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CH2110How bad is my Chinese anyway? Ask a linguist.

Chinese Studies • Arts and Social Science • 4 Units

Semester 1

This bilingual course examines the question of what it means to be a competent speaker of a language, focusing on Mandarin as the mother tongue language of the Singaporean Chinese community, and integrating theoretical and practical elements from second language pedagogy and linguistic analysis with socio-historical background on Standard Chinese. The course is geared towards building student confidence in their linguistic knowledge as speakers of Mandarin by inviting students to build a more objective, use-based understanding of their Mandarin proficiency level, engage with their linguistic intuitions, and strengthen Mandarin proficiency through usage tasks.

Prerequisite
If undertaking an Undergraduate DegreeTHEN( must have completed 1 of 21163 CHINESE B at a grade of at least 6, 21111/PHC HIGHER CHINESE at a grade of at least 6, 21162/M1111/P111/P1111 CHINESE at a grade of at least 6, 17 HIGHER CHINESE/46 CHINESE/88 CHINESE LANGUAGE & LITERATURE at a grade of at least 5ORmust be undertaking 1 of 0101CHHON Bachelor of Arts - Chinese Studies (Bilingual) [Hons], 0101CLHON Bachelor of Arts - Chinese Languages and Cultures [Hons]ORmust be undertaking 1 of 0101CH2MJ Chinese Studies (Bilingual) [2nd Major], 0101CL2MJ Chinese Languages and Cultures [2nd Major])
Additional Information
  • Has S/U option for Undergraduate students only

Workload - 10 hrs

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