Freshman Seminar in Language, Culture and Communication
(TDG 2009/12)
Leader: Dingxu Shi (CBS)
Leader's email: dingxu.shi@polyu.edu.hk
Other Members: Lan Li (ENGL), Cindy Ngai (CBS), King-fai Tam (CC), Doreen Wu (CBS)
Objectives:
Through this subject, we aim that students can:
- explore and examine the nature and characteristics of language, culture and communication;
- develop a global outlook and a positive attitudes toward multilingual and multicultural experiences;
- identify and locate the appropriate resources, tools and facilities for learning and research purposes;
- utlize as far as they can increase the research strength and intellectual interest of the academic staff members within FH;
- explore possible business opportunities in promoting cultural industry and nurture entreprenuershup in creative culture industry;
- develop a greater sense of Chinese identity and of the responsibility for gloablising Chiense Language and Culture; and
- engage in creative and critical thinking, self-learning and problem-solving through reading, research, collection and verification of data.
Remarks:
Outcomes & Deliverables:
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