KSCA656 Academic Chinese II

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
doc. Wei-lun Lu, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Wei-lun Lu, Ph.D.
Department of Chinese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Wei-lun Lu, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Chinese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
TYP_STUDIA ( N )
- Sufficient fluency in Chinese (at least CEFR B1)
- The course is offered EXCLUSIVELY to the students of the Chinese Department of Masaryk University.
- Exceptions could be made ONLY IF an Erasmus student has Chinese Studies as their major at their home university and if the student could present documented proof. Language proficiency certificates (HSK/TOCFL) are NOT accepted.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to train students how to give a conference presentation in Chinese and to write a conference paper in Chinese. During the course, the students prepare the conference presentation and the final essay through the help of the teacher and the assistants and then present it at a conference.
Conference date this year: 19 May 2023.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the student is able to:
- write a conference paper in Chinese,
- present it at an academic conference.
Syllabus
  • The course does not have a syllabus. The students meet the assistants individually online every week (preferably during the class time), to discuss how to improve their writing. In the first half of the semester, the students need to finish a 5-page essay progressively.
  • Submission deadline this year: 15 May 2021.
  • 3.3: Course overview
  • 10.3: 0.5 page (A4)
  • 17.3: 1 page
  • 24.3: 1.5 page
  • 31.3: 2 page
  • 7.4: 2.5 page
  • 14.4: 3 page
  • 21.4: 3.5 page
  • 28.4: 4 page
  • 5.5: 4.5 page
  • 12.5: 5 page
  • 19.5: Rehearsal 1
  • 26.5: Rehearsal 2
  • 28.5: Conference date
Literature
  • MCNAUGHTON, William. Reading and writing Chinese :a guide to the Chinese writing system : the student's 1,020 list, the official 2,000 list. Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1979. ISBN 0-8048-1188-1. info
Teaching methods
Weekly individial consultations.
Assessment methods
Fulfillment of the tasks - handing in a 5-page essay in Chinese (by 30 April 2023) and presenting it at a conference (on 19 May 2023).
Format of essay: Single-spaced; font: 標楷; font size: 11
Weekly meeting with the assistant. Up to two absences tolerated.
Language of instruction
Chinese
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2017, Autumn 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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