CHINESE LANGUAGE I
LINGUA CINESE I
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2022/2023 | 9 |
Lecturer | Office hours for students | |
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Sara Nasini | By appointment. |
Teaching in foreign languages |
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Course partially taught in a foreign language
Mandarin Chinese
This course is taught partially in Italian and partially in a foreign language. Study materials can be provided in the foreign language and the final exam can be taken in the foreign language. |
Assigned to the Degree Course
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Learning Objectives
The course aims to introduce students to Chinese business contexts, both written and oral, and to their linguistic, social and culturalcharacteristics.
Program
Students will study texts dealing with economical and commercial issues, such as business letters and e-mails, articles from newspapers, official documents issued by the government of the PRC, promotional texts. They will work on reading comprehension, translation, analysis, and will focus on style, grammar and vocabulary, but also on intercultural elements that have to be taken into account in order to establish a fruitful dialogue with China.
Learning Achievements (Dublin Descriptors)
Knowledge and understanding: students will will acquire a good understanding of Chinese business language and culture.
Applying knowledge and understanding: students will apply their knowledge and understanding in reading comprehension and oral and written production.
Making judgements: students will develop hypotheses and make autonomous judgments in using their knowledge contextually, understanding the meaning of the texts and evaluating their own production.
Communication skills: students will be able to communicate in business contexts and express their knowledge clearly.
Learning skills: students will acquire the tools and methodologies to deepen their knowledge of the field with a high degree of autonomy.
Teaching Material
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
Supporting Activities
The course includes lessons held by a mother tongue lecturer, with a focus on listening, comprehension, oral and written production.
Teaching, Attendance, Course Books and Assessment
- Teaching
Lectures; interactive lessons; exercises.
- Attendance
Not compulsory but highly recommended.
- Course books
Recommended books:
- Leonesi, Barbara. Cinese & affari. Milano: Hoepli, 2012.
- Bao Wenying. Shiyong shangwu hanyu. Shanghai: Huadong shifan daxue chubanshe, 2007.
- Assessment
Written and oral examinations.
- 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.
Additional Information for Non-Attending Students
- Teaching
Self-study.
- Attendance
Non-attending students need to contact the teacher at the beginning of the semester.
- Course books
Recommended books:
- Leonesi, Barbara. Cinese & affari. Milano: Hoepli, 2012.
- Bao Wenying. Shiyong shangwu hanyu. Shanghai: Huadong shifan daxue chubanshe, 2007.
- Assessment
Written and oral examinations.
- 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.
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