UCL CENTRE FOR LANGUAGES
& INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
Course Units 2015-2016
Mandarin Syllabus C
Prerequisite for entry
Successful completion of Mandarin Syllabus B at the UCL CLIE or a similar course and have experience of dealing with
relevant authentic material.
Course duration
20 x 2-hour classes.
Self-Study
80 hours in total.
Course codes
LCMA6003, LCMAG003, LCMAM003, LCMA6023, LCMAG023, LCMAM023 (together with Mandarin syllabus B),
LCMA6034, LCMAG034, LCMAM034 (together with Mandarin syllabus D).
Aims and Objectives
The course covers additional Chinese characters together with more vocabulary, grammar, morphology, syntax and
phonetics, and develops the four skills (reading, writing, listening and speaking) to enable students to communicate in
specific situations within a Mandarin-speaking environment. Students will be able to converse reasonably fluently with
native speakers and discuss personal, practical, social and some current issues using appropriate structures.
The course will enhance knowledge and use of linguistic structures (a variety of styles and registers from a range of
appropriate authentic material). Various transferable skills will also be further developed.
Course Content
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Making and responding to requests ;
Asking and answering questions about rules and signs;
Asking for and giving recommendations;
Bargaining/ asking for suggestions;
Talking about a place of natural beauty through comparison;
Describing one’s appearance/ personalities ;
Asking and giving reasons.
Linguistic Structures
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Expression possession, exi9stence or location with 有;
Complements expressing result;
Expression passive voice suing 被;
Expression a continuing action or state with 着;
是 …. 的 constructions;
Giving instruction using imperatives;
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把 sentences;
Duplication of verbs;
Expressing result of an action with 到;
Serial verb constructions ;
Affirmative-negative questions;
The auxiliary words;
Wh-questions .
Learning Resources
Syllabus C
Syllabus B/C
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Discover China, Volume 2 - Textbook (Macmillan) 2011 – ISBN: 9780230406391
Discover China, Volume 2 - Workbook (Macmillan) 2011 – ISBN: 9780230406407
Syllabus C/D
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Discover China, Volume 2 - Textbook (Macmillan) 2011 – ISBN: 9780230406391
Discover China, Volume 2 - Workbook (Macmillan) 2011 – ISBN: 9780230406407
Discover China, Volume 3 - Textbook (Macmillan) 2011 – ISBN: 9780230406414
Discover China, Volume 3 - Workbook (Macmillan) 2011 – ISBN: 9780230406421
A selection of authentic material will also be used.
In addition there is a wide range of language learning materials available for self-study in the Self-Access Centre.