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Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language MA/PgDTCFL(HKS)

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Master of Arts/Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language (with a specialism in Teaching Chinese as a Second Language in Hong Kong Schools)

[This curriculum is applicable to cohorts admitted in or after 2018/19.]

MATCFL (HKS) – A total of 30 credits. Students have to complete 5 Compulsory Subjects (15 credits) and 5 Elective Subjects (15 credits). Three of the Elective Subjects can be replaced by the MATCFL Dissertation provided the student has obtained permission from the Programme Leader.

PgDTCFL (HKS) – A total of 21 credits. Students have to complete 5 Compulsory Subjects (15 credits) and 2 Elective Subjects (6 credits).

The subject list is subject to revision. Offering of subjects is subject to the availability of teaching staff and viable enrolment numbers. 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
CBS528B The Development and Implementation of School-Based Chinese Language Curriculum in Hong Kong
3
CBS532 ^ Description of Chinese I: Words and Sentences
3
CBS539 ^ Description of Chinese I: Words and Sentences
3
CBS574 Second Language Acquisition and Foreign Language Learning
3
CBS572B Methodology of Teaching Chinese as a Second Language I
3
CBS591 Intercultural Communication
3
^ CBS532 and CBS539 are mutually exclusive.
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
CBS530 * Description of Chinese II: Sounds and Script
3
CBS533 * Description of Chinese II: Sounds and Script
3
CBS576 # MATCFL Dissertation
9
CBS581 Teaching Chinese Grammar to Non-native Speakers
3
CBS586 Teaching of Chinese Characters and Words to Non-native Learners
3
CBS590 Multimedia Applications for Language Professionals and Translators
3
* CBS530 and CBS533 are mutually exclusive. Students could choose either CBS530 (Cantonese MoI) or CBS533 (Putonghua MoI), but not both.
# Students who choose to register for the CBS593 MACLL Dissertation must have successfully completed the compulsory subjects with an overall GPA of 3.50 or above; and have obtained permission from the Programme Leader.

An exit award of PgD in CLL (without specialism) will be awarded to a student who has successfully accumulated 21 credits but who, for whatever reasons, could not complete his/her MACLL studies. Of the 21 successfully accumulated credits, 15 should come from compulsory subjects, 3 credits should come from a Chinese Language elective, and 3 credits should come from a Chinese Literature elective.

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