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Code Module Credits Duration Prerequisite(s)
YEAR 2 (Cont.)

CHIN2132 Introduction to Literature 3 45 hrs ---
This course mainly talks about the general laws of literary activities, involving many

interconnected factors, such as the nature of literary activities, literary creation and
reception of literary works. The occurrence and development of literary phenomena will
be discussed from the perspective of historical development. The main contents of this
course include theories on literary concepts, literary works, literary creation, reception,
origin and development. This is a very theoretical course, however, at the same time,
the theories are to be interconnected with literary works.

EDUC2100 Educational Psychology 2 30 hrs ---
This course aims to familiarize students with the basic theories of educational

psychology in a systematic way. The students are expected to make use of the related
theories to guide the teaching practices. The main contents of this course include:
psychology of students and teachers (personality development of students, individual
differences of students and their measurement and assessment, and professional
qualities and psychological health of teachers) , theories of learning (cognitive theory of
learning, behaviorism, constructivism and humanistic theory of learning), learning
psychology (motivations of learning, knowledge construction, problem solving and
creation, and moralities learning), educational psychology (effective learning, class
assessment and class management). Particular emphasis is laid upon the theories and
psychology of learning, and the individual differences and their measurement and
assessment.

ENGL2113 Advanced English I 3 45 hrs ENGL1108
This course aims to develop and strengthen students’ receptive and productive skills in
written English. Emphasis is laid upon enlarging the students’ vocabulary, developing
their comprehension skills, and improving their skills in writing a paragraph. Upon
completion of this course, the students are expected to understand and create
grammatically and syntactically correct sentences within a well-organized paragraph.
ENGL2114 Advanced English II 3 45 hrs ENGL2113

This course aims to further develop and strengthen students’ receptive and productive
skills in written English. Emphasis is laid upon applying analytical and critical reading
skills to a variety of texts and upon writing expository essays. Upon completion of this
course, the students are expected to recognize and use various patterns of text
organization to compose effective essays.
PORT2117 Intermediate Portuguese I 4 60 hrs PORT1118
The goal of the course is to provide students with basic knowledge of the Portuguese

language at lexical, morphological, syntactic and semantic levels. Particular emphasis is
laid upon vocabulary building and grammar acquisition through reading original texts on
current affairs, society, culture, politics and economy.
PORT2118 Intermediate Portuguese II 4 60 hrs PORT2117
This course, as a continuation of Intermediate Portuguese I, aims to further provide
students with basic knowledge of the Portuguese language at lexical, morphological,
syntactic, and semantic levels. Particular emphasis is laid upon vocabulary building and
grammar acquisition through reading original texts on current affairs, society, culture,
politics and economy.

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