FF:KSCB014 Intens. Conversation for beg. - Course Information
KSCB014 Intensive Conversation for beginners
Faculty of ArtsSpring 2025
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching - Teacher(s)
- Ya Jing Huang (seminar tutor)
Hiu Hung Chan (seminar tutor)
Jingluan Liu (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Terézia Hegerová (alternate examiner) - Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Zuzana Pospěchová, 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
- NOW( KSCA007 Chinese II )
The course requires knowledge of Chinese at the level of HSK 1 at least. Native Chinese speakers are not allowed into this course. - 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
- there are 6 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- The course has the form of 1 to 1 intensive conversation. Its aim is an intensive training of conversation in Chinese language.
- Learning outcomes
- At the end of the course students should be able to:
actively use modern Chinese on a 1st year level
better understand speech by a native speaker of modern Chinese - Syllabus
- The course organization:
- each student 2 x 25 minutes per week
- 1 student to 1 lecturer conversations
- The course structure:
- 1) The 1st class in the week: The student prepares a presentation on a topic based on his/her interest or the textbook used in the basic course (Integrated Chinese 1.2) and present it to the lecturer (5-10 minutes). Free conversation on the topic follows (15-20 minutes), the lecturer asks questions, the student responds; the lecturer carefully corrects all mistakes the student makes, all sentences the student makes must be correct in the end.
- 2) After the class the same day, the lecturer prepares a list of mistakes the student made in the presentation and writes down a list of new vocabulary (10-15 words) and/or grammatical patterns the student might use in the presentation but he/she did not. The lecturer sends the list to the student by email.
- 3) The 2nd class in the week: the student re-prepares the same presentation (the same topic) with the suggested new vocabulary and grammar and presents it to the lecturer again (5-10 minutes). Free conversation on the topic follows (15-20 minutes), the lecturer asks questions, the student responds; the lecturer carefully corrects all mistakes the student makes, all sentences the student says must be made correct.
- 4) At the end of the 2nd class the student and the lecturer choose a topic for the next week.
- Literature
- Integrated Chinese : simplified and traditional characters. Edited by Yuehua Liu. 3rd ed. Boston: Cheng & Tsui Company, 2010, vii, 190. ISBN 9780887276927. info
- Integrated Chinese : simplified and traditional characters. Edited by Yuehua Liu. 3rd ed. Boston: Cheng & Tsui Company, 2010, xxxiii, 42. ISBN 9780887276804. info
- Teaching methods
- Conversation, students presentation.
- Assessment methods
- 100% attendance and preparedness for the classes.
- Language of instruction
- Chinese
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Note related to how often the course is taught: dvakrát týdně 25 minut.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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