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Code Module Credits Duration Prerequisite(s)
Elective Subjects - Group E (Cont.)

ENGL3107 History of The English Language 2 30 hrs ---
This course introduces students to the stages of change of the English language from its

Indo-European and Germanic origins to the modern-day dialects found around the
world. It takes students through the major periods in history and the influences of
language changes that occurred with the mix of different groups of people. It also
attempts to provide reasons for changes in the grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary
of the English language from its beginnings to modern times, tracing the history of
English in the words we use, the literature we read, and the everyday lives that the
English-speaking people lead.
HIST3103 Introduction to European Culture 2 30 hrs ---
This course aims to enable students who do not have a European cultural background to

learn something of the people, events and concepts that are familiar to those who have
been educated within the European cultural tradition. It aims to add the necessary
cultural vocabulary to assist the students to make sense of what they learn, especially
when once is aware that learning a language is only part of understanding a culture. This
cultural vocabulary allows the student as a language learner, and a learner of English at
that, to participate in conversations where a certain range of background knowledge is
taken for granted.
TRAN3108 Tourism and Gaming Translation 2 30 hrs ---
Translation for Tourism and Gaming is a semester course focusing on familiarizing

students with the register and discourse characteristics of tourism and gaming industries
as well as helping them acquire necessary translation skills and techniques. By
emphasizing Chinese-English and English-Chinese translation practices, this course will
lay a foundation for students to participate in translating in tourism and gaming
industries in the future.

Elective Subjects - Group F
CHIN4105 Selected Readings in Classical Chinese 2 30 hrs ---
Literature I

This course familiarises students with some of the masterpieces in classical Chinese
literature, so that they may develop a better insight into literary study. The course covers
topics such as selected readings from pre-Qin prose, Tang-Song classical prose, and the
Shi and Ci poetry of the Tang and Song Dynasties, etc.

CHIN4106 Selected Readings in Classical Chinese 2 30 hrs CHIN4105
Literature II
This course familiarises students with some of the masterpieces in classical Chinese
literature, so that they may develop a better insight into literary study. The course covers
topics such as selected readings from pre-Qin prose, Tang-Song classical prose, and the
Shi and Ci poetry of the Tang and Song Dynasties, etc.
TRAN4113 Stylistics and Translation 2 30 hrs ---
This course aims to introduce principles and concepts in stylistics and to explore their
applicability to translation criticism and practice. It focuses on differing features and
aspects of style in a range of texts, both literary and non-literary, and aims to equip
students to cope better with such problems in translation.

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