CJVchinII Chinese for Beginners II

Pan-university studies
Spring 2016
Extent and Intensity
0/2. Type of Completion: -.
Teacher(s)
Gui An (lecturer), PaedDr. Marta Holasová, Ph.D. (deputy)
Mgr. Zuzana Janoušková (assistant)
Ing. Martina Ježková (assistant)
Guaranteed by
PaedDr. Marta Holasová, Ph.D.
Pan-university studies
Timetable
Wed 2. 3. to Fri 20. 5. Wed 17:30–19:00 408
Prerequisites
Chinese for beginners Ⅱ is designed for those who finished our previous course or who has knowledge of Chinese equivalent to HSK level 1.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
Course objectives
Chinese for beginners Ⅱ is designed for those who finished our previous course or who has knowledge of Chinese equivalent to HSK level 1. The course will be divided into three parts: A. Revision lessons (include HSK level 1 vocabulary and grammar) B. New lessons. The new topics will cover booking tickets, seats and rooms; complaining and getting refund in shops; seeing a doctor; expressing mood, apologize, grateful and welcome; making comparison and giving suggestion or explanation,etc. C. 50 selected chinese characters (It won’t be in the final exam).
Syllabus
  • Course syllabus: (12 weeks )
  • week1 Review pinyin
  • week2 Tones
  • week3 HSK 1 Vocabulary
  • week4 HSK 1 Grammar
  • week5 Booking tickets / seats / rooms
  • week6 In a shop (complaining, refund)
  • week7 Seeing a doctor
  • week8 Mood, apologize, grateful, welcome
  • week9 Entertainment
  • week10 Suggestion and comparison
  • week11 Explanation
  • week12 REVIEW, Q&A, Final Exam
Teaching methods
All texts, homework including video links will be prepared and upload to the system a week before the class. Student can download and print them for preview.
Assessment methods
The exam includes also two parts: A. Oral test. Every student need to prepare a short speech on any topic we have learnt , it can happen during the semester right before the new lesson starts or till the last week after the final exam. B. Final exam. We will have a final writing exam similar to what we had the first semester. It will cover all vocabulary and grammar we have learnt. The difficulty will be like a HSK 2 mock test.
Score (100 points)
Oral test: 25%*100=25
Final exam: 75%*100=55
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
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