English Courses

The course provides students with essential training in academic writing in fields of Chinese culture. It develops students' ability to critically read and write, explain issues in cultural studies and interact with audiences to further understanding of Chinese cultures. It develops students’ ability to produce clear, coherent and supported arguments on culture-related issues.

• Communicative practice with personalized feedback
• Attractive blended learning pedagogy

• Written assignment:
  Draft 1 to compare and justify the selection of three articles/sources;
  Final annotated bibliography of five articles.  
• Academic speaking: Seminar discussion in groups of 5 to analyse and critique
• Final reflection: in-class quizzes & writing
• Blended learning tasks 

MA in Chinese Culture students

Student testimonials

• "This course has been a tremendous help to my academic writing and it has encouraged me to think critically."
• "This is a great course that really helped me learn a lot about academic English."
• "I learned a lot of skills related to English academic writing and applied them in the course assignments."
• "The course helped me to apply critical thinking to my research."
• "The course was well organised. The midterm assignment required us to critique and present an English-language article, while the final assignment focused on writing an annotated bibliography. These assignments required me to have professional-level writing skills and attention to detail."

Course outcomes

• Communicating own disciplinary focus to scholars of Chinese culture
• Understanding and producing linguistic, rhetorical and stylistic conventions of professional academic genres
• Developing critical and analytical interpretations of argumentative texts