CHINESE LANGUAGE 1 MOD.1
- Academic year
- 2022/2023 Syllabus of previous years
- Official course title
- LINGUA CINESE 1 MOD. 1
- Course code
- LT006I (AF:369476 AR:199246)
- Modality
- On campus classes
- ECTS credits
- 9 out of 18 of CHINESE LANGUAGE 1
- Subdivision
- Surnames S-Z
- Degree level
- Bachelor's Degree Programme
- Educational sector code
- L-OR/21
- Period
- 1st Semester
- Course year
- 1
- Where
- VENEZIA
- Moodle
- Go to Moodle page
Contribution of the course to the overall degree programme goals
Expected learning outcomes
1. Knowledge and understanding
• Knowldege of the sounds of Modern Standard Chinese and of its syllabic inventory.
• Knowledge of Hanyu pinyin, i.e. the transcription system in Latin letters of the sounds of the Chinese language.
• Knowledge of the key sentences necessary to interact in basic communicative situations.
• Knowledge of the principles which regulate the stroke order in Chinese writing and of the most common pianpang, fundamental components of the characters.
• Knowledge of the basic aspects of Chinese grammar concerning the noun phrase, fundamental sentence structures, prepositional phrases, different types of sentences and verb phrases.
• Knowledge of the principles for ordering Chinese characters in the main bilingual Chinese dictionaries .
• Mastering a lexicon of about 350 words and 300 characters (active competence).
2. Ability to apply knowledge and understanding
• Be able to correctly articulate the sounds of the standard modern Chinese language.
• Be able to properly use Hanyu pinyin.
• Be able to correctly use the key sentences necessary to interact in elementary communicative situations.
• Be able to write characters correctly.
• Be able to apply what has been learned on basic grammatical aspects in order to understand written texts.
• Be able to use a bilingual Chinese dictionary.
• Be able to use in writing a lexicon of about 350 words and 300 characters.
3. Judgement capacity
• Know how to use the tools made available online to evaluate your level of knowledge and language skills.
4. Communication skills
• Be able to communicate the specificities of linguistic analysis using appropriate terminology.
5. Learning skills
• Know how to relate the different contexts of study and apply your knowledge and skills for personal and professional growth.
Pre-requirements
Contents
• grammar basics on the noun phrase, undamental sentence structures, prepositional phrases, different types of sentences and verb phrases.: 30 hours of theory and practice;
• training for linguistic interaction in simple communicative situations: 60 hours of practice A (conversation);
• training for the use of Chinese characters: 60 hours of practice B (writing);
• conversation tutoring: practice C;
• writing tutoring: practice D.
Referral texts
• Abbiati M., Grammatica di cinese moderno, Cafoscarina, Venezia 1998. (Part I, chapters I-V)
• Abbiati M., Materiali ed esercizi per l'apprendimento della grammatica cinese moderna, Cafoscarina, Venezia 2010 (also available on the website https://moodle.unive.it/ in the section “Lingua cinese 1 mod. 1 Cognomi S-Z [LT0061] - Prof Carlotta Sparvoli”.
• Abbiati M. e Zhang Ruoying, Dialogare in cinese: corso di lingua colloquiale, vol. 1, Cafoscarina, Venezia 2010 e succ. (Vol. 1, units 1-12)
• Abbiati M. e Chen Liansheng, Caratteri cinesi, Cafoscarina, Venezia 2001 e succ. (Units I-X)
- One of the following dictionaries (others also possible):
Zhao Xiuying, Il dizionario di Cinese. Dizionario Cinese-Italiano, Italiano-Cinese, Zanichelli, Bologna, 2013.
Dizionario cinese-italiano italiano-cinese, Hoepli, Milano, 2007
Casacchia G. e Bai Y., Dizionario Cinese-Italiano, Cafoscarina, Venezia, 2013.
Wenlin Software for Learning Chinese, 4.2.2 (for Windows and Mac): www.wenlin.com;
Pleco Software (for iPhone/iPad e Android), available for free download at www.pleco.com
Supplementary readings
• Abbiati M., La lingua cinese, Cafoscarina, Venezia 1992.
Assessment methods
Since Chinese language 1 is divided into 2 modules, i.e. Chinese language 1 mod. 1 (first semester) and Chinese Language 1 mod. 2 (second semester), and each module is assessed through an exam, the final score of Chinese language 1 will be the average of the marks obtained in the two exams. The 18 credits (CFU) will be awarded upon passing the two exams and obtaining the final mark.
Students must pass the first module exam (Chinese language 1 mod. 1) within the autumn exam session (August-September) of each academic year at the latest, and the second module exam (Chinese language 1 mod. 2) within the winter exam session (January). If you pass the first module exam within the autumn exam session, but fail to pass the second module exam within the winter session, the exam will be incomplete and, thus, failed. It will be then necessary to take again both exams. If students do not pass the first module exam within the autumn exam session in August-September, they can take it again starting from the next winter session, in January, also together with the second module exam.
Teaching methods
a) grammar classes;
b) writing and conversation practice aimed at building and consolidating the knowledge, skills and competences necessary to meet the goals of the course;
c) tutoring aimed at discussing and clarifying specific language problems that emerged during teaching and the related practice.