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LANG 1422
Chinese for Workplace Applications
3 Credit(s)
Previous Course Code(s)
CORE 1422
Exclusion(s)
LANG 1411, LANG 1412, LANG 1413, LANG 1414, LANG 1415, LANG 1120 (prior to 2022-23), LANG 1121 (prior to 2022-23), LANG 1122 (prior to 2022-23), LANG 1123 (prior to 2022-23), LANG 1124 (prior to 2022-23), LANG 1125 (prior to 2022-23), LANG 1126 (prior to 2022-23), LANG 1127 (prior to 2022-23)
Medium of Instruction
[PU] Putonghua
Description
This course is for students who have a background in Chinese. It aims to enhance their Chinese communication skills in workplace contexts. It also helps students to understand how language plays a crucial role in various workplace situations including self-branding, internal and external communication. Students will explore how to choose and use communicative strategies appropriate to the professional purposes, audiences, and contexts. The course will highlight the differences between the use of English and Chinese in workplace contexts, different Chinese language styles in various working regions and the culture behind the language. Students will acquire communication skills through interactive tasks, case analyses, simulated practices.
Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.
  Articulate essential principles and practical varieties of writing for workplace applications
- 2.
  Distinguish between major situations of workplace communication and their essential features
- 3.
  Analyze common aspects of Chinese language use with reference to internal and external workplace communications
- 4.
  Apply appropriate Chinese writing and presentation skills according to professional needs and relevant genres of workplace communications
- 5.
  Construct a systematic portfolio with communicative tasks and genres applicable to specific career challenges

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