Bachelor
2020/2021
Foreign Language (Chinese)
Category 'Best Course for Career Development'
Category 'Best Course for Broadening Horizons and Diversity of Knowledge and Skills'
Category 'Best Course for New Knowledge and Skills'
Type:
Elective course (HSE University and University of London Parallel Degree Programme in International Relations)
Area of studies:
International Relations
Delivered by:
Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs
When:
4 year, 1-3 module
Mode of studies:
offline
Instructors:
Yulia Seliverstova
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
8
Contact hours:
140
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 eraThe 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 monumentsThe 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.
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- 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 examThe exam was offline (not via Zoom and offline platform)
