Chinese Language and Literature MACLL/PgDCLL

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Credit transfer for compulsory subjects may be sought before the MA programme starts, and is normally granted on a case-by-case basis.
For Possible Study Pathways for CBS MA Scheme Students, please click here.

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

The following list is subject to revision. Their offering is subject to the availability of teaching staff and viable enrolment numbers. Some elective subjects may not be offered every year. The Department has the discretion on the offering semester and class quota.

The Chinese Language Block

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

^{^} 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.

The Chinese Literature Block

Subject Code	Subject Title	No. of Credits
CBS552	Literary Theory and Modern Chinese Literature	3
CBS553	Readings of Classical Literature	3

The Chinese Culture Block

Subject Code	Subject Title	No. of Credits
CBS554	Introduction to Chinese Culture and Chinese Classics	3

Credit transfer for compulsory subjects may be sought before the MA programme starts, and is normally granted on a case-by-case basis.

Students are required to take at least one 3-credit elective subject from the Chinese Language Block and one 3-credit elective subject from the Chinese Literature Block.

The Chinese Language Block

Subject Code	Subject Title	No. of Credits
CBS500	Semantics and Pragmatics	3
CBS5020	Special Education Needs in Speaking, Listening, Reading and Writing	3
CBS5021	Special Education Needs associated with Cognitive, Physical and Sensory Disorders	3
CBS503	Language in Society	3
CBS505B	Research Methods in Language Teaching and Language Studies	3
CBS506	Introduction to Educational Linguistics	3
CBS507	Teaching Chinese Vocabulary to Non-Native Learners	3
CBS509	Sign Language and Linguistics	3
CBS512	Introduction to Chinese Language Testing	3
CBS514	Introduction to Cantonese Studies	3
CBS516	Contrastive Analysis	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
CBS529	Chinese Lexical Semantics and Corpus Linguistics	3
CBS574	Second Language Acquisition and Foreign Language Learning	3
CBS581	Teaching Chinese Grammar to Non-native Speakers	3
CBS586	Teaching of Chinese Characters and Words to Non-native Learners	3
CBS588	Teaching of Chinese: Listening and Speaking	3
CBS589	Chinese Language and Culture	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

The Chinese Literature Block

Subject Code	Subject Title	No. of Credits
CBS540	Fiction in the Ming and Qing Era	3
CBS541	Chinese Opera and Literature	3
CBS543	Selected Readings of the Eight Writers of the Tang and Song Era	3
CBS544	Poetry of the Tang and Song Era	3
CBS545	Selected Readings of Vernacular Fiction	3
CBS546	Hong Kong Literature	3
CBS548	Contemporary Chinese Society through Literature	3

Other

Subject Code	Subject Title	No. of Credits
CBS5413	Digital Media Communication	3
CBS593 ^#	MACLL Dissertation	9

^# Students who choose to register for the CBS593 MACLL Dissertation must have (a) successfully completed 6 credits from the compulsory subjects with an overall GPA of 3.50 or above; (b) registered the outstanding credits of compulsory subjects concurrently in the same semester of the same academic year; and (c) obtained permission from the Programme Leader.

Non-CBS elective subjects

Subject Code	Subject Title	No. of Credits
CC5204	Islam, Christianity and Chinese Culture	3
CC5302	Appreciation of Chinese Classical Rhymed Writings	3

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