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

CHIN3125 Language and Society of Macao 2 30 hrs ---
This course introduces the multilingual status of Macao. Through discussions on

different topics, students are expected to understand and know the interplay between
different languages and the dialect, and the related social and cultural meanings.
CHIN3126 Guided Reading of Chinese Classics 3 45 hrs ---
Human wisdom has been the most beautiful and powerful driving force in the long
history of social development. Reading the classic works left by the sages of the past will
undoubted bring about deep enlightenment and encouragement. This course guides
students in reading the classic Chinese works regarding religion, philosophy, history,
language, literature, arts and social development. Subject to the actual needs of the
students and the course, further readings and discussions on inter-textuality are to be
covered to help them understand Chinese thoughts, culture and society in a deeper and
more comprehensive way.
CHIN3127 Appreciation of the Tang Dynasty 2 30 hrs ---
Poetry
This course aims to familiarize students with the Chinese poetry during the Tang
Dynasty, the golden era of ancient Chinese poetry. The famous poems by famous poets
during the initial, the most prosperous, middle and late periods of the Tang Dynasty are
selected for this course. Particular emphasis is laid upon analyzing the representative
poems of different categories and themes from the aspects of thought and artistic
value. This course hopes to cultivate the students' esthetic sentiment and appreciation
ability for poetry.
CHIN3128 Comercial Writing 2 30 hrs ---

This course aims to teach students how to write applied documents in general
commercial situations. Emphasis is laid upon practical writing exercises such as
abstracts, proposals, reports and letters. Students are required to take part in case
studies and mock practices regarding commercial texts of various categories.

CHIN3129 Media and Society 2 30 hrs ---
This course aims to guide students in thinking about the complicated relationship

between mass media and modern society, particularly the overall shaping of new media
in the web era on public discourse space and the deep penetration into the fields such
as politics, ideology, culture, education, religion and arts. The main contents of this
course include categorical evolution and transmission routes of mass media, digitalized
existence and the main characteristics of new media, media ethics of the internet
society and media culture, new media and popular culture, new media and mass
consumption, new media and private living space, and media policies in the era of new
media.
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EDUC3101 Teaching Fieldwork I 3 60 hrs ---
Those who want to obtain the teacher's certificate for non-tertiary teachers recognized

by Macao Education and Youth Affairs Bureau have to take part in the field work in the
third or fourth year of their study in an educational institution recognized by Macao
Education and Youth Affairs Bureau. The students are expected to apply the professional
knowledge and skills that they have learned to their field work, and combine theories
with practices in order to lay a good foundation for becoming a professional teacher of
Chinese language.

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