Mandarin Levels 5+6: Current Affairs and Culture (LCMA0013)

The course covers specialised vocabulary to enable participants to use their language skills in a more professional environment, such as discussions and interviews, as well as covering related topics such as current affairs and the latest trends in Chinese society. The course will enhance knowledge of Chinese life, society and business culture using complex and linguistically accurate structures (different types of discourse, register). Various transferable skills will also be further developed.

The course covers recent history, current affairs and the latest issues in society as well as other related topics.  Students will give presentations and are involved in roundtable discussions and debates on a variety of current issues. 

Cultural awareness will be further developed and raised within a European/global context. 

The course will enhance knowledge and use of linguistically complex structures (a variety of styles and registers from a range of authentic material).  Various transferable skills will also be further developed.

For full module details please see the CLIE language modules site at https://www.ucl.ac.uk/languages-international-education/study/modules

Japanese Levels 5+6: Current Affairs and Culture (LCJA0013)

The course is designed for advanced level students.  It teaches specialised vocabulary to enable participants to use their language skills in professional and academic environments, such as meetings and conferences.

The course comprises knowledge and understanding both of the structure of the language and of the cultural (social, historical and political) contexts in which it is currently used.

The course covers recent history, current affairs and the latest issues in society as well as other related topics.  Students will give presentations and are involved in roundtable discussions and debates on a variety of current issues. Cultural awareness will be further developed and raised within a European/global context. 

The course will enhance knowledge and use of linguistically complex structures (a variety of styles and registers from a range of authentic material).  Various transferable skills will also be further developed.

For full module details please see the CLIE language modules site at https://www.ucl.ac.uk/languages-international-education/study/modules.