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Code: 43975
Credits: 9
2026/2027
Degree programme Type Course
Teaching Chinese to Spanish Speakers PR 1

Contact lecturer

Name :
Helena Casas Tost
Email :
helena.casas@uab.cat

Teaching staff

Shu-Ching Liao Pan
Xianghong Qu Lu
Xiaoyan Guo
Helena Casas Tost
Eva Costa Vila

Teaching staff (external to UAB)

Fundació Institut Confuci de Barcelona

Group languages

You can consult this information at the end of the document.

Prerequisites

None.

Objectives

This module aims to get students to put into practice the knowledge acquired in the previous modules in a real classroom of Chinese as a foreign language. To successfully complete this module, students should be able to critically analyse the reality observed in the classroom, to design, implement and assess a pedagogical project, and to critically reflect on the work done during their internship.

Learning outcomes

  • CA11 (Evaluate the results of the teaching proposals to promote the learning and autonomy of students of different levels in the Chinese classroom.) Evaluate the results of the teaching proposals to promote the learning and autonomy of students of different levels in the Chinese classroom.
  • CA12 (Evaluate the teaching activity in the classroom, integrating self-evaluation processes, taking into account diversity and inclusion.) Evaluate the teaching activity in the classroom, integrating self-evaluation processes, taking into account diversity and inclusion.
  • KA11 (Critically describe the educational reality observed in the classroom in order to propose innovative improvements.) Critically describe the educational reality observed in the classroom in order to propose innovative improvements.
  • SA15 (Organise activities and teaching sequences that facilitate the learning of the different communicative skills in the Chinese language, always taking into account the characteristics of different students and the gender perspective.) Organise activities and teaching sequences that facilitate the learning of the different communicative skills in the Chinese language, always taking into account the characteristics of different students and the gender perspective.
  • SA16 (Develop strategies to manage cultural differences and develop intercultural competence in the classroom, also taking into account the gender perspective.) Develop strategies to manage cultural differences and develop intercultural competence in the classroom, also taking into account the gender perspective.
  • SA17 (Apply strategies that foster interaction and communication in the classroom in order to use students' communicative resources and to manage time, space and participation.) Apply strategies that foster interaction and communication in the classroom in order to use students' communicative resources and to manage time, space and participation.
  • SA18 (Establish evaluation criteria for the planned activities that arise from the teaching and learning process.) Establish evaluation criteria for the planned activities that arise from the teaching and learning process.

Contents

The course contents will enable students to conduct the following tasks:

  • Observe and reflect upon effective teaching practices for professional improvement.
  • Observe and reflect upon how learning taskes place in the foreign language class.
  • Plan, implement and assess a pedagogical project.
  • Develop critical reasoning about the reality of the classroom and about one's pedagogical project.

Learning activities and methodology

Title Hours ECTS Learning outcomes
Project or report writing 20 0.8
Practicum 175 7
Face-to-face tutorials 4 0.16
Practicum workshops 6 0.24
Readings 5 0.2

Students will devote 225 hours to this course. They are expected to spend 175 hours in the school or educational institution in which they will carry out their internship and attend practicum seminars with their academic tutor (10 hours) to debate and discuss any issues that may come up during the practicum. Practicum calendars will vary from one school to another and students will be given theirs in due time. Therefore, students will have to work in joint collaboration with both their school mentor and their academic tutor until all practicum hours are completed.

This course is taught entirely in Chinese.

Annotation: within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.

Assessment

Continuous assessment activities

Title Weight Hours ECTS Learning outcomes
Student's performance at the host institution during their internship 40% 0 0 CA12, SA15, SA16, SA17, SA18
Student's active participation in practicum seminars at the university 30% 0 0 CA11, CA12, KA11, SA15, SA16, SA17
Practicum report 30% 15 0.6 CA11, CA12, KA11

To pass this course, students must pass each of the three assessment activities. Attendance is compulsory. Students must complete a 175-hour internship period (100% of the training houres) and attend a minimum of 80% of the practicum seminars.

Academic tutors assess:

  • the practicum report that students have to write in Chinese (30%)
  • students' participation in the practicum seminars (30%)

School mentors assess:

  • students' performance at school during their internship (40%)

THIS COURSE CANNOT BE PASSED WITH A SINGLE EVALUATION.


Use of generative artificial intelligence

Any irregularity committed in an assessment activity (including academic fraud, plagiarism or improper use of AI, unless such use is expressly authorised in the course guide), that may lead to a significant change in the mark, will result in that assessment activity being awarded a mark of 0. If the course guide establishes that, in order to pass the course, students must obtain a minimum mark in that assessment activity, or if several irregularities occur in the assessment activities of the same course, the final mark for the course will be 0. In addition, disciplinary proceedings may be initiated against any student who commits any of these irregularities.


Bibliography

  • Alexakos, Konstantinos. (2015) Being a teacher / researcher: A primer on doing authentic inquiry research on teaching and learning. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.
  • Dooly, Melinda. (2016). Proyectos didácticos para aprender lenguas. En Dolors Masats y Luci Nussbaum (Eds.), Enseñanza y aprendizaje de las lenguas extranjeras en educación secundaria obligatoria (pp.169-193). Madrid: Síntesis.
  • Escobar Urmeneta, Cristina. (2001). La organización de la enseñanza. En Luci Nussbaum y Mercè Bernaus (Eds.), Didáctica de las lenguas extranjeras en la educación secundaria obligatoria (pp. 207-232). Madrid. Síntesis.
  • Lineros, Rocío. (2006). Elaboración de unidades didácticas y actividades de aula para la clase de español segunda lengua (E/L2) en contextos escolares. En María Elena García Gutiérrez (Coord.), La educación lingüística y literaria en secundaria. Materiales para la formación del profesorado. Volumen I: la educación lingüística (pp. 241-274). Murcia: Consejería de Educación y Cultural de la Región de Murcia. Disponible en: http://servicios.educarm.es/templates/portal/ficheros/websDinamicas/154/III.3.lineros.pdf
  • Masats, Dolors; Mont, Maria, & González-Acevedo, Nathaly (Eds). (2019). SECTION THREE: Reflections from the classroom: Teacher internship from different perspectives. In Joint efforts for innovation: Working together to improve foreign language teaching in the 21st century (pp. 117-149). Rothersthorpe: Paragon Publishing. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3064130
  • Pellegrinelli, Marco. (2007). Enseñanza del chino en primaria: Un caso práctico. En María Ángeles Iglesias Madrigal, María Jesús Martínez Galán y Óscar Ramos Alonso (Eds.). La enseñanza de la lengua china como lengua extranjera en España. (pp. 309–327). Valladolid: Ayuntamiento de Valladolid.

Software

This course does not require the use of specfic sowftware.

Course groups and languages

The information provided is provisional until November 30. After this date, you will be able to consult the language of each group through this link. To access the information, you will need to enter the course CODE

Type of teaching Group Language Semester Shift
(PETNOtutorm) Pràctiques etnogràfiques amb presència del tutor (màster) 1 Chinese annual morning-mixed