Lessons:
Weekly lectures
Assessment:
Polling 5%
Graded MCQs 75%
Case studies (Peer-to-peer marking) 20%
Description:
A MOOC online module which gives you the basics of Forensics Science, including blood, fingerprinting, firearms, and a variety of real-life case study.
The lectures can be watched at your own pace. However, you have to take part in a polling at the start of the week. The polling is similar to tutorial participation marks, you just have to poll and you will get your marks regardless of whether you gave the right or wrong answer. The poll is just to get an insight of what people understand about the topic before listening to the lecture.
You have to complete 3 sets of MCQs, each 25%. There are a total of 3 tries given for each MCQs, so it is very likely to get full marks for all of them. Each set of MCQs cover the topics in the previous weeks, for example, MCQ Set A cover content from Lecture 1 to 3, Set B covers Lecture 4 and 5, etc.
For the case studies, you will be given background of the case and a series of illustrated diagrams of the scene. You will have to apply the knowledge from the lectures to answer the questions. The case studies will be peer-marked anonymously by a few other students, and you will have to mark case studies of other students. Rubrics will be given. The important part of case study is to answer logically, with thorough explanation and substantiation.
Do note that this module is NOT equivalent to CM8002 Forensic Science. This is a 2AU module, and you can choose to take it as UE or GERPE (STS). If you decided to take it as GERPE, you will have to complete CM8022 Applications of Forensics Science, which is 1AU, in order to fulfil the 3AU requirement for GERPE (STS). I did not take CM8022 so I am not sure about its content, but I do know that it is a 3-hr weekly lecture in-class, so you have to take it during subsequent semester. However, if you decided to clear it as UE, completing CM8022 is optional, but remember that CM8012 is just 2AU, so you may have to take a 4AU module to balance out, or overload your UE credits.
Another note to remember is that you MUST sign up for signature track if you want to credit transfer. More instructions will be given on how to sign up for signature track.
Friday, December 5, 2014
HP3901 Cultural Psychology
Lessons:
2 hr lecture + 1 hr tutorial
Assessment:
Class Participation 10%
Mid-term 15%
Group Presentation 15%
Finals 60%
Exam Format:
Midterms - MCQs
Finals - MCQs + Essays
Description:
This module is about the differences between different cultures with respect to various psychology topics such as interpersonal attraction, morality, perception, etc.
Readings are quite heavy, with each chapter ranging from 30 to 50 pages. But similar to all other psychology modules, it is a MUST to read the textbook.
Lectures come in handy because it provides a good summary for the textbook, thus, giving you an idea of what to focus on for your exams. There are also a few content in the lecture that is not covered in a textbook. Also, demonstrations of experiments and videos will also be shown during the lecture.
Tutorials include extensions of the content taught in lectures, and also discussion questions and simple hands-on for the experiments. The content taught in the tutorial are not tested in the finals, but it does give you a more complete view for the topic.
For the group project, each group will have to think of a phenomenon that is different between cultures. You will have to do thorough research on it and present it in the final tutorial class. The presentation format will be in the form of a research poster.
For the mid-terms, because it is MCQs, not much memorising needed. It is more important to understand the concepts. For the finals, the essays are actually short-answer questions. Memorising may be required, but I do feel that understanding is more important. This is because most of the content rest upon the underlying principle of individualism VS collectivism so you can actually understand the rest of the content much better. However, what you do need to memorise may be the experiment procedures and results, definitions. Do note that you do need to read BOTH textbook and lecture slides for the exams, especially finals.
2 hr lecture + 1 hr tutorial
Assessment:
Class Participation 10%
Mid-term 15%
Group Presentation 15%
Finals 60%
Exam Format:
Midterms - MCQs
Finals - MCQs + Essays
Description:
This module is about the differences between different cultures with respect to various psychology topics such as interpersonal attraction, morality, perception, etc.
Readings are quite heavy, with each chapter ranging from 30 to 50 pages. But similar to all other psychology modules, it is a MUST to read the textbook.
Lectures come in handy because it provides a good summary for the textbook, thus, giving you an idea of what to focus on for your exams. There are also a few content in the lecture that is not covered in a textbook. Also, demonstrations of experiments and videos will also be shown during the lecture.
Tutorials include extensions of the content taught in lectures, and also discussion questions and simple hands-on for the experiments. The content taught in the tutorial are not tested in the finals, but it does give you a more complete view for the topic.
For the group project, each group will have to think of a phenomenon that is different between cultures. You will have to do thorough research on it and present it in the final tutorial class. The presentation format will be in the form of a research poster.
For the mid-terms, because it is MCQs, not much memorising needed. It is more important to understand the concepts. For the finals, the essays are actually short-answer questions. Memorising may be required, but I do feel that understanding is more important. This is because most of the content rest upon the underlying principle of individualism VS collectivism so you can actually understand the rest of the content much better. However, what you do need to memorise may be the experiment procedures and results, definitions. Do note that you do need to read BOTH textbook and lecture slides for the exams, especially finals.
HP8004 Coping With Cultural Transition
Lessons:
3 hr lecture
Assessment:
Mid-term 30%
Finals 70%
Exam Format:
Midterms - MCQs
Finals - Fill-in-the-blanks + Essays
Description:
This module covers aspects of culture shock, intercultural training and puts focus on various context such as business, international students, media, etc. It is a Liberal Studies/Liberal Arts GER-PE under Psychology.
Readings consist of only the lecture slides and handouts for every chapter. There is no assigned textbook.
Lectures are supposed to be 3-hr each, but most of the time it ended within 2.5 hours. Some content in the lecture slides are not covered in the handout so it is good to attend the lecture, otherwise it may be hard to understand the points written in the lecture slides.
For mid-terms, there are only MCQs, so not much memorising needed. Be sure to know which are the main points (e.g phases of culture shock) and definitions. Bell-curve can be quite steep for MCQs so it is important to study for it.
For finals, there are fill-in-the-blanks which most test how well you remembered the main points. The questions usually serve as good cues to remember your answer if you studied well enough. For essays, the questions can range from 5 to 20 marks. You may be required to draw out diagrams given in the lecture slides, and much memorising is needed for the essays. There are also a few application questions which test your knowledge for the specific contexts of acculturation.
Since this is a cultural transition module, you do need to know about the differences between cultures (e.g. individualism VS collectivism) and this can form a framework to understand the topics that focus on specific contexts of acculturation.
3 hr lecture
Assessment:
Mid-term 30%
Finals 70%
Exam Format:
Midterms - MCQs
Finals - Fill-in-the-blanks + Essays
Description:
This module covers aspects of culture shock, intercultural training and puts focus on various context such as business, international students, media, etc. It is a Liberal Studies/Liberal Arts GER-PE under Psychology.
Readings consist of only the lecture slides and handouts for every chapter. There is no assigned textbook.
Lectures are supposed to be 3-hr each, but most of the time it ended within 2.5 hours. Some content in the lecture slides are not covered in the handout so it is good to attend the lecture, otherwise it may be hard to understand the points written in the lecture slides.
For mid-terms, there are only MCQs, so not much memorising needed. Be sure to know which are the main points (e.g phases of culture shock) and definitions. Bell-curve can be quite steep for MCQs so it is important to study for it.
For finals, there are fill-in-the-blanks which most test how well you remembered the main points. The questions usually serve as good cues to remember your answer if you studied well enough. For essays, the questions can range from 5 to 20 marks. You may be required to draw out diagrams given in the lecture slides, and much memorising is needed for the essays. There are also a few application questions which test your knowledge for the specific contexts of acculturation.
Since this is a cultural transition module, you do need to know about the differences between cultures (e.g. individualism VS collectivism) and this can form a framework to understand the topics that focus on specific contexts of acculturation.
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
HP2600 Cognitive Psychology
Lessons:
2 hr lecture + 1 hr tutorial
Assessment:
Class Participation 5%
Mid-term 20%
Group Presentation 15%
Finals 60%
Exam Format:
Midterms - MCQs
Finals - MCQs + Essays
Description:
This module focuses on the mechanisms of cognition. Topics covered include memory, attention, reasoning, problem-solving, etc. The content is rather heavy and will require quite a lot of memorisation.
Readings consist of weekly readings from assigned textbook, which is compulsory as exams is based mostly on textbook.
Lecture is recorded, and it covers content that are not found in the textbook. I actually find recorded lectures more effective as the professor speaks kind of fast, but you need self-discipline to listen online lectures..
Tutorials include a weekly quiz (not graded) and discussion of the quiz questions. Later part of the semester will also include group presentation. You will also need to do up a summary for that week's lecture and bring it to tutorials.
Group presentation will be done in pairs or threes. You are required to analyse a secondary article in terms of credibility, accuracy, etc, and also discuss the primary article on which the secondary article is based. You may also be required to do a in-class demonstration of the experiment that you have researched on.
Mid-terms consist of 70 MCQs, and is mostly based on the textbook. Finals consist of 80 MCQs and 3 long-essays. So you do need good time management skills for this. MCQs consist of a lot of application, whereas the essays will require memorisation, but more importantly, understanding. You will be required to give examples, show your knowledge of the concepts, and experimental procedures.
2 hr lecture + 1 hr tutorial
Assessment:
Class Participation 5%
Mid-term 20%
Group Presentation 15%
Finals 60%
Exam Format:
Midterms - MCQs
Finals - MCQs + Essays
Description:
This module focuses on the mechanisms of cognition. Topics covered include memory, attention, reasoning, problem-solving, etc. The content is rather heavy and will require quite a lot of memorisation.
Readings consist of weekly readings from assigned textbook, which is compulsory as exams is based mostly on textbook.
Lecture is recorded, and it covers content that are not found in the textbook. I actually find recorded lectures more effective as the professor speaks kind of fast, but you need self-discipline to listen online lectures..
Tutorials include a weekly quiz (not graded) and discussion of the quiz questions. Later part of the semester will also include group presentation. You will also need to do up a summary for that week's lecture and bring it to tutorials.
Group presentation will be done in pairs or threes. You are required to analyse a secondary article in terms of credibility, accuracy, etc, and also discuss the primary article on which the secondary article is based. You may also be required to do a in-class demonstration of the experiment that you have researched on.
Mid-terms consist of 70 MCQs, and is mostly based on the textbook. Finals consist of 80 MCQs and 3 long-essays. So you do need good time management skills for this. MCQs consist of a lot of application, whereas the essays will require memorisation, but more importantly, understanding. You will be required to give examples, show your knowledge of the concepts, and experimental procedures.
HP2500 Personality Psychology
Lessons:
2 hr lecture + 2 hr tutorial (on alternate weeks)
Assessment:
Class Participation 5%
Mid-terms 30%
Group Presentation 15%
Finals 50%
Exam Format:
Midterms & Finals - MCQs, Fill-in-the-blanks, short-answer questions
Description:
The module is about studying of personality from various perspectives.
Readings consist of weekly readings from the assigned textbooks. The workload for the readings are quite manageable but may need more thorough elaboration since it's quite abstract. Application skills in relating the content to personality is important.
Lecture content are mostly found in textbook, but it provides a good summary of the content.
Tutorials consist of group discussion and for the later part of the semester, group presentations.
Group presentation will be done in groups of 3 or 4. You will be required to analyse the personality of a famous figure from the various perspectives. No written reports required.
For the exams, it is better to understand the theories more than memorising, which applies only for important terms. Short-answer questions will require you to remember the concepts and apply the perspectives to real-life.
2 hr lecture + 2 hr tutorial (on alternate weeks)
Assessment:
Class Participation 5%
Mid-terms 30%
Group Presentation 15%
Finals 50%
Exam Format:
Midterms & Finals - MCQs, Fill-in-the-blanks, short-answer questions
Description:
The module is about studying of personality from various perspectives.
Readings consist of weekly readings from the assigned textbooks. The workload for the readings are quite manageable but may need more thorough elaboration since it's quite abstract. Application skills in relating the content to personality is important.
Lecture content are mostly found in textbook, but it provides a good summary of the content.
Tutorials consist of group discussion and for the later part of the semester, group presentations.
Group presentation will be done in groups of 3 or 4. You will be required to analyse the personality of a famous figure from the various perspectives. No written reports required.
For the exams, it is better to understand the theories more than memorising, which applies only for important terms. Short-answer questions will require you to remember the concepts and apply the perspectives to real-life.
Friday, November 28, 2014
FL8001 Introduction to Film Studies
Lessons:
3.5 hr lecture + 1.5 hr tutorial
(2 E-learning weeks)
Assessment:
Class Participation 10%
Mid-term Essay 20%
Group Presentation 20%
Finals 50%
Exam Format:
Finals - 30 MCQs + 3 Essays
Description:
This module is about analysing films at a basic level. You will be exposed to various types of films, such as Classical Hollywood, Italian Neorealist films, Japanese Samurai, etc. It is a really interesting module (and an eye-opener for me) and give you insights about the different types of films, what they really mean, etc. It is suitable for people who are aiming for a minor in Film Studies, or people who are just interested to know more about the aesthetics and meanings of films.
No assigned textbooks required.
Readings consists of core reading articles, regarding the general lenses to analyse films, and weekly reading articles for the respective topics.
Lectures consist of film screening, followed by lecture regarding the film.
It is good to attend the lecture because that is the only time you will get to see the films (most of them may not be found in Youtube), and you will be tested on the films for exams.
Tutorials include group presentation and discussion about the films shown for that week. Tutorials are the times when you can learn about the different viewpoints about the films that your peers have, watch videos of other relevant films and recap on the previous week's topic through group presentation.
Group presentation will be done in pairs or threes. Each group is assigned a topic and you are required to do a 25-minute presentation on the respective week that you are assigned. Presentation includes going through the topic and explore beyond by showing videos of other films.
There will be 2 e-learning weeks, during which you will have to watch the assigned films at your own pace and participate in a Facebook discussion.
Mid-term essay will be based on the first e-learning topic. You will be given several topics to choose from and write a 1,200-word essay, which will also require you to research beyond the reading.
Final exams format is MCQs based on the core reading and 3 essays based on the weekly topics, excluding the e-learning topics.
3.5 hr lecture + 1.5 hr tutorial
(2 E-learning weeks)
Assessment:
Class Participation 10%
Mid-term Essay 20%
Group Presentation 20%
Finals 50%
Exam Format:
Finals - 30 MCQs + 3 Essays
Description:
This module is about analysing films at a basic level. You will be exposed to various types of films, such as Classical Hollywood, Italian Neorealist films, Japanese Samurai, etc. It is a really interesting module (and an eye-opener for me) and give you insights about the different types of films, what they really mean, etc. It is suitable for people who are aiming for a minor in Film Studies, or people who are just interested to know more about the aesthetics and meanings of films.
No assigned textbooks required.
Readings consists of core reading articles, regarding the general lenses to analyse films, and weekly reading articles for the respective topics.
Lectures consist of film screening, followed by lecture regarding the film.
It is good to attend the lecture because that is the only time you will get to see the films (most of them may not be found in Youtube), and you will be tested on the films for exams.
Tutorials include group presentation and discussion about the films shown for that week. Tutorials are the times when you can learn about the different viewpoints about the films that your peers have, watch videos of other relevant films and recap on the previous week's topic through group presentation.
Group presentation will be done in pairs or threes. Each group is assigned a topic and you are required to do a 25-minute presentation on the respective week that you are assigned. Presentation includes going through the topic and explore beyond by showing videos of other films.
There will be 2 e-learning weeks, during which you will have to watch the assigned films at your own pace and participate in a Facebook discussion.
Mid-term essay will be based on the first e-learning topic. You will be given several topics to choose from and write a 1,200-word essay, which will also require you to research beyond the reading.
Final exams format is MCQs based on the core reading and 3 essays based on the weekly topics, excluding the e-learning topics.
Thursday, June 26, 2014
HW0201 Research Writing for Social Sciences
Lessons:
1 hr lecture + 2 hr tutorial per week
Assessment:
Class Participation 20%
Critique 40%
Group Report 40%
Exam Format:
No mid-terms and finals!
Description:
GER-Core module on research writing.
Textbook is needed and will be used in class.
It is helpful to attend lectures as there will be examples given on how to write specific sections of a social science report, as well as the do's and don'ts in report writing.
Tutorials include going through of whatever that has been taught in lectures using the textbook and other journal reports that will be given. Some tutorial lessons will be used for group presentations. Do attend and participate in tutorials as class participation marks take up quite a large portion of your grade.
Critique writing is very similar to that in HW0101, except that you are now required to critic on a journal article introduction.
Group project will require you to carry out a research related to your major. Literature review, surveys and analysis of results will be required. 2 presentations will be required, 1 will be to present on your proposal of the project to see how feasible it is and to get advice from classmates and TA, the other is to present your final results and to seek suggestions on improving on the report writing. There will also be a consultation period for report writing. 1 group from each tutorial class will be appointed to present their results during lecture, and class participation marks will be awarded for that group.
There is no mid-terms and final exam for this module.
1 hr lecture + 2 hr tutorial per week
Assessment:
Class Participation 20%
Critique 40%
Group Report 40%
Exam Format:
No mid-terms and finals!
Description:
GER-Core module on research writing.
Textbook is needed and will be used in class.
It is helpful to attend lectures as there will be examples given on how to write specific sections of a social science report, as well as the do's and don'ts in report writing.
Tutorials include going through of whatever that has been taught in lectures using the textbook and other journal reports that will be given. Some tutorial lessons will be used for group presentations. Do attend and participate in tutorials as class participation marks take up quite a large portion of your grade.
Critique writing is very similar to that in HW0101, except that you are now required to critic on a journal article introduction.
Group project will require you to carry out a research related to your major. Literature review, surveys and analysis of results will be required. 2 presentations will be required, 1 will be to present on your proposal of the project to see how feasible it is and to get advice from classmates and TA, the other is to present your final results and to seek suggestions on improving on the report writing. There will also be a consultation period for report writing. 1 group from each tutorial class will be appointed to present their results during lecture, and class participation marks will be awarded for that group.
There is no mid-terms and final exam for this module.
HP2100 Research Design and Data Analysis
Lessons:
2 hr lecture + 1 hr tutorial per week
Assessment:
Group Project 25%
Mid-terms 25%
Finals 50%
Exam Format:
Midterms - Structured Questions (Essays and Computation)
Finals - MCQs + Structured Questions (Computation)
*Not sure whether there will be any changes or not.
Description:
A statistics module that is a follow-up of HP1100. A bit of research design content will also be covered.
One good thing about this module is that textbooks are not needed (the recommended texts are the textbooks used in HP1100). The exam questions will be set according to the lecture notes. The content in the lecture notes is quite different from that in the recommended texts, so it is very important to understand the lecture notes.
Do attend lectures as you will need to understand what the lecture notes mean. Lecturer goes pretty fast so it is very important to be attentive.
Tutorials involve going through of tutorial worksheets, which are to be done before tutorials, and going through SPSS. You do need to attend tutorials to learn SPSS, which will be required in the Group Project.
Group Project involves analysing of cases using data given. SPSS is required! Group members can be from different tutorial classes. You have to submit a report, but there will be no presentations.
For the exams, format may vary. But lecturer emphasises a lot on understanding of content. Do work on your tutorials as exam questions may be of similar format. Formulae sheet will be given. Exam questions may require you to answer based on SPSS output so make sure you are able to read them.
2 hr lecture + 1 hr tutorial per week
Assessment:
Group Project 25%
Mid-terms 25%
Finals 50%
Exam Format:
Midterms - Structured Questions (Essays and Computation)
Finals - MCQs + Structured Questions (Computation)
*Not sure whether there will be any changes or not.
Description:
A statistics module that is a follow-up of HP1100. A bit of research design content will also be covered.
One good thing about this module is that textbooks are not needed (the recommended texts are the textbooks used in HP1100). The exam questions will be set according to the lecture notes. The content in the lecture notes is quite different from that in the recommended texts, so it is very important to understand the lecture notes.
Do attend lectures as you will need to understand what the lecture notes mean. Lecturer goes pretty fast so it is very important to be attentive.
Tutorials involve going through of tutorial worksheets, which are to be done before tutorials, and going through SPSS. You do need to attend tutorials to learn SPSS, which will be required in the Group Project.
Group Project involves analysing of cases using data given. SPSS is required! Group members can be from different tutorial classes. You have to submit a report, but there will be no presentations.
For the exams, format may vary. But lecturer emphasises a lot on understanding of content. Do work on your tutorials as exam questions may be of similar format. Formulae sheet will be given. Exam questions may require you to answer based on SPSS output so make sure you are able to read them.
Wednesday, June 4, 2014
HP2400 Social Psychology
Lessons:
2 hr lecture + 1 hr tutorial per week
Assessment:
Class Participation 10%
Group Project 25%
Mid-terms 15%
Finals 50%
Exam Format:
Midterms - MCQs
Finals - MCQs + Essay Questions
Description:
A module about how social influences affects people's thoughts, feelings and behaviours. Topics covered include aggression, prejudice, etc.
Readings are quite heavy, but a lot of the content are very applicable to real-life situations, so it is easy to understand.
Lecture content can mostly be found in the textbook, but interesting videos will be shown during the lectures, which can help you to understand the content better, so it is good to turn up for lectures.
Textbook is a MUST because exams will test on content in the textbook. Lecture notes is definitely inadequate.
Tutorial involves group presentations and discussions. Each group will have to present on an assigned journal article on a particular week, and submit a summary of the article. Since the journal articles will be tested in finals, it will be good to turn up for tutorials to attend the presentations as reading the journal articles can be quite taxing.
Group project involves literature review and analysis of a real-life phenomenon about a chosen theory. A report have to be submitted and presentation is required during the last tutorial.
For the exams, there will be a lot of application questions. Thus, understanding of the content is more important than memorising.
2 hr lecture + 1 hr tutorial per week
Assessment:
Class Participation 10%
Group Project 25%
Mid-terms 15%
Finals 50%
Exam Format:
Midterms - MCQs
Finals - MCQs + Essay Questions
Description:
A module about how social influences affects people's thoughts, feelings and behaviours. Topics covered include aggression, prejudice, etc.
Readings are quite heavy, but a lot of the content are very applicable to real-life situations, so it is easy to understand.
Lecture content can mostly be found in the textbook, but interesting videos will be shown during the lectures, which can help you to understand the content better, so it is good to turn up for lectures.
Textbook is a MUST because exams will test on content in the textbook. Lecture notes is definitely inadequate.
Tutorial involves group presentations and discussions. Each group will have to present on an assigned journal article on a particular week, and submit a summary of the article. Since the journal articles will be tested in finals, it will be good to turn up for tutorials to attend the presentations as reading the journal articles can be quite taxing.
Group project involves literature review and analysis of a real-life phenomenon about a chosen theory. A report have to be submitted and presentation is required during the last tutorial.
For the exams, there will be a lot of application questions. Thus, understanding of the content is more important than memorising.
HP2300 Developmental Psychology
Lessons:
2 hr lecture + 1 hr tutorial per week
Assessment:
Tutorial Participation 8%
Observation Report 4%
Group Case Study Report 16%
Mid-terms 20%
Finals 52%
Exam Format:
Midterms - MCQs + Short-Answer Questions
Finals - MCQs + Fill in the blanks + Essay Questions
Description:
A module about the physical, cognitive and socio-emotional changes throughout the lifespan.
Readings are quite heavy, and quite content-heavy.
Tutorial mainly involve discussion and group presentations.
Lectures cover content not in the textbook, but will be tested. Since lecture slides are quite concise, attending lecture will help you to understand what is going on. Videos will be shown during lectures as well.
Textbook is a MUST because exams will test on content in the textbook. Lecture notes is definitely inadequate.
2 individual reports have to be submitted. The reports are based on your observations of people of different ages carrying out certain activities.
Group project required a presentation and a written report. You will have to explain a developmental theory using a case study, such as a real-life public figure, or fictional character.
For the exams, there are quite a lot of stuff to memorise (e.g. ages at which certain changes occurs). But for the theories, it's better to understand than just memorising. Essays are mostly regurgitation, whereas the MCQs can be tricky if you did not memorise your content well.
2 hr lecture + 1 hr tutorial per week
Assessment:
Tutorial Participation 8%
Observation Report 4%
Group Case Study Report 16%
Mid-terms 20%
Finals 52%
Exam Format:
Midterms - MCQs + Short-Answer Questions
Finals - MCQs + Fill in the blanks + Essay Questions
Description:
A module about the physical, cognitive and socio-emotional changes throughout the lifespan.
Readings are quite heavy, and quite content-heavy.
Tutorial mainly involve discussion and group presentations.
Lectures cover content not in the textbook, but will be tested. Since lecture slides are quite concise, attending lecture will help you to understand what is going on. Videos will be shown during lectures as well.
Textbook is a MUST because exams will test on content in the textbook. Lecture notes is definitely inadequate.
2 individual reports have to be submitted. The reports are based on your observations of people of different ages carrying out certain activities.
Group project required a presentation and a written report. You will have to explain a developmental theory using a case study, such as a real-life public figure, or fictional character.
For the exams, there are quite a lot of stuff to memorise (e.g. ages at which certain changes occurs). But for the theories, it's better to understand than just memorising. Essays are mostly regurgitation, whereas the MCQs can be tricky if you did not memorise your content well.
Thursday, May 22, 2014
LK9003 Korean Language Level 3
Lessons:
2 2-hr tutorials per week
Assessment:
Quiz + Essay + Listening Comprehension + Oral Exam 50%
Finals 50%
Exam Format:
Oral Exam - Picture Discussion (Context-based) and Conversation (not sure whether it will be the same across different years)
Finals - Format varies, but there will be fill-in-the-blanks, MCQs and comprehension. Some writing will be included, but not essay.
Description:
Attend all the tutorials as much as possible. Since it is a language course, content taught are cumulative. Teacher also introduces new vocabulary and exceptions in grammar that are not written in the textbook.
Tutorials mostly involve learning of grammar and in-class conversation with peers. The conversations will be very helpful for oral exam because you get to communicate using the newly-learnt grammars.
The oral exam is one-to-one, and pretty much like the English oral exam in secondary school. You'll get a while to look at the picture first. So for the picture discussion, it quite context-based (like "role-playing"). There will also be a conversation topic which quite pertains to real-life (but no link to the picture).
Textbook, Workbook and a set of tutorial worksheets have to be purchased.
Tutorial worksheet have to be completed after every lesson.
Grammar taught in this course is relatively harder and more complex than the previous levels. But it will be beneficial if you want to travel or go exchange to Korea because the grammars allow you to communicate more effectively. Listening to how the grammars are used in Korean dramas can help you to better understand how they are used in different contexts.
2 2-hr tutorials per week
Assessment:
Quiz + Essay + Listening Comprehension + Oral Exam 50%
Finals 50%
Exam Format:
Oral Exam - Picture Discussion (Context-based) and Conversation (not sure whether it will be the same across different years)
Finals - Format varies, but there will be fill-in-the-blanks, MCQs and comprehension. Some writing will be included, but not essay.
Description:
Attend all the tutorials as much as possible. Since it is a language course, content taught are cumulative. Teacher also introduces new vocabulary and exceptions in grammar that are not written in the textbook.
Tutorials mostly involve learning of grammar and in-class conversation with peers. The conversations will be very helpful for oral exam because you get to communicate using the newly-learnt grammars.
The oral exam is one-to-one, and pretty much like the English oral exam in secondary school. You'll get a while to look at the picture first. So for the picture discussion, it quite context-based (like "role-playing"). There will also be a conversation topic which quite pertains to real-life (but no link to the picture).
Textbook, Workbook and a set of tutorial worksheets have to be purchased.
Tutorial worksheet have to be completed after every lesson.
Grammar taught in this course is relatively harder and more complex than the previous levels. But it will be beneficial if you want to travel or go exchange to Korea because the grammars allow you to communicate more effectively. Listening to how the grammars are used in Korean dramas can help you to better understand how they are used in different contexts.
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