Chinese Literature
and Language

The Chinese Literature and Language course is designed to provide students with the autonomy to develop a deep understanding of the nature of language and language learning skills. This course will provide students with a supportive learning environment where they can develop the ability to use Chinese effectively for the purpose of practical and authentic communication. Students will have the opportunity to explore and discuss written texts dealing with Chinese literature and various aspects of Chinese culture and society, as well as global issues. The study of Chinese Literature and Language will cultivate the skills of analysis and evaluation needed to be critical consumers, and the communicative competencies required to be creative producers of texts. This course will allow students to critically examine and reflect upon their own roots and identities.

Course Aims

Gain linguistic proficiency, fluency and range in order to become effective communicators.
Develop empathy, compassion and respect for others by engaging literary works of different times and places.
Explore different text types to develop critical literacy in a digital age.
Foster creativity to express thought, feelings and imagination.
Explore the connections between languages, identities and cultures.
Cultivate effective reading habits and inspire a lifelong love of reading.

Develop the cultural and linguistic knowledge needed to understand and critically appreciate literature and language.
Contribute to other areas of the UWCSEA learning programme: Activities, Service, Outdoor Education and Personal and Social Education.

"With a new global education agenda that prioritizes quality, equity, and lifelong learning for all, it is essential to encourage full respect for the use of mother language in teaching and learning and to promote linguistic diversity. Inclusive language education policies will not only lead to higher learning achievement, but contribute to tolerance, social cohesion, and, ultimately, peace”
Irina Bokova (Former Director-General UNESCO)

Course Outline

The Chinese Language and Literature course is designed to reactivate and deepen prior learning and will cater to different learners. In each unit, students will be engaged in class discussions and presentations to help develop oral competency in spoken Chinese and to express increasingly sophisticated ideas and opinions in a culturally and linguistically authentic manner. Students will also have the opportunity to explore and discuss different types of texts relating to Chinese literature and various aspects of Chinese culture and society, as well as global issues.

Grade 9

Unit 1: Culture and Identity

In this unit, students explore the relationship between language and culture. They develop their understanding and appreciation of Chinese prose and Chinese philosophy through cultural and aesthetic traditions.

Unit 2: Social Contexts and Individuals

In this unit, students explore the relationship between individuals and society, gaining an understanding of how individuals' values, growth, and lives are influenced by social contexts, as represented in a range of short stories.

Unit 3: Representation and Transformation

In this unit, students explore the literary techniques of drama, and adapt a short story into a drama script.

Grade 10

Unit 1: Singing from the hearts: Poem, Lyric, rhythmical language

In this unit, students demonstrate their appreciation of Chinese poems and modern Chinese song lyrics, and develop their understanding of how rhythmical language enhances communication between authors and audiences.

Unit 2: Multimodal Presentation: Film, and Visual Text

In this unit, students develop their understanding of how producers select forms of multimodal communication to engage the audience and develop meaning while studying the techniques used in movies, posters and photographs.

Unit 3: Intertextuality of Global Issues: Novel and Non-Literary Texts

In this unit, students develop their ability to introduce global issues in a novel and demonstrate their understanding of how global issues are presented in different text types by comparing and contrasting extracts from the novel and non-literary texts.

Unit 4: Amazing Imagination: Transformation in fiction

In this unit, students show their knowledge and understanding of imaginative plots in fiction texts by analyzing a series of extracts from fictional works.

Skills developed

Chinese Language and Literature is a course that will provide multiple opportunities for students to develop and practise the following skills:

Critical Thinking
︎Collaboration
︎Research
︎Decision Making
︎Digital Literacy
Self-Management
︎Communication
︎Creativity
Present ideas effectively
Literary and textual analysis

Assessment

There are five assessment objectives for the Chinese Language and Literature course:

knowledge and understanding,
analysis, interpretation and evaluation,
organization and presentation,
use of language and
creative production.

Assessments vary in their form and purpose, ranging from individual creative writing to literary analysis and argumentative writing. There are interdisciplinary projects involving oral presentations and debates, as well as research and critical thinking-based projects.

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