Courses Minor Programmes Chinese Language

Chinese Language Studies

Chinese Language Studies

The School of Languages, Literacies and Translation offers three minor programmes, namely the Japanese Language Studies, the Chinese Language Studies and the Arabic Language Studies. Students have to accumulate 16 compulsory units. Students taking the minor package have to begin with level 100 and then proceed to the subsequent levels.
Chinese Language Studies
The courses offered are as follows:
LLC 100/4 Elementary Chinese I
LLC 200/4 Intermediate Chinese
LLC 300/4 Advanced Chinese I
LLC 400/4 Advanced Chinese II
LLC401/4 Business Chinese (optional)
LLC 100 - Elementary Chinese
This course is designed to expose students to the Chinese language, Pu Tong Hua (Standard Language). Students will be taught the four skills – listening, speaking, reading and writing – and grammar. In the listening and speaking components, students will be introduced to the vowels, consonants, tone and intonation of the Chinese language. In grammar, students will be taught the classification of nouns, verbs, adjectives and function words besides learning the formation of phrases, clauses and sentences. Students will also learn to read Chinese characters and to pronounce words correctly. In writing, the order of strokes of writing simple Chinese characters will be taught. Approximately 300 Chinese characters will be taught at this level. Vocabulary to be learned consists of numerals and measure words, time words, words relating to year, month and day, fractions and percentages. In addition to question words, negative words, common greetings and responses are taught.
LLC 200 - Intermediate Chinese
This course is a continuation of LLC 100. Approximately 300 Chinese characters will be introduced in this course. Students at this level will be exposed to certain aspects of the Beijing pronunciation. In relation to this, homophones with differing tones will be emphasized. Formation of various kinds of sentences will be practised as well. The types of sentences to be taught at this level are compound and complex sentences. Vocabulary introduced at this level is related to school life, family members, occupations, paying a visit. Functions such as thanking and making apologies are also included. The correct use of conjunctions, interjections, prepositions and particles will also be covered.
LLC 300 - Advanced Chinese I
This course is a continuation of LLC 200. Approximately 300 new Chinese characters will be taught. Changes of the complicated forms of Chinese characters to the simplified forms are discussed. As many as 214 radicals are introduced. Besides the formation of words and phrases, the course highlights various kinds of complex sentences. In addition, the course introduces expressions and words for requests, invitations, refusals and welcoming friends. The use of auxiliary verbs, particles, and conjunctions as well as location words and words indicating weather conditions are discussed.
The School of Languages, Literacies and Translation offers three minor programmes, namely the Japanese Language Studies, the Chinese Language Studies and the Arabic Language Studies. Students have to accumulate 16 compulsory units. Students taking the minor package have to begin with level 100 and then proceed to the subsequent levels.

Chinese Language Studies

The courses offered are as follows:
 
LLC 100/4 Elementary Chinese I 
LLC 200/4 Intermediate Chinese 
LLC 300/4 Advanced Chinese I 
LLC 400/4 Advanced Chinese II 
LLC401/4 Business Chinese (optional)
 
LLC 100 - Elementary Chinese
 
This course is designed to expose students to the Chinese language, Pu Tong Hua (Standard Language). Students will be taught the four skills – listening, speaking, reading and writing – and grammar. In the listening and speaking components, students will be introduced to the vowels, consonants, tone and intonation of the Chinese language. In grammar, students will be taught the classification of nouns, verbs, adjectives and function words besides learning the formation of phrases, clauses and sentences. Students will also learn to read Chinese characters and to pronounce words correctly. In writing, the order of strokes of writing simple Chinese characters will be taught. Approximately 300 Chinese characters will be taught at this level. Vocabulary to be learned consists of numerals and measure words, time words, words relating to year, month and day, fractions and percentages. In addition to question words, negative words, common greetings and responses are taught. 
 
LLC 200 - Intermediate Chinese
 
This course is a continuation of LLC 100. Approximately 300 Chinese characters will be introduced in this course. Students at this level will be exposed to certain aspects of the Beijing pronunciation. In relation to this, homophones with differing tones will be emphasized. Formation of various kinds of sentences will be practised as well. The types of sentences to be taught at this level are compound and complex sentences. Vocabulary introduced at this level is related to school life, family members, occupations, paying a visit. Functions such as thanking and making apologies are also included. The correct use of conjunctions, interjections, prepositions and particles will also be covered. 
 
LLC 300 - Advanced Chinese I
 
This course is a continuation of LLC 200. Approximately 300 new Chinese characters will be taught. Changes of the complicated forms of Chinese characters to the simplified forms are discussed. As many as 214 radicals are introduced. Besides the formation of words and phrases, the course highlights various kinds of complex sentences. In addition, the course introduces expressions and words for requests, invitations, refusals and welcoming friends. The use of auxiliary verbs, particles, and conjunctions as well as location words and words indicating weather conditions are discussed. 

LLC 400 - Advanced Chinese II

This course is a continuation of LLC 300. An additional 300 new Chinese characters will be introduced. Students at this level are exposed to more complex Chinese reading materials and established magazines. Students will encounter more words and phrases in the construction of more complex sentences. Students will be taught how to look up new words in the Chinese dictionary and how to write memos and informal letters. 

LLC 401 - Business Chinese

This course introduces students to the use of the Chinese language in a business context. In this course, emphasis is placed on competence in oral communication and the correct use of the Chinese language for business. Students will also be introduced to the Chinese business culture and Chinese business philosophy. Furthermore, the course presents words and phrases that are often used in business conversations and discussions including appropriate language used when making an order, shopping, making an inquiry, interviewing and making telephone conversations. Students will also learn to fill in application and registration forms, to make orders in writing and to write formal letters.  

Chinese Language Teachers

No Name Email Ext.     
Room no. 
1 Ms. Gan Pek Har This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 4974 D09A/109
2 Ms. Lee Pin Ling This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 2188 D10/106
3 Mr. Loo Hooi Huck This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 3750 D10/221
4 Ms. Khor Gek Suan (Engineering Campus)    
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5421 1.05
5 Ms. Ma Li Maryam (Health Campus) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 1250


Posted by clah Dec 01, 2010