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Chinese Exercise I
Semester Hours per week Subject code ECTS
Fall 1 CHI Ex. 0
Learning Outcomes / Course Objectives
See ―Chinese I‖
Prerequisites / Level
See ―Chinese I‖
Course Description
See ―Chinese I‖
Literature
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Evaluation
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Teaching Methods
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Chinese I
Semester Hours per week Subject code ECTS
Fall 2 CHI 2,5
Learning Outcomes / Course Objectives
In our beginner's course you will acquire elementary skills in written and oral Chinese,
which means mastering basic vocabulary and sentence patterns. Accordingly, the main
focus of the course is put on phonetics and character writing. The characters to be
learned are the simplified characters which are used in the People´s Republic of China,
Hanyu pinyin is the standard phonetic transcription which will be used throughout the
course. At the end of the semester we will be able to carry out simple conversations on a
limited range of topics, and master Chinese for common everyday purposes.
Prerequisites / Level
None
Course Description
Chinese, especially at the beginning, is a language that requires continuous practice.
Students are asked to practice characters and prepare vocabulary for each lesson to be
able to follow the course. After the first meetings you will be able to understand the
characteristics and structure of the Chinese language. The following meetings we will
accomplish one lesson in two meetings.You will acquire basic scills in distinguishing
between the 4 tones in Chinese, and pronounce them accurately. You will be able to
communicate (listen, speak, read, and write) in simple Chinese and recognize and write
approximately 180 Chinese characters. Thematic areas include: greetings; introducing
oneself; asking about occupation, citizenship etc.; talking about date and time, classroom
language
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