In order to achieve the objectives of the subject, the methodology chosen is as follows:

• Learning by tasks: under the supervision of the teacher and also independently, students perform tasks and projects to reflect on the problems they may have in reading and translating texts in Chinese and find a way to solve them.
• Case study: Students analyse professional situations presented by the teacher to conceptualize the experience and search for effective solutions.
• Cooperative learning: students are encouraged to build knowledge socially; use of small groups for students to work together in order to optimize their and their classmates' learning.

The formative activities that will be carried out in this subject are divided into directed activities, supervised activities, autonomous work and evaluation activities.

• The directed activities consist of working different types of simple non-specialized texts from the point of view of translation and oral and written production.
• The supervised activities consist in carrying out activities proposed by the teacher.
• Autonomous work: it requires about 70 hours of autonomous work. Students must autonomously prepare the vocabulary, texts, exercises and grammar points indicated by the teacher, in this way in class the teacher can direct the study to solve issues in the fields of interculturality, phonetics, lexicon, the syntax, the translation and the production of oral and written texts.
• The evaluation activities are tests and tasks that allow both the teacher and the students to evaluate the progress of learning and reflect on the teaching-learning process.

Continuous assessment

The course assessment is distributed as follows:

Language assessment (40% of the final grade):

• Mid-semester test: 20%
• Final exam: 20%

Translation assessment (60% of the final grade):

• Mid-semester translation test: 25%
• Class presentation on translation difficulties: 10%
• Translation test at the end of the semester: 25%

All information on assessment, assessment activities and their weighting is merely a guide. The subject's lecturer will provide full information when teaching begins.

Review

When publishing final marks prior to recording them on students' transcripts, the lecturer will provide written notification of a date and time for reviewing assessment activities. Students must arrange reviews in agreement with the lecturer.

Missed/failed assessment activities

Students may retake assessment activities they have failed or compensate for any they have missed, provided that those they have actually performed account for a minimum of 66.6% (two thirds) of the subject's final mark and that they have a weighted average mark of at least 3.5. Under no circumstances may an assessment activity worth 100% of the final mark be retaken or compensated for.

The lecturer will inform students of the procedure involved, in writing, when publishing final marks prior to recording them on transcripts. The lecturer may set one assignment per failed or missed assessment activity, or a single assignment to cover a number of such activities.

Classification as "not assessable"

In the event of the assessment activities a student has performed accounting for just 25% or less of the subject's final mark, their work will be classified as \"not assessable\" on their transcript.

Misconduct in assessment activities

Any irregularity committed during an assessment (academic fraud, plagiarism, or misuse of AI, unless expressly authorized in the course syllabus) that could lead to a significant change in the grade will result in a grade of 0 for that assessment. If multiple irregularities occur during assessments for the same course, the final grade for that course will be 0. Furthermore, disciplinary proceedings may be initiated against any individual who commits any of these irregularities.

Restricted use of AI

In this course, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies may or may not be permitted depending on the activity. The permitted and prohibited uses in each case will be detailed in the course introduction. Students must clearly identify which parts were generated using AI technologies, specify the tools used, and include a critical reflection on how these tools influenced the process and the final result of the activity. A lack of transparency regarding the use of AI in graded assignments will be considered a breach of academic integrity and may result in a partial or total penalty on the assignment grade, or more severe sanctions in serious cases.

Single assessment

This subject may be assessed under the single assessment system in accordance with the terms established in the academic regulations of the UAB and the assessment criteria of the Faculty of Translation and Interpreting. Students must make an online request within the period established by the faculty and send a copy to the teacher responsible for the subject, for the record.

Single assessment will be carried out in person on one day during week 16 or 17 of thesemester. The Academic Management Office will publish the exact date and time on the faculty website. On the day of the single assessment, teaching staff will ask the student for identification, which should be presented as a valid identification document with a recent photograph (student card, DNI/NIE or passport).

Single assessment activities

The final grade for the subject will be calculated according to the following percentages:

(1) Translation exam (60%). This exam may include the following elements:

• Translation exercises on texts/excerpts/sentences.
• Comment/justification of specific aspects of the translation exercises (lexical, syntactical, functional, cultural aspects). In this comment/justification the student must show knowledge on theoretical references studied in this subject. These references will be available on the course’s virtual campus.
• Oral translation: on-sight translation of sentences.

(2) Written language exam (including vocabulary, syntax, oral/written comprehension, and written expression) (25%)

(3) Oral language exam (15%)

Grade revision and resit procedures for the subject are the same as those for continual assessment. See the section above in this study guide.