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Chinese Linguistics MACL

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Master of Arts in Chinese Linguistics

 [This curriculum is applicable to cohorts admitted in or after 2016/17.]

The subject list is subject to revision. Offering of subjects is subject to the availability of teaching staff and viable enrolment number. Some elective subjects will not be offered every year. The Department has the discretion on the offering semester and class quota, which is limited by classroom capacity. 

Compulsory Subjects
Subject Code Subject Title No of Credits
CBS532 ^ Description of Chinese I: Words and Sentences
3
CBS539 ^ Description of Chinese I: Words and Sentences
3
CBS530 * Description of Chinese II: Sounds and Script
3
CBS533 * Description of Chinese II: Sounds and Script
3
CBS500 Semantics and Pragmatics
3
CBS503 Language in Society
3
CBS5T01 Professional Ethics and Academic Integrity
1

^ Students are allowed to choose either CBS532 or CBS539 to satisfy the compulsory credit requirement. 
* Students are allowed to choose either CBS530 or CBS533 to satisfy the compulsory credit requirement. 

Credit transfer can be granted for compulsory subjects on a case-by-case basis subject to prior approval.

Language Sciences
Subject Code Subject Title No. of Credits

CBS509

 Sign Language and Linguistics
3
CBS514 Introduction to Cantonese Studies
3
CBS516 Contrastive Analysis
3
CBS529 Chinese Lexical Semantics and Corpus Linguistics
3
CBS538 # MACL Dissertation
9
CBS574 Second Language Acquisition and Foreign Language Learning
3
CBS590 Multimedia Applications for Language Professionals and Translators
3
CBS592 Psycholinguistics
3
CBS596 Neurolinguistics
3
CBS598 Experimental Phonetics
3
CBS599 Statistical Methods in Language Research
3
Language Education
Subject Code Subject Title No. of Credits
CBS5020 Special Education Needs in Speaking, Listening, Reading and Writing
3
CBS5021 Special Education Needs Associated with Cognitive, Physical and Sensory Disorders
3
CBS505B Research Methods in Language Teaching and Language Studies
3
CBS506 Introduction to Educational Linguistics
3
CBS512 Introduction to Chinese Language Testing
3
CBS527 Chinese Language Education in Primary and Secondary Schools
3
CBS528B The Development and Implementation of School-Based Chinese Language Curriculum in Hong Kong
3

CBS549

 Teaching the Uses of Media for Teaching Chinese to Foreigners
3
CBS581 Teaching Chinese Grammar to Non-native Speakers
3
CBS586 Teaching of Chinese Characters and Words to Non-native Learners
3
Others
Subject Code Subject Title No. of Credits
CBS5413 Digital Media Communication
3
CBS544 Poetry of the Tang and Song Era
3
CBS561 Translation: Text and Context
3
CBS562 Interpreting: Principles
3
CBS564 Translation: Discourse and the Translator
3
CBS565 Interpreting: Consecutive
3
CBS566 Translation Studies
3
CBS568 Advanced Translation
3
CBS591 Intercultural Communication
3
CBS597 Advanced Liaison Interpreting
3
# Students who choose to register for CBS538 MACL Dissertation must have successfully completed 6 credits from the compulsory subjects with an overall GPA of 3.50 or above; and having registered the outstanding credits of compulsory subjects concurrently in the same semester of same academic year; and have obtained permission from the Programme Leader

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