Bachelor
2022/2023
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 (International Bachelor's Programme in World Politics)
Area of studies:
Public Policy and Social Sciences
Delivered by:
Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs
When:
2 year, 1-4 module
Mode of studies:
offline
Open to:
students of one campus
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
7
Contact hours:
232
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The course aims at developing basic communicative competences in the Chinese language that include: communicative competence – developing communicative skills through speaking, listening, reading and writing in communicative scenarios and topics chosen for the course; language competence – learning new language units (orthographic, phonetic, lexical, grammar) related to communicative scenarios and topics of the course; learning about language phenomena in the foreign language, about various ways of expressing ideas using the native and foreign languages; socio-cultural competence – introducing students to the culture, traditions and realia of the country whose language they are learning; developing skills of presenting their country and its culture when communicating with foreigners; cognitive competence – developing general and special academic skills; familiarizing students with available ways of autonomous learning of a foreign language and culture, ICT included.
Learning Objectives
- continue to develop basic communication skills at “survival” level
- to use more complex grammatical constructions
- continue to gain concrete knowledge of Chinese customs and manners, geography, shopping conventions, and major holidays in Chinese-speaking countries
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Can ask and answer simple questions; Introduce itself, make request, give advice, make suggestion, expressing agreement/disagreement and make an offer; Communicate on daily topics such as daily routines, description of surrounding things, ordering food, shopping, travelling, asking direction etc.
- Identify speaker’s purpose and tone; Identify the topic and main idea; Сan catch the main point in short, clear, simple messages and announcements. Can understand phrases and expressions related to areas of most immediate priority (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment) provided speech is clearly and slowly articulated.
- Skim for main idea; Scan for details; Can understand short, simple texts containing the highest frequency vocabulary, including a proportion of shared international vocabulary items; Can understand short, simple messages on postcards, short simple personal letters. Can get an idea of the content of simpler informational material and short simple descriptions, especially if there is visual support.
Course Contents
- Intro to Pinyin-Chinese phonetics system & Pronunciation basic radicals Блок ПУО: Раздел 1 «Произношение и тоны» , Раздел 2 «Давайте познакомимся»
- Greetings Everyday objects Family
- Countries and nationalities Asking about directions Students’ life
- Students’ life
- Consulting a doctor. Traditional chinese medicine In this topic, students will learn basic vocabulary related to visit the doctor; some vocabulary for the human body; how to ask about and describe one’s health; learn the common procedures of visiting a doctor in Chinese hospitals; answer a variety of questions from patients as a guiding nurse.
Assessment Elements
- final exams
- Экзамен
- Экзамен
- Экзамен
- Экзамен
- экзамен
- экзамен
- Накопленная оценка
- конрольная работа
Interim Assessment
- 2021/2022 2nd module0.1 * конрольная работа + 0.3 * Накопленная оценка + 0.3 * Экзамен
- 2021/2022 4th module0.1 * конрольная работа + 0.3 * Накопленная оценка + 0.3 * Экзамен
- 2022/2023 2nd module0.3 * Экзамен + 0.1 * конрольная работа + 0.3 * Накопленная оценка
- 2022/2023 4th module0.3 * Экзамен + 0.3 * Накопленная оценка + 0.1 * конрольная работа
- 2023/2024 2nd module0.1 * конрольная работа + 0.3 * экзамен + 0.3 * Накопленная оценка
- 2023/2024 4th module0.3 * экзамен + 0.3 * Накопленная оценка + 0.1 * конрольная работа
- 2024/2025 3rd module0.1 * конрольная работа + 0.3 * final exams + 0.1 * Накопленная оценка + 0.3 * Накопленная оценка
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- McNaughton, W., & Fan, J. (2013). Reading and Writing Chinese : Third Edition, HSK All Levels (2,633 Chinese Characters and 5,000+ Compounds) (Vol. Third edition). Tokyo: Tuttle Publishing. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1568742
- Sam Brier, & Xia Lu. (2014). Chinese Phrase A Day Practice Volume 1 : Includes Downloadable CD. [N.p.]: Tuttle Publishing. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1568040
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Claudia Ross, Baozhang He, Pei-Chia Chen, & Meng Yeh. (2018). Modern Mandarin Chinese : The Routledge Course Textbook Level 1. [N.p.]: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1761722