a good basic knowledge of Mandarin grammar in the present, past and future tenses.

You will have opportunities to hear and use Mandarin as a practical classroom language. Class activities are communicative/task-based and involve working in pairs or groups. You are expected to self study between classes as well as preparing for the assessment.

Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following learning outcomes relevant to the subject:

1. Use spoken or written Mandarin to communicate in everyday social and practical contexts with sufficient clarity to be understood by a proficient Mandarin user
2. Use frequently used Mandarin expressions and simple descriptions in the present, past and future tenses

Skills Learning Outcome
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following skills learning outcomes:

1. Identify opportunities, in this case the opportunity to learn a language at a level beyond beginners
2. Adopt learning strategies appropriate to the learning of a language at a level beyond beginners

Syllabus

Details of the syllabus will be provided on the Minerva organisation (or equivalent) for the module.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Language Class	10	2.00	20.00
Private study hours			80.00
Total Contact hours			20.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			100.00

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Feedback in class on grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation. Feedback on a piece of spoken or written work. Students will also be encouraged to make use of other opportunities for feedback, for example making use of resources through the Language Zone (https://students.leeds.ac.uk/languagezone), using digital resources, and engaging in other opportunities to put language skills into practice outside the taught sessions.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Assignment	Choice of speaking/writing assessment	100.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

Choice of assessment according to assessment brief but which may include video, video conversation, blog, poem, comic or letter. The learning outcomes are mapped to A1 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR https://www.coe.int/en/web/common-european-framework-reference-languages/table-1-cefr-3.3-common-reference-levels-global-scale) where relevant to the module objectives and coursework. This assessment is marked on a pass-fail basis. Resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt.

Reading list

There is no reading list for this module

Last updated: 20/06/2024

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