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Developing Oral Skills in Chinese (EDUC90696)

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The subject introduces the fundamental phonological features of spoken Chinese and discusses their nature, their interrelationships, and the demands they make on English speaking second language learners, in light of contemporary psycholinguistic research.Guided practice is given in identifying these features in a variety of text types and in their preparation and teaching using innovative and effective methods to enable their school students to produce accurate, fluent spoken Chinese.

Intended learning outcomes

Students in this subject will develop their ability to



  • perceive the integrated phonological features of natural spoken Chinese language
  • understand how modulation of these features contributes to the meaning of language in use
  • plan, resource and prepare a variety of text types for teaching students to perceive and produce strings of phonologically accurate, natural flows of Chinese
  • use a number of effective innovative techniques to teach their new material
  • work collaboratively within and across cultures in professionalactivities
  • work flexibly with a wide range of on-line resources and applications, all transferable to their own teaching

Generic skills

Students in this subject will be enabled to develop

  • an in-depth knowledge of their specialist discipline
  • the habit of critical reflection
  • awareness of ethnocentricity and the means to develop towards ethnorelativity
  • the ability to lead in innovative practice

Last updated: 10 February 2024