Programme Learning Outcome 

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Programme learning outcome (PLO)
PLO1: Able to ask and respond to simple questions, convey minimal meaning and satisfy a very limited number of immediate needs. 
PLO2: Able to participate in simple conversations on predictable topics, obtain information by asking and answering questions, combine learned materials to communicate personal meanings, can satisfy basic personal needs and social demands. 
PLO3: Able to participate actively in conversations on various topics in some formal and most informal settings, handle a wide variety of speaking tasks with communicative strategies, deal effectively with unanticipated complications in oral communication, can satisfy the requirements of school and work situations. 

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Speaking & Listening (for PLO1): 

S&L 1: Ability to understand and reply to utterances containing selected vocabulary items and grammar points at the sentence level in daily conversations 
S&L 2: Ability to apply selected vocabulary items and grammatical patterns at the sentence level in daily conversations with appropriate usage 
S&L 3: Ability to communicate fluently with selected vocabulary items and grammatical patterns at the sentence level in daily settings 
S&L 4: Ability to comprehend and listen to daily conversations and give appropriate responses at the sentence level 
S&L 5: Ability to present ideas at the sentence level in daily communication settings 

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Speaking & Listening (for PLO2): 

S&L 1: Ability to understand and reply to short connected utterances containing selected vocabulary items and grammatical structures in most real life conversations 
S&L 2: Ability to apply selected vocabulary items and grammatical structures in short connected utterances in most real life conversations with appropriate usage 
S&L 3: Ability to communicate fluently with selected vocabulary items and grammatical structures in short connected utterances in most real life settings 
S&L 4: Ability to comprehend and listen to discourses & conversations and give appropriate responses in short connected utterances 
S&L 5: Ability to present ideas in short connected utterances in most real life communication settings 

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Speaking & Listening (for PLO3): 

S&L 1: Ability to understand and reply to professional discourses containing selected vocabulary items and grammatical structures in real life settings 
S&L 2: Ability to apply selected vocabulary items and grammatical structures at the discourse level in real life professional conversations with appropriate usage 
S&L 3: Ability to communicate fluently in professional discourses containing selected vocabulary items and grammatical structures in real life settings 
S&L 4: Ability to comprehend and listen to professional discourses & conversations and give appropriate responses at the discourse level 
S&L 5: Ability to present ideas at the discourse level in real life professional settings

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Reading: 

R1: Ability to read individual words and short phrases in real life contexts and understand the formation of Chinese characters (e.g. stroke order, etc) 
R2: Ability to recognize and read Chinese characters and readings at the sentence level in real life contexts 
R3: Ability to comprehend and read Chinese readings at paragraph level in real life contexts 
R4: Ability to read and understand Chinese characters with authentic materials and contexts in professional settings

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Writing: 

W1: Ability to copy and reproduce from memory a modest number of isolated words or phrases in context 
W2: Ability to write short messages, postcards and simple notes and to express themselves within the context in which the language was learned 
W3: Ability to write short messages and paragraph and to express themselves to topics discussed in class 
W4: Ability to write short essay with limitation to topics covered in class
 

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