Delivered at:: Department of Foreign Languages

Course type:: Elective course

When:: 2 year, 1, 2 module

Instructor

Shalimova, Svetlana

Full Syllabus

Abstract

Beginner Chinese Course II” is a two year course delivered in English for the first-year and second-year master students. The material is given sequentially according to the degree of increasing complexity. Depending on the performance of the group, the rate at which students master the material may vary. If the group learns the material faster, the teacher can give additional materials for mastering at home and in the classroom (materials from other teaching and reference books, adapted texts for home reading or texts from the Internet). If the group masters the material more slowly than envisaged in the programme, a delay in the presentation of the material is allowed in order to better study aspects that cause difficulties for students.

Learning Objectives

Is able to recognize and handwrite Chinese characters with extent of HSK2 standards. Recognize and maintain oral speech in Chinese language within the studied materials. Provide answers grammatically consistent with the questions. Read and comprehend the elementary textbook materials in simplified characters within the studied vocabulary. Demonstrate a familiarity with various aspects of Chinese culture, literature, cinema and history.

Expected Learning Outcomes

Provide answers grammatically consistent with the questions.
Communicate on daily topics using correct grammar structures and vocabulary to the extent of HSK2.
Understand words, phrases, and short expressions aided by context and limited to learned vocabulary
Read and comprehend the textbook materials in simplified characters within the studied vocabulary
Handwrite at a basic level of proficiency
Search the information in Chinese recourses of the internet

Course Contents

1. Revision of the previous material
2. Lesson 11 I eat at the school canteen 从……到……;
3. Listening: what is your phone number;
4. Lesson 12 What would you like, coffee or tea?
5. Test on 11-12 lessons
7. Lesson 14 I bought a sweater
6. Lesson 13 I have moved to a new place
8. More practice on le
9. Lesson 15 Can college students have part-time jobs? Modal verbs
10. Revision
11. Lesson 16 I want to give him a gift
12. Lesson 17 I’m good at both speaking and listening
13. Lesson 18 I’ve been on the internet for four hours
14. Revision
15. Lesson 19 The central heating has not been fixed yet
16. Lesson 20 Fast food can be delivered home
17. Revision
19. Lesson 22 My bike is red
20. Lesson 23 The winter is getting colder this year
21. Revision
22. Final test
23. Revision of the previous material
18. Lesson 21 I put the bag on the table
Lesson 24 My Mom has sent me a gift
Lesson 25 I don’t understand what they said
26. Revision
Lesson 26 Christmas is about to come
Lesson 27 I’m watching TV
Revision
Lesson 28 The great wall in more than 8,850 km
Lesson 29 The party is real success
30. Revision
Lesson 30 I used to be an English teacher

Assessment Elements

Homework
Average result of all home assignments includes lexical and grammatical exercises, translations of sentences; reading texts and answering questions/ making up situational dialogues; lexical and grammatical exercises.
Tests
Average result of all modular tests.
Exam
The written exam consists of three tasks: translation from and into Chinese, the task to find a grammatical or lexical mistake in the sentence. The oral part includes reading aloud and answering questions according to the text. The students should attend the exam according to the schedule sent by the teacher. Students take the written part first. The retake procedure is similar to the exam procedure and involves the use of more complicated tasks.

Interim Assessment

2024/2025 2nd module
● 2024/2025 1st module M1 = 0.4 * HW1 + 0.6 * Tests1 (M1 – final grade for the 1st module) ● 2024/2025 2nd module M2 = 0,4*(0,4 * HW2 + 0,6 * Tests2)+0,6*Exam2 (M2 – final grade for the 2nd module) The exam in the 2nd module is a blocking element. The final grade is set according to the formula: Final = 0,5*M1+ 0,5*M2 HW1 – all marks for the homework in 1st module HW2 – all marks for the homework in 2nd module Tests1 – all marks for tests in the 1st module Tests2 – all marks for tests in the 2nd module Exam2 – mark for Exam in the 2nd module

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

Contemporary Chinese for beginners.Dāngdài Zhōngwén. Textbook, Wu, Z., 2010
Developing Chinese : advanced comprehensive course (I) (+CD), , 2019

Recommended Additional Bibliography

Developing Chinese : intermediate speaking course (II) (+CD), , 2019

Authors

SHALIMOVA SVETLANA VLADIMIROVNA
SHALIMOVA EKATERINA SERGEEVNA
Молчанова Татьяна Васильевна
URSUL Natalia VALEREVNA

Master’s Programme 'International Business in the Asia-Pacific Region'

Contacts

Beginner Chinese Course II