Friday, 24 October 2014

Lianhe Wanbao

This was a report on the creative use of film on the module “Bridging East and West: Exploring Chinese Communication” offered by the NUS Department of Chinese Studies from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. This is an exciting module, one of its kind that is designed for students who feel that they are weak in Chinese but would like to learn more about how Chinese is applied in the various fields of Chinese communication. The module facilitator Assoc Prof Lee Cher Leng says that students will benefit in the workplace if they are able to code-switch effectively between East-West cultures. The report highlights the creative use of film (“Kungfu Hustle”) in the module to teach the basics of Peking opera, the discussion of the origins of the students’ names through interviewing their grandparents, as well as effective Chinese business communication.

Click here to read full article in Mandarin.