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

CHIN3118 Chinese Arts and Talents 2 30 hrs ---
This optional course aims to optimize the system of internal Chinese program and help

students get better engaged in teaching Chinese or doing some work related to foreign
exchanges. Chinese arts and talents to be taught in this course include traditional
Chinese calligraphy, Xiqu, songs, dancing, martial arts and paper cutting. Through
learning and practicing, students are expected to understand traditional Chinese culture
in a more comprehensive way, and enhance their humanistic quality so as to lay a good
foundation for their teaching Chinese in the future.

Elective Subjects - Group B
CHIN4111 Language Investigation 2 30 hrs ---
This course requires students to record and sort out the real linguistic materials, collect

the social and historical data about an oral or written language, and analyze the data in a
comprehensive way. The concrete tasks include: firstly, describing and analyzing the
phonetic, lexical and grammatical phenomenon, and summarizing the corresponding
rules; secondly, seeking the linguistic norms, norms of diction and the rules for dialect
speakers to learn Mandarin so as to provide data or bases for solutions to other linguistic
issues; thirdly, discussing the social and cultural functions of a language from a
theoretical perspective.
CHIN4112 Seminars on Language and Culture 2 30 hrs ---
This course consists of two parts: a professional instructor's teaching and students'

attending academic seminars related to this program. The topics mainly focus on the
relationship between language and culture. The course will help students look at the
deep reasons for language changes from a wider cultural perspective, and discuss the
linguistic phenomenon and issues that interact with some factors such as politics,
economy, society, history, mass media and fashion.
CHIN4113 Theories and Applications: Chinese 2 30 hrs ---
Language Proficiency Test (HSK)

HSK is a standardized Chinese proficiency test organized by China Hanban. It tests the
ability of non-native speakers of Chinese to communicate in Chinese in their life, study
and work. This course explains the design thoughts and theoretical foundations of this
test and introduces the standards of different levels and their tested contents. It trains
students in terms of special linguistic skills through extensive practices of past test
papers and simulated test papers so as to make them comprehensively grasp the skills in
participating in HSK.
HIST4102 History of Cultural Exchange Between 2 30 hrs ---
China and the West
This course systematically talks about the history of cultural exchanges between China
and the foreign countries from Pre-Qin period to the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Rich
archaeological data and sites are adopted to demonstrate the evolutional traces of
contact, penetration, exchange and creation of different ancient civilizations and their
colorful connotations. Students are expected to deepen their understanding of the
relationship between Chinese culture and other cultures so as to further enhance their
intercultural competence.

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