Chinese for Business Communication

2024/2025

Учебный год

ENG

Обучение ведется на английском языке

6

Кредиты

Кто читает:

Департамент иностранных языков

Статус:

Курс по выбору

Когда читается:

1-й курс, 3, 4 модуль

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The discipline “Chinese for business communication” is designed for master’s program students, who major in “Business and Politics in Modern Asia” and help them better participate in business cooperation with Chinese partners, improve their business Chinese skills and business communication skills. This course provides students learning of business Chinese knowledge and simulation training of business activities, including the training and improvement of speech skills, as well as the integration of Chinese business etiquette and daily communication etiquette. The purpose of this course is to enable students to improve their business Chinese level, cultivate their ability of expression, and conduct business communication with Chinese partners more effectively.

Learning Objectives

• 1. Provide students with basic Chinese knowledge and skills required for business and economic activities in China
• 2. Provide students with knowledge of business custom and rules, in additional to background information of Chinese culture.

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Use appropriate expressions on polite social occasion of meeting, greeting, introduction, congratulation and apology.
• Use appropriate expressions in negotiating, writing a plan, bargaining, discussing a way to cooperate.
• Write a CV for work in China.
• Implement the knowledge of Chinese etiquette in common business activities, as giving and getting gifts, organizing meetings and banquets, conducting business negotiations.
• Use business Chinese correctly in business communication.
• Be familiar with traditional Chinese culture, etiquette and precautions in business meetings.
• Understand the influence of traditional Chinese culture on modern business etiquette, know the communication habits in China, such as how to choose gifts, the meaning of numbers, the cultural differences between north and South restaurants, etc.
• Understand China's laws and regulations on corporate operations and activities, the basic types of companies, the composition of different types of companies, and understand the basic process and qualification requirements of companies registered in China.
• Be familiar with the development of e-commerce in China and the basic operation mode of e-commerce.

Course Contents

• 1. Introduction to the course. Apply for job in China
• 2. Preparation of business meeting
• 3. The first meeting and rules of etiquette
• 4. Preparation of a banquet
• 5. "Face" and gifts
• 6. Business correspondence
• 7. Preparing and conducting business negotiations
• 8. Types of companies
• 9. Organizational structure of the company
• 10. Introduction of the company
• 11. Company registration. Startup creation.
• 12. Marketing
• 13. E-commerce in China

Assessment Elements

• In-class participation
  Lecturers evaluate students progress, including assigned readings comprehension and contribution to discussions.
• Homework
• Final portfolio
  1. Resume in Chinese and self introduction(min – 4, max – 8). 2. An essay on Chinese business social etiquette(min – 4, max – 8). 3. Vocabulary book - select 200 proper nouns that are commonly used in business interactions and mark their Chinese interpretations(min – 4, max – 8).

Interim Assessment

• 2024/2025 4th module
  0.4 * Final portfolio + 0.15 * Homework + 0.15 * Homework + 0.15 * In-class participation + 0.15 * In-class participation

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• China’s 40 Years of Reform and Development : 1978–2018. (2018). Netherlands, Europe: ANU Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.ADA01123
• China’s New Sources of Economic Growth: Vol. 1 (Chinese version) : 改革、资源能源与气候变化. (2020). ANU Press. https://doi.org/10.22459/CNSEGCV.2018
• Chinese culture, Han, J., 2018
• Experiencing Chinese. Business communication in China, , 2007
• Monique Abud. (2019). China’s 40 Years of Reform and Development: 1978–2018. Chin’Electrodoc.
• New Silk Road Business Chinese (+CD), , 2009
• Stefanie Weil. (2017). Lobbying and Foreign Interests in Chinese Politics. Palgrave Macmillan.
• Дашевская, Г. Я. Китайский язык. Культура и практика делового общения : учебник / Г. Я. Дашевская. — 2-е изд., испр. и доп. — Москва : ВКН, 2021. — 240 с. — ISBN 978-5-7873-1870-8. — Текст : электронный // Лань : электронно-библиотечная система. — URL: https://e.lanbook.com/book/263696 (дата обращения: 00.00.0000). — Режим доступа: для авториз. пользователей.
• Китайский язык для делового общения (+CD) : Учебник, Дашевская, Г.Я., 2011
• Китайский язык. Культура и практика делового общения (+ CD) : учебник, Дашевская, Г.Я., 2018

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Gao, S., Zhang, X., Lecture Notes in Computer Science ; 15th Conference on e-Business, e-Services and e-Society (I3E) ; https://hal.inria.fr/hal-01702170 ; 15th Conference on e-Business, e-Services and e-Society (I3E), Sep 2016, & Swansea. (2016). Understanding Business Models in the Sharing Economy in China: A Case Study. Lecture Notes in Computer Science ; 15th Conference on e-Business, e-Services and e-Society (I3E) ; Https://Hal.Inria.Fr/Hal-01702170 ; 15th Conference on e-Business, e-Services and e-Society (I3E), Sep 2016, Swansea, United Kingdom. Pp.661-672, ⟨10.1007/978-3-319-45234-0_59⟩. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45234-0_59
• Global expansion: the Chinese way, , 2018

Authors

• Ursul Natalia Valerevna
• Diugaeva Irina Dmitrievna