KSCA656 Academic Chinese II

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2022
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Wei-lun Lu, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
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
Timetable
Wed 8:00–9:40 B2.24
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 if an Erasmus student has Chinese Studies as their major at their home university and if the student can 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 an oral conference presentation (including the abstract and the slides of the presentation) in Chinese. During the course, the students prepare the conference presentation through the help of the teacher and the assistants and then present it at a real student conference.
Conference date this year: 13 May 2022.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the student is able to:
- write an abstract of a conference paper in Chinese
- give an oral conference presentation in Chinese
Syllabus
  • The course does not have a syllabus. The students meet the assistants individually online every week to discuss how to improve their slides and their oral presentation.
  • Submission deadline this year: 15 May 2021.
  • 16.2: Course overview
  • 23.2: Going over the full paper with tutor (I)
  • 2.3: Going over the full paper with tutor (II)
  • 9.3: Abstract revision
  • 16.3: Oral presentation: slides
  • 23.3: Oral presentation: words to use (I)
  • 30.3: Oral presentation: words to use (II)
  • 6.4: Oral presentation: pronunciation (I)
  • 13.4: Reading week
  • 20.4: Oral presentation: pronunciation (II)
  • 27.4: Rehearsal (I)
  • 4.5: Rehearsal (II)
  • 13.5: 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:
- Submission of abstract (half-page, written in Chinese): 11.3.2022
- Submission of slides (written in Chinese): 1.4.2022
- Submission of slides (with embedded soundtracks): 29.4.2022
- Submission of recorded presentation (real-time): 20.5.2022
Weekly meeting with the assistant. Up to two absences tolerated.
Language of instruction
Chinese
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
The course is co-taught by the teacher (Wei-lun Lu) and an external collaborator, Dr. Sung-lin Chen (National Chengkung University, Taiwan).
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2017, Autumn 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2022, recent)
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