The course aims at preparing the future teacher of Chinese as a foreign language or researcher in Chinese language and culture, providing the metalinguistic and methodological knowledge for teaching the Chinese language. 

Lesson programme: 

basic elements of Chinese linguistics; methodology of  teaching Chinese as a foreign language; teaching materials and programs for teaching Chinese in Italy; national and international reference documents for the teaching of Chinese language and researhing in the field of Chinese linguistics.

Knowledge and understanding: students will acquire a good understanding of the essential aspects of Chinese as second and foreing language teaching.

Applying knowledge and understanding: students will have the abilitiesto use the linguistic and metalinguistic knowledge to analyse teaching methods and techniques.

Making judgements: students will acquire the critical ability to judge their language productions with regard to linguistic and pragmatic appropriateness.

Communication skills: students will be able to make language choices appropriated to teaching and learnig contexts.

Learning skills:  students will possess the methodological skills to develop and consolidate their learning experiences in autonomous and collaborative way.

The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it

The course will include teaching practice lessons held by a mother tongue lecturer. Reading, writing and practice in conversation lessons will be conducted by Chinese lectors. The attendance to these lessons is highly recommended.

Teaching

Teaching methods include face-to-face lectures, exercise sessions, seminars. The course will include teaching practice lessons held by a mother tongue lecturer. Reading, writing and practice in conversation lessons will be conducted by Chinese lectors. The attendance to these lessons is highly recommended.

Innovative teaching methods

Attendance

The attendance to lessons is highly recommended.

Course books

Teaching material will be provided by teachers and the tutor during the course.

Suggested readings:

1. Brezzi A., Lioi (a cura di), La didattica del cinese nella scuola secondaria di secondo grado: esperienze e prospettive, Sapienza Università Editrice, 2015.

2. Lavagnino, A., Mottura B., Cina e Modernità. Cultura e istituzioni dalle Guerre dell'oppio a oggi, Roma, Carocci, 2016.

Assessment

Written test and oral test. 

Written and oral test.

The final grade has two components:

Oral test (reading, translation and comment) written test (translation and essay). 

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

Teaching

Non-attenging students need to contact the teacher via e-mail.

Course books

Same as for attending students.

Assessment

Same as for attending students.

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.