Learning objectives
The aim of the course is the acquisition of spoken and written Chinese language skills at level A2.
At the end of the course, students are expected to:
- possess a good knowledge of sentence structure;
- be able to recognize and write the characters learned during the lessons;
- sustain a conversation in simple communication contexts;
- be able to translate simple texts from Italian to Chinese and from Chinese to Italian;
- have a basic knowledge of Chinese literature
Prerequisites
Students must have attended the Chinese and South East Asian Languages and Literatures course I (mod. A and mod. B).
Before the start of the course, an Introduction test to evaluate the knowledge level will be available to the students on the Elly platform.
Course unit content
- consolidation of the sentence structure knowledge
- nominal determination
- verbal determination;
- aspectual particles and some verbal complements;
-short conversations in simple communication contexts;
- translation from Chinese to Italian and from Italian to Chinese
- basic knowledge of Chinese poetry, historiography, theater and fiction.
Full programme
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Bibliography
Reference books:
-Federico Masini, Zhang Tongbing, Bai Hua et al., Il cinese per gli italiani – Corso base, Milano: Hoepli, 2010, (unità 17-20)
-Federico Masini, Zhang Tongbing, Bai Hua et al., Il cinese per gli italiani – Corso intermedio, Milano: Hoepli, 2010, (unità 1-8)
Reference grammar books (not compulsory):
Chiara Romagnoli e Wang Jing, Grammatica d’uso della lingua cinese, Milano: Hoepli, 2016
Books of culture and literature:
-Alessandra Lavagnino, Silvia Pozzi, Cultura cinese, segno, scrittura e civiltà, Roma: Carocci editore, 2013 (capitoli 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
Reading:
- One Mo Yan’s book of your own choice among:
Sorgo Rosso, Torino: Einaudi, 2014.
Le rane, Torino: Einaudi, 2013.
Il supplizio del legno di sandalo, Torino: Einaudi 2001.
L'uomo che allevava i gatti e altri racconti, Torino: Einaudi, 1997.
One edition of your own choice of: Caratteri, rivista di letteratura contemporanea cinese, Beijing Language Press. (bilingual editions are excluded)
Teaching methods
The course will take place through lectures and exercises, individual and group, aimed at consolidating grammar rules, spoken , written and translation skills.
Classes will take place in telepresence through the use of Teams and Elly platforms.
Lessons will be held in synchronous mode (Teams); to encourage the active participation of students, weekly activities will be proposed through the use of the resources available in Elly (discussion forum and quiz).
Slides and all the material provided by the teacher will be uploaded to Elly at the end of each lesson and will be an integral part of the course material.
To download the material you need to register for the online course.
Assessment methods and criteria
The final exam will consist of written and spoken examination. Only students that have already sustained and passed the written test will be able to proceed with the oral exam.
The written test will last a maximum of two hours, during which linguistic knowledge (grammar, knowledge of characters, syntax and translation) will be evaluated. The test will be composed of different kind of exercises: reordering of characters to form sentences (5 pt), insertion (7 pt), correction of errors (8 pt) and translations (10 pt). The test will be evaluated on a 0-30 scale and the results will be published on the Elly platform.
The spoken test will be focused on linguistic knowledge (reading, translation from Chinese into Italian and vice versa and knowledge of characters) and contents of literature and culture.
The final grade will be the average between the two tests result.
The use of dictionaries is not allowed during the tests.
In case of online final examination, the written test will be carried out on the Elly / Respondus platforms, while the spoken test on Teams.
Other information
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