UCL CENTRE FOR LANGUAGES
& INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
Course Units 2015-2016
Mandarin Syllabus D
Prerequisite for entry
Successful completion of Mandarin Syllabus C at the UCL CLIE or if you are reasonably fluent in the language and are
able to discuss a range of issues.
Course duration
20 x 2-hour classes.
Self-Study
80 hours in total.
Course codes
LCMA6004, LCMAG004, LCMAM004, LCMA6034, LCMAG034, LCMAM034 (together with Mandarin syllabus C),
LCMA6045, LCMAG045 and LCMAM045 (together with Mandarin for Business and Current Affairs).
Aims and Objectives
The course covers additional Chinese characters together with more advanced vocabulary, grammar, morphology,
syntax and phonetics, and develops the four skills (reading, writing, listening and speaking) to enable students to
communicate in all situations within a Mandarin-speaking environment.
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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College courses and requirements;
Books, libraries and book reviews;
Assignments, quizzes and deadlines;
Life stories;
Air travel and extreme weather;
Meeting a host family;
Teaching in Inner Mongolia;
Environmental projects in deserts.
Linguistic Structures
Grammar
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Talking about results using resultative complements;
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Talking about the future using 会 / 将；
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Giving extra information using 再说 / 而且；
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Expressing preferences using 还是 …… 吧；
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Limiting the range of statements using 对 …… 来说；
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Emphasizing facts and negating assumptions using 不是 …… 而是 …… ；
Expressing surprise using 没想到；
Making recommendations using 给 …… 推荐；
Expressing “any” using 什么 …… 都 ……；
Making suggestions using 不如 …… 怎么样 / 吧；
Stating a rationale using 根据；
Expressing “even” using 甚至；
Expressing “be worth” using 值得；
Expressing purpose using 为了；
Stating causes using 由于；
Expressing influences using 受 …… 影响;
Noun phrases with 以;
Expressing “unbearable” using 受不了;
Stating extreme consequences using 造成;
Describing impressions using 好像；
Expressing causal relations using 让；
Expressing limited choices using 不是 …… 就是 …… ；
Sentence-initial adverbs: 幸好，可惜，其实；
Explicit comparisons;
Implicit comparisons using 更 / 比较;
Expressing something is contrary to expectation using 并不 / 并没有;
Drawing conclusions using 看来 ;
Expressing sequences using 首先 …… 其次 …… （最后 ……）；
Making suggestions using（要不）这样吧；
Giving examples using 以 …… 为例;
Expressing “provide” using 为 …… 提供.
Learning Resources
Syllabus C
Syllabus C/D
Course Book:
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Discover China, Volume 3 - Textbook (Macmillan) 2013 – ISBN: 9780230406414
Discover China, Volume 3 - Workbook (Macmillan) 2013 – ISBN: 9780230406421
Additional material :
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Contemporary Chinese, Volume 3, Textbook (Sinolingua) 2003
Contemporary Chinese, Volume 3, Exercise Book (Sinolingua) 2003
Chinese Made Easy 4 (Joint Publishing H.K. Co., Ltd) Textbook (2006) / Workbook (2006)
New Practical Chinese Reader, Volume 2 and 3 (Beijing Language and Culture University Press) 2002
Chinese in Steps, Volume 3, with audio CDs, G. Zhang, L. Li and L. Suen (Cypress Book Co UK Ltd) 2006
A New China: Intermediate Reader of Modern Chinese, Chih-p’ing Chou, Joanne Chiang, Jianna Eagar
Princeton University Press) 1999
A Key to Chinese Speech and Writing, Volume 2, with audio tapes, Joel Bellassen (Sinolingua) 1997
In addition there is a wide range of language learning materials available for self-study in the Self-Access Centre.