Foreign Language (Chinese)

2020/2021

Учебный год

ENG

Обучение ведется на английском языке

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Кредиты

Кто читает:

Факультет мировой экономики и мировой политики

Статус:

Курс по выбору

Когда читается:

4-й курс, 1-3 модуль

Преподаватель

Селиверстова Юлия Андреевна

Course Syllabus

Abstract

Through a wide range of learning activities such as daily dictation, oral and written tests, recalling of conversation, story-telling, dialogue construction, presentations, the course focuses students toward further improving their pronunciation and tones; learning new grammar patterns; and applying the grammar and vocabulary learned. Additionally, the course will integrate Chinese culture into language learning to enhance the understanding of cultural influence on the language.

Learning Objectives

• continue to master the standard sound system and acquire correct pronunciation and tones
• continue to gain concrete knowledge of Chinese customs and manners, geography, shopping conventions, and major holidays in Chinese-speaking countries
• learn to describe or narrate one’s past experiences, current condition, and future plans; express affirmation and refusals, personal opinions, make suggestions, and so on

Expected Learning Outcomes

• After studying this topic, students should be able to demonstrate: an improved vocabulary and pronunciation related to the topics; ability to write correctly new characters; ability to use grammatical constructions correctly

Course Contents

• language features of the main Confucian monuments of the classical era
  The main Confucian concepts and concepts: 德 de2 'virtue', 仁 ren2 'human love', 義 and4 'duty', 五 倫 y3 lun2 'five basic relationships', 孝 xiao4' filial piety ', 禮 li3' ritual ', 天命 tien1 min4' heavenly predestination ', 仁政 ren2 zheng4' philanthropic rule ', etc. The concept of government based on a ritual. Early (V - IV centuries BC) and late (2nd half. III century BC) Confucian works of the pre-Qin period. Stable phrases in ancient Chinese political and philosophical literature.
• Language features of the main legistic monuments
  The structure of the text is “Shang Jun Shu” (“Books of the Ruler of the Shang Region”) and “Han Fei-tzu”. “Han Fei-tzu” as a systematic exposition of the philosophy of legism (法家 fa3 jia1 'school of lawyers'). The basic concepts and concepts of the philosophy of legism: 法 fa3 'law', 勢 shi4 'power', 刑 syn2 'severe punishment', etc.
• Prices and terms of payment
  Discussion of the price. Payment terms. Cost of production. The price of the real product. Derivatives prices. Invoice price
• A review of the evolution of the grammatical and lexical structure of the Chinese language in the post-classical era New phenomena in the phonetics, syntax and morphology of the Chinese language in the post-Han era. Changes in the phonetic appearance of the Chinese syllable. The rapid growth in the number of binomials (double syllables) in the vocabulary of the Middle Chinese language. The effect of translations of Buddhist texts on the evolution of the Chinese language. Design for the XII - XIII centuries. Baihua's new literary language, which functioned in parallel with Wenyang.

Assessment Elements

• homework; in-class activities; oral and written tests
• in-class activites
• written and oral tests
• oral and written exam
• homework
• in-class activites
• written and oral tests
• mid-term and final exam
  The exam was offline (not via Zoom and offline platform)

Interim Assessment

• Interim assessment (2 module)
  0.6 * homework; in-class activities; oral and written tests + 0.4 * oral and written exam
• Interim assessment (3 module)
  0.2 * homework + 0.2 * in-class activites + 0.4 * mid-term and final exam + 0.2 * written and oral tests

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Разговорный китайский язык. Ч. 2: ., Гун Мин, ., 2015

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Китайский язык : экономика: учеб. пособие, Демина, Н. А., 2004
• Китайский язык для делового общения + CD-ROM : учебник для вузов, Дашевская, Г. Я., 2011