BA (Hons) Chinese and International Communication Bachelor's degree at Westminster

Introduction to theories of interpersonal and intercultural communication. Explores theories and links them to practical everyday situations, with focus on gaining practical strategies for enhancing communicative competences.

Introduces core theoretical knowledge, methodologies and fundamental skills required for the study of language and culture. Develops understanding of key terms and concepts, skills for clear academic writing in various registers and styles. Includes textual and visual analysis, semiotics, and adaptation. Encourages critical thinking about construction of meaning in different languages, cultural contexts, and media.

Beginners and false beginners of Chinese learn language skills, cultural competencies and critical abilities for functioning with limited linguistic and cultural autonomy in Chinese-speaking countries. Language and culture taught through task-based and enquiry-based approaches. Achievement of HSK levels 1-2 (beginners and false beginners) or 2-3 (intermediates). Cultural elements focus on key concepts from the Chinese world.

Examines English around the world as an international, intra-national, native, second, and foreign language. Considers distinctive features of these varieties and the social and cultural implications of English as a global language.

Introduces the study of contemporary and ancient material culture and examines its meaning in social, political and historical perspectives. Acquires skills of object analysis and visits London galleries and museums. Examines social and cultural lives of objects, how their meaning changes depending on context and use, assessing production, impact of trade, war and migration on circulation, provenance and politics of ownership and access.

Develops practical and conceptual foundations of the translation process. Language-specific translation seminars focus on real-world texts of gradually more complex but mostly factual and explicit nature. Translation workshops introduce translation-specific skills, including IT skills and basic theoretical concepts for identifying, understanding and resolving translation issues in practical manner.

Examines relationship between representation and production of meaning through analysis of wide range of contemporary socio-cultural topics, including gender, ethnicity and language, through different media. Encourages challenge and development of understanding of critical links between representation, meaning and identity in global frame. Focuses primarily on representation of cultural difference and 'othering' in public space. Examples drawn from advertising, literature, film and the internet.

Learn language skills, cultural competencies and critical abilities to function with intermediate level of linguistic and cultural autonomy in Chinese-speaking environments. Language and culture taught through task-based and enquiry-based approaches with special emphasis on intercultural understanding. Achievement of HSK levels 2-3 (post-beginners) or 3-4 (post-intermediates). Cultural elements focus on key events and ideas that have shaped contemporary Chinese world.

Examines how those in positions of power use language to create narratives, values and beliefs held by different groups. Explores how language in public space reflects values and conventions and how this changes across different societies. Focuses on role and purpose of different kinds of social institutions and means through which they maintain their identity in international public space. Shows methods of reading between the lines and how to evaluate success of communications. Applied to speci

Blended module combining lectures, workshops, and online student-to-student collaboration. Introduces professional language transposition skills relevant to communication of current affairs in increasingly globalised and digitised world. Students take ownership of learning, choosing topics studied and how to manage synchronous online sessions. International collaborations develop interpersonal and organisational skills, interlingual, intermodal, and intercultural competences. Prepares for year a

Focuses on key cultural developments that have impacted the Chinese world through analysis of pertinent cultural artefacts. Considers development of cultural and linguistic area over time up to and including present day. Identifies and focuses on cultural artefacts including text, objects, and audiovisual media such as literature, film, individual testimonies, political material, music, museum pieces, and artwork. Supports language learning through study of artefacts in target language. Introduc

Offers choice of three pathways to complete an independent project. (1) The Professional Transcreation Project pathway provides opportunity to work on professional brief, creating materials for organisation's expansion into new markets, with focus on localisation and transcreation processes. (2) The Translation Project pathway prepares for translation in professional context through extended translation and critical commentary, available to students who began studies at Level 4 as intermediate o

Further expands knowledge and expertise in functioning as communicators in international environment. Analyses use of language and culture in professional contexts from range of perspectives including translational communication and working in multilingual, multicultural environment. Applies current theories of discourse, interpersonal and intercultural communication to real world contexts and improves practical competencies as international communicators.

Expands knowledge and expertise in functioning as communicators in international environment. Analyses use of language and culture in professional contexts from range of perspectives including working in multilingual, multicultural environment. Applies current theories of discourse and interpersonal and intercultural communication to real world contexts and improves practical competencies as international communicators.

Designed for final year. Learn language-specific structures and skills, cultural competencies and critical abilities appropriate to this level, enabling functioning with linguistic and cultural autonomy in Chinese-speaking environment. Language and culture taught through task-based and enquiry-based approaches with special focus on intercultural understanding, competence in academic register and academic writing skills. Achievement of HSK levels 3-4 (post-beginners without year abroad), 4-5 (pos

Explores various forms of cultural and political representation from the Chinese world. Examines core themes and issues, such as identity, belonging, and social movements, that are pertinent to culture of study, considering how local, national, and transnational factors shape these representations.