(See also General Regulations)

Notes:	1.	There are two curricula: a normal curriculum extending over two years of eight terms and an accelerated curriculum extending over one year of four terms.
	2.	Neither the normal nor the accelerated curriculum will begin in any year when there are insufficient numbers of applicants.

CL 1    To be eligible for the award of the Certificate in Chinese Language (CertChinLang) a candidate shall

(a)	comply with the General Regulations;
(b)	satisfy the minimum University Entrance Requirements or be exempted therefrom by the Board of the Faculty of Arts; and
(c)	complete the normal or the accelerated curriculum in Putonghua (Mandarin) or Cantonese and satisfy the examiners at the First and Certificate Examinations in accordance with the regulations.

CL 2

(a)

The normal curriculum for the Certificate in Chinese Language shall extend over two years comprising four terms in each year and shall include the First Examination held at the end of the first year of the curriculum and the Certificate Examination held at the end of the curriculum in early September.

(b)

The accelerated curriculum shall extend over one year comprising four terms. In order to gain admission to the accelerated curriculum a candidate shall satisfy the Department of Chinese that he already possesses an advanced knowledge of at least one thousand Chinese characters, or that he has already received elementary instruction in Putonghua (Mandarin) or Cantonese as a foreign language up to a standard approaching that attained at the end of the First Year of the curriculum. The First Examination for the accelerated curriculum shall be held at the end of the second term and the Certificate examination at the end of the curriculum in early September.

CL 3

(a)	The normal curriculum for the Certificate in Chinese Language shall consist of the following:
	First Year:	Chinese language structure and usage; reading and character study; listening; pronunciation; translation; oral practice; guided composition.
	Second Year:	Chinese language structure and usage; oral translation and consecutive interpretation; written translation; communicative use of Chinese; oral discussion on prepared topics; reading and character study; listening; pronunciation and oral reading; composition (two terms only); written project (terms 3 and 4); newspaper readings (Putonghua only); modern literary readings; specialist texts (Putonghua only); non-literary and specialist texts (Cantonese only).
(b)	The accelerated curriculum for the Certificate in Chinese Language shall consist of the following:
	Term 1:	Chinese language structure and usage; spoken Chinese; reading and character study; listening; pronunciation; translation; guided composition.
	Term 2:	Chinese language structure and usage; communicative use of Chinese; written translation; oral translation and consecutive interpretation; listening, composition; pronunciation and oral reading; newspaper readings; modern literary readings; specialist texts; oral discussion on prepared texts.
	Terms 3 and 4:	Chinese language structure and usage; oral translation and consecutive interpretation; written translation; communicative use of Chinese; oral discussion on prepared topics; reading and character study; listening; pronunciation and oral reading; composition; written project; newspaper readings (Putonghua only); modern literary readings; specialist texts (Putonghua only); non-literary and specialist texts (Cantonese only).

CL 4

(a)	Both the First and the Certificate Examinations shall consist of written papers, oral tests and coursework.
(b)	The First Examination shall include:
	(i)	written papers in Chinese language structure; vocabulary and characters; translation from English to Chinese; guided composition; reading comprehension (questions to be answered in either Chinese or English);
	(ii)	oral tests in listening comprehension; oral reading and pronunciation; dictation; conversation; and
	(iii)	coursework assessment in progress tests; written and other assignments; individual tutor's coursework mark.
(c)	The Final Examination shall include:
	(i)	written papers in Chinese language structure; vocabulary and characters; reading comprehension; composition; modern literary texts; and either translation (English to Chinese and Chinese to English) or specialist texts and a written summary in Chinese;
	(ii)	oral tests in viva voce; discussion of a prepared topic; listening comprehension; and either consecutive interpretation or extempore speaking in Chinese; and
	(iii)	coursework assessment in a written project; progress tests; written and other assignments.

CL 5    A candidate who is unable because of illness to be present for any written paper or papers or for any oral test or tests in the First Examination may apply for permission to present himself at a supplementary examination in the paper or papers or oral test or tests to be held before the beginning of the following academic year in the case of a candidate following the normal curriculum or before the beginning of the third term in the case of a candidate following the accelerated curriculum. Any such application shall be made on the form prescribed within one week of the first day of the candidate's absence from any examination.

CL 6

(a)	A candidate on the normal curriculum who has failed to satisfy the examiners in one or more papers or tests of either the First or the Certificate Examinations shall be permitted to present himself at a re-examination in each of the papers or tests which he has failed in the following October. A candidate who has failed to satisfy the examiners in one or more papers or tests at the re-examination shall be required to repeat the courses of his failure, and to present himself for examination again in the paper(s) or test(s) in the following September, but if he then fails again in one or more papers or tests, he shall not be permitted to present himself again except in very exceptional circumstances with the specific permission of the Senate.
(b)	(i)	A candidate on the accelerated curriculum who has failed to satisfy the examiners in one or more papers of the First Examination shall be permitted to present himself in each of the papers or tests in which he has failed to be held in April immediately following the First Examination.
	(ii)	A candidate on the accelerated curriculum who has failed to satisfy the examiners in one or more papers of the Certificate Examination shall be permitted to present himself at a re-examination in each of the papers or tests in which he has failed to be held in the following October.
	(iii)	A candidate on the accelerated curriculum who has failed to satisfy the examiners in one or more papers or tests at the re-examination shall be required to repeat the courses of his failure, and to present himself for examination again in the paper(s) or test(s) in the following September, but if he then fails again in one or more papers or tests, he shall not be permitted to present himself again except in very exceptional circumstances with the specific permission of the Senate.

REGULATIONS FOR THE DIPLOMA IN CHINESE LANGUAGE (DipChinLang)

(See also General Regulations)

Notes:	1.	There are two curricula, full-time over one year or part-time over two years.
	2.	In any year in which there is an insufficient number of applicants for either the full-time or part-time curriculum the course will not be offered on that basis. The part-time course will, in any event, be available only biennially if numbers permit.

CL 7    To be eligible for the award of the Diploma in Chinese Language (DipChinLang) a candidate shall

(a)	comply with the General Regulations;
(b)	satisfy the minimum entrance requirements for admission to the curriculum, that is, have completed successfully a prescribed two years' full-time course (or its equivalent) in Putonghua (Mandarin) or Cantonese at the Department of Chinese of the University of Hong Kong and have passed the Certificate Examination, or be exempted therefrom by the Senate; and
(c)	complete the curriculum and satisfy the examiners at the Intermediate and the Final Examinations in accordance with the regulations that follow.

CL 8    The curriculum for the Diploma in Chinese Language shall

(a)	extend either over one year comprising four terms after satisfactory completion of the curriculum for the Certificate in Chinese Language, or on a part-time basis over two years comprising eight terms after satisfactory completion of the curriculum for the Certificate in Chinese Language;
(b)	comprise instruction by classwork and individual tuition, including practical work; and
(c)	include the Intermediate Examination and the Final Examination held at the end of the second and fourth terms respectively if the course is taken full-time or at the end of the fourth and eighth terms respectively if the course is taken part-time.

CL 9    The Intermediate Examination shall consist of two written papers, as follows:

(a)	Translation of Chinese texts, modern and classical, into English, and
(b)	Composition (translation from English into Chinese and essay writing);

together with an oral test which shall include general conversation, reading and extempore translation. The Final Examination shall consist of four written papers and an oral examination each in the following subjects:

I.	Written papers
	a.	Background and critical questions on set books
	b.	Translation
	c.	Composition
	d.	Grammar
II.	Oral examination
	a.	Conversation
	b.	Extempore translation
	c.	Reading

CL 10    The Intermediate Examination is compulsory, but a candidate who fails to satisfy the examiners in one or more papers or the oral test of the examination may proceed to the second part of the curriculum without re-examination.

CL 11    A candidate who has failed to satisfy the examiners in one or more papers or the oral tests of the Final Examination shall be permitted to present himself at the Supplementary Examination held annually at the beginning of October in each of the papers or oral tests in which he has failed. A candidate who has failed to satisfy the examiners in one or more papers or oral tests at the Supplementary Examination shall be required to repeat the course in the subsequent years and to present himself for re-examination at the end of the course, but if he then fails again in one or more papers or oral tests, he shall not be permitted to present himself again except in very exceptional circumstances with the specific permission of the Senate.