HUMANITIES SUBJECTS – COURSES ONLY FOR THE 3-YEAR PROGRAMME

C. PARTICULAR DEFINITIONS AND EXAMINATION REQUIREMENTS

2. HUMANITIES SUBJECTS – COURSES ONLY FOR THE 3-YEAR PROGRAMME

§ 40. Chinese Oral and Written Language Proficiency

Chinese Oral and Written Language Proficiency Teaching activity no.

7150411/7150441/7150481 Study/study activity no.: Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Business, Language and Culture (Chinese)/

ECTS: 10 ECTS Campus: Sønderborg

Semester: 1st and 2nd semester Subject responsible institute:

Dep. of Design and Com- munication

Language of instruction: English Subject

responsible: Michael Rudolph Approved by the Study

Board: 22.1.2015

a. The scope of the course

5 lessons weekly during 1st and 2nd semester (3 years programme). Weighting: 5 ECTS in the 1st semester and 5 ECTS in the 2nd semester, a total of 10 ECTS.

b. Aim of the course

The teaching will focus on the key learning objectives listed below. This is supported by the selected exam form (see section. G. Below), which promotes and examines the students' knowledge, skills and competen- cies in the following points:

The course will deepen students’ communicative skills and competences in Mandarin Chinese. Knowledge:

Through the course, students shall obtain knowledge of the Chinese language at an intermediate level. During the year, students’ Chinese vocabulary will be enlarged to 1600 Chinese words (1000 words more than required in Language Proficiency 1).

Students will reach a level of integrated proficiency that enables them to understand more complex conversations and to express themselves in intermediate-level Mandarin both orally and written.

Skills:

The student shall develop an integrated Chinese language proficiency entailing the following skills:

Oral Proficiency:

The student must, at a moderate speed and using a relatively varied vocabulary, be able to - describe and assess depictions of situations, people and opinions

- provide a summary of a written or spoken text or dialogue as well as - argue in favour of/against particular viewpoints

Listening Proficiency:

The student must be able to understand and participate in a dialogue with interlocutors at moderate speed. Reading Proficiency:

The student must understand ordinary texts related to the communicative practices covered.

Writing Proficiency:

The student must be able without significant grammatical errors to produce texts of some length on com- mon states of affairs and special subjects covered in class, such as summaries, presentations of people, ob-

jects and places, as well as expressions of opinion. The student must be able to command some variation with regard to vocabulary, the use of discourse markers and syntactic constructions.

Grammar:

The student must knowall basic elements of Chinese grammar. Compentence:

Students shall be able to express themselves in intermediate level Mandarin Chinese.

c. Contents

The course builds on the first year of Chinese and introduces further basic features of Mandarin Chinese. Grammatical topics relevant to the training of specific communicative skills are introduced, mainly relating to areas of Chinese grammar which have proven difficult to students with a European language background. Through practical tasks using different written and audiovisual materials students will master different types of communicative practices including simple description of people, objects and places, presentation of their own opinions and those of others, summary and dialogue.

d. Forms of instruction and work

Half of the lessons introduce new Chinese vocabularies, sentence structures and grammar, and the other half will focus on the training of pronunciation, character writing, memorization and exercises.

The teaching will apply an integrated portfolio of teaching methods such as: - lectures and group teaching

- team work, pair conversation, problem-solving and role-play - question asking-answering

- selfstudy and homework

Students are expected to do and deliver homework as required, both in digital and hand-written form. The teaching is planned and performed in a way that supports active learning and activating teaching. Dif- ferent types of activity are implemented in accordance with the principles of the Humanities model in § 9. At the beginning of the course the teacher informs the students of the plan for the study activities. Reservation is made for changes in size of groups, rooms and other practical circumstances.

e. Syllabus

The course material includes English-annotated Chinese text- and workbooks and other selected audio-visual material.

f. Criteria for evaluation

In consideration of the provisions of the assessment system, the form of the examination and the level of the undergraduate course, weighting is placed on the degree to which the student’s performance lives up to the description of aims. Emphasis is also placed on the degree to which the student masters the general skills described in § 2.

g. Examination requirements

Language tests

During this course the student must pass 2 tests in the first semester. Each test evaluates oral proficiency (listening/speaking) and written proficiency (reading/writing) related to the texts studied in class. The tests are held in class.

Eksamination form 2 compulsory tests in oral and written proficiency. Each test evaluates oral proficiency and written proficiency.

Examination language: Chinese Second examiner: None

Assessment 7-point grading scale.

One grade as an average of the two grades given for oral proficiency. One grade as an average of the two grades given for written proficiency. Weighting Oral proficiency 2,5.

Written proficiency 2,5 Re-examinations for the tests

Re-examination for test 1 and 2 are held in Dec/Jan and in May/June. At a re-examination the board of stud- ies may decide to replace the 2 tests with one examination in oral proficiency and one examination in written proficiency for the students who have failed both tests in the semester.

Oral re-examination:

Examination form: Oral. An assignment including listening and oral proficiency is given.

Duration: 20 minutes

Preparation: 20 minutes

Aids: Decided by the teacher

Second examiner: None

Assessment: 7-grade scale

Weighting: 2,5 ECTS

Written re-examination:

Examination form: Written examination under supervision. An assignment including reading and written proficiency is given.

Duration: 1 hour

Aids: Decided by the teacher

Computer: According to information from the teacher and the secretariat Second examiner: None

Assessment: 7-grade scale

Weighting: 2,5 ECTS

Final Exams

The student must have passed test 1 and 2 before being allowed to take the exams at the end of the course. A. Oral Language Proficiency

The test in oral language proficiency requires students to summarise audio- or audiovisual materials of ap- proximately 5 minutes and to hold a conversation based on a text. Materials are handed out at the commencement of preparation.

Examination form: Oral. Examination language: Chinese

Duration: 20 minutes including assessment

Preparation: 20 minutes

Aids: Chinese-Chinese Dictionary

Second examiner: External

Assessment: 7-grade scale. One grade is given, as listening proficiency and expression proficiency each make up 50%.

Weighting: 2.5 ECTS B. Written Language Proficiency

The test in written language proficiency involves different types of task such as answering questions on a text, cloze insertion, writing descriptions, and exercises in free written proficiency in relation to topics which have been treated in class.

Examination form: Individual compulsory written test under supervision. Examination language: Chinese

Duration: 2 hours

Aids: Chinese-Chinese Dictionary

Computer: According to information from the teacher and the secretariat

Assessment: 7-grade scale. One mark is given as reading proficiency and writing proficiency each contribute with 50%.

Second examiner: External

§ 41. Philosophy of Science and the Humanities

§ 42. Philosophy of Science and the Humanities Teaching activity no.

Study/study

activity no.: Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Business, Language and Culture (Chinese)/

ECTS: 5 ECTS Campus: Sønderborg

Semester: 3rd Semester

Subject responsible institute

Dep. of Design and Commu- nication

Language of

instruction: English

Subject re-

sponsible: Klaus Robering Approved by

the Study Board:

22.1.2015

a. The scope of the course

1 hour a week in the first half of the 5th semester. Weighting: 5 ECTS

b. Aim of the course

Knowledge

be able to demonstrate her/his knowledge of those basic problems and positions within philosophy of science which have been treated in the course and which are mentioned in the curriculum literature. This will be checked in the first part of the written exam, which is devoted to a representation of basic concepts and positions within philosophy of science (cf. below).

Skills

be able to apply her/his knowledge of philosophy of science in discussions of concrete problems. This will be checked in the second part of the written exam, which is concerned with a particular case and/or an analysis of a text.

c. Contents

The course comprises a thorough and research-based introduction to the basic problems and the most important currents within the general philosophy of science with a special consideration of issues relating to the humanities. This will enable the student both actually to apply philosophy of science in her/his work and to enter into more advanced fields of this discipline. Furthermore, the course will supply a foundation for a more conscious and critical use of methods and theories from the students’ discipline and will thus provide the student with an understanding how science in general and special disciplines in particular can become the source of philosophical problems.

The course puts special emphasis on central and relevant issues such as the origin of the humanities, their various traditions within this field, the debate on the unity of science vs. the autonomy of humaniora, the role of interdisciplinarity, qualitative and quantitative methods, approaches to the humanities inspired by either natural science or social science, science and society, and the ethics of scientific research. Those parts of philosophy of science which are representative and/or relevant for recent research will especially be tak- en into account.

An essential part of the course deals, from the viewpoint of philosophy of science, with the particularity of traditional Chinese science and its historical development and compares the Chinese conception of science which that which arose in the Western world. – Two sessions of the entire schedule are devoted to practical matters concerning scientific work and writing and the generally accepted standards in this field.

d. Forms of instruction and work

Introductory presentation or (to a limited extent) lectures by the teacher, students’ presentations, exercises and discussions. Basically, the course will consist in a consideration of the curriculum literature but on this basis it will treat especially important or difficult issues of a problem or debate.

The teaching is planned and performed in a way that supports active learning and activating teaching. Dif- ferent types of activity are implemented in accordance with the principles of the Humanities model in § 9. At the beginning of the course the teacher informs the students of the plan for the study activities. Reservation is made for changes in size of groups, rooms and other practical circumstances.

e. Syllabus

About 300 pages.

f. Assessment criteria

Taking into account the special form of the exam and the academic level at the 3rd semester, it is considered to what extent the student performance corresponds to the aim of the course, and to what extent the student has acquired the general competences mentioned in § 2.

The grade is given in accordance with the rules specified in the official Danish notice concerning grades. The grade pass/fail indicates whether the general competences and those specific for the subject have been acquired on a sufficient level.

g. Examination requirements

Form of examination: A set written assignment. Examination language: English

Duration: 24 hours

Length: 2.5-4.5 standard pages

Multiple participants: No Second examiner: None

Assessment: Pass/fail

§ 43. Chinese Oral and Written Language Proficiency 3

This course takes place at a university/language institute in China

Chinese Oral and Written Language Proficiency 3 Teaching activity no.

Study/study activity no.: Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Business, Language and Culture (Chinese)/

ECTS: 40 ECTS Campus: Sønderborg (China)

Semester: 3 years progr.: 3

and 4th sem.

Subject responsible institute:

Dep. of Design and Com- munication

Language of instruction: English/ Chinese

Subject

responsible: Michael Rudolph Approved by the Study

Board: 22.1.2015

a. The scope of the course

416 lessons during the 3rd and 4th semester. The total number of lessons may be higher due to the lengt of Chinese semesters. Weighting: 40 ECTS

b. Aim of the course

Knowledge:

Through the course, students shall obtain knowledge of the Chinese language at an advanced level. During the year, students’ Chinese vocabulary will be enlarged by another 1000 Chinese words.

Skills:

The student shall develop an integrated Chinese language proficiency entailing the following skills:

- The student must be able to participate in daily as well as more formal situations, without significant linguistic errors and using a varied and moderately nuanced vocabulary, demonstrating the ability to describe and assess people and things, to summarise a text, dialogue or event and to argue in favour of/against viewpoints by using persuasive strategies.

- The ability to express oneself appropriately with due regard to situation and interlocutor is required, as is a varied vocabulary and the ability to communicate without interference caused by pronunciation and grammar.

- As for reading proficiency, the student must be able to understand the main content of newspaper texts relating to modern Chinese social studies.

- In written language proficiency the student is trained to formulate expository as well as more formal texts such as resumes, summaries and the like.

Compentence:

Students will reach a level of integrated proficiency that enables them to understand complex conversations and to express themselves in an upper-intermediate-level Mandarin both orally and written.

c. Content

The purpose of this course is to enhance phonetic, grammatical, lexical and discursive language proficiency. Students’ active and passive language proficiencies must be brought up to a level which allows them to ben- efit as far as possible from other courses taught in the Chinese language and to extend their ability to func- tion in a Chinese speaking environment.

The student will receive training in both oral and written business communication, such as business meet- ings, corporate and product presentations, interviews, problem-solving, decision-making and strategies of persuasion.

Through practical tutorials using different written and audiovisual materials such as interviews, newspaper articles and presentations, the student will acquire proficiency in communicative practices such as nuanced description of people, things and places, presenting one’s own or others’ opinions, writing letters to an edi- tor, making summaries of talks and dialogues, composing instructions etc.

Students are trained to understand and present different types of text. This is done by using the characteris- tic discursive, grammatical and lexical features of these types of texts.

Grammatical topics are included on the basis of their relevance to the training of skills relating to areas of Chinese grammar that have proved difficult to European students.

The teaching can incorporate topics from the parallel courses in History and Social Studies and Area Studies.

d. Forms of instruction and work

Each week’s lectures introduce new Chinese vocabulary and structures, train memorization and use of spoken and written forms in simple well-defined linguistic environments.

The teaching consists of lectures, discussions, classroom workshops, student presentations and group work. The teaching is planned and performed in a way that supports active learning and activating teaching. Dif- ferent types of activity are implemented in accordance with the principles of the Humanities model in § 9. At the beginning of the course the teacher informs the students of the plan for the study activities. Reservation is made for changes in size of groups, rooms and other practical circumstances.

e. Syllabus

Includes relevant textbooks, articles and grammars

f. Criteria for evaluation

g. Examination requirements

To qualify for this examination the student must have passed Language proficiency 2. Pre-requisite:

Active class participation

The student must participate actively in each semester in at least 80 % of the lessons (70 % if the stay follows the Chinese semesters of 16 weeks each)including the midterm- tests to qualify for the examinations. “Ac- tively”means that the student participates in the activities and fulfil the tasks planned by the teacher. The teacher must define what is meant by “actively” at the beginning of the course.

Re-examinations for the pre-requisite:

Examination form: Written. The student must do a number of tasks in grammar and vocabulary from all the text- and workbook material of the lessons

Examination language: Chinese/English

Duration: 2 hours

67 Computer: The examination is not digital Second examiner: None

Assessment: Pass/Fail

Weigthing: 0 ECTS

Final exams A. Oral exam

The examination involves summarizing a 5-minute audio- or audiovisual item and conducting a conversation based on written material. All materials and text are handed out at the commencement of preparation. Examination form: Oral test in listening and speaking proficiency respectively.

Examination language: Chinese/English

Duration: 20 minutes including assessment.

Preparation: 20 minutes.

Aids: To be decided by the teacher and announced at the beginning of the course Second examiner: Internal

Assessment: 7-grade scale

Weighting: 20 ECTS

B. Written exam

A written examination covering both reading proficiency and written proficiency. After reading an unfamiliar Chinese text, students must answer questions, summarize or comment on the content. In writing proficiency students must produce a text in which they demonstrate command of the given form of discourse.

Examination form: Written under supervision Examination language: Chinese/English

Duration: 5 hours

Aids: To be decided by the teacher and announced at the beginning of the course Second examiner: Internal

Assessment: 7-grade scale. Two grades are given. One for reading proficiency (10 ECTS) and one for written proficiency (10 ECTS).

§ 44. Chinese History, Culture and Society

This course takes place at a university/language institute in China

Chinese History, Culture and Society Teaching activity no.

Study/ study activity no.: Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Business, Language and Culture (Chinese)/

ECTS: 5 ECTS Campus: Sønderborg (China)

Semester: 3 years progr.: 3

semester

Subject responsible institute:

Dep. of Design and Com- munication

Language of instruction: Chinese Subject

responsible: Michael Rudolph Approved by the Study

Board: 22.1.2015

a. The scope of the course

2 lessons weekly during the 3rd semester. Weighting: 5 ECTS.

b. Aim of the course

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