Chinese Language | Faculty of Humanities

Aims & Outcomes	Students who take Chinese Language as Minor will be able to: explore Chinese language and its cultures through various linguistics, literature and culture courses offered; and demonstrate a basic knowledge about how the Chinese language can be analysed and about how it is used to communicate in social, cultural and/or professional contexts.
Offering Programme	BEd(CL)
No. of cps Required	15 cps (3 cps/course), including 12 cps of Core Courses; and 3 cps of Elective Courses.
Remarks	All Minors will not lead to Qualified Teacher Status (QTS). Neither teaching practice nor immersion will be arranged.
Important Notes	The Minor is housed within and managed by BEd(CL) under the current management structure. You are required to declare the Minor(s) in the final semester of your studies by submitting the declaration form on-line via The Portal (under ‘Minor(s)’ on the left panel of The Portal homepage) to the Registry for approval. Any aspect of the course and course offerings (including, without limitation, the content of the Course and the manner in which the Course is taught) may be subject to change at any time at the sole discretion of the University. Without limiting the right of the University to amend the course and its course offerings, it is envisaged that changes may be required due to factors such as staffing, enrolment levels, logistical arrangements and curriculum changes.

List of Courses taken as Minor

Students who wish to obtain a Minor in Chinese Language have to complete 15 cps (5 courses) offered from the following list. Please note that students are required to take 4 courses (i.e. 12 cps) from Core and 1 course (i.e. 3 cps) from Electives.

Domain	Course Code	Course Title	Dept
Core (choose any 4 courses)	CHI1559	現代漢語	CHL
	CHI2450	語言傳播的理論與應用	LML
	CHI3565	漢語修辭學	LML
	CHI3714^	古代漢語	CHL
	CUS1001	中國傳統人生哲學	LCS
	LIT1001	文學概論	LCS
	LIT1002	兒童文學	LCS
	LIT2003	文學創作	LCS
	LIT2006	中國古代文學（一）（先秦─隋唐）	LCS
	LIT2007	中國古代文學（二）（宋─清）	LCS
	LIT2008	中國現代文學	LCS
Electives (choose any 1 course)	CHI3575	漢字學	CHL
	CHI4577	漢語音韻學	CHL
	LIT3013	專家詩	LCS
	LIT3014	香港文學	LCS
	LIT4020	中國文學批評	LCS

^ Course Code changes

w.e.f. Semester 1, 2019/20:

Course Title	OLD Course Code	NEW Course Code
古代漢語	CHI2566	CHI3714

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Contact:

	Email	Contact Number
Programme Coordinator
Dr LIAO Xian	xliao@eduhk.hk	2948 7204
Enquiry on Course Quota
Department of CHL	ckaman@eduhk.hk	2948 8153
Department of LML	tysyeung@eduhk.hk	2948 7263
Department of LCS	yeeman@eduhk.hk	2948 6180
General Enquiry on Minor in Chinese Language
	a5b060@eduhk.hk	2948 7194
Enquiry on Declaration of Minor
REG	exam@eduhk.hk	2948 6177

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