CJV_K_Ch1 Chinese for Absolute Beginners I (commercial)

Pan-university studies
spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 0 credit(s) (plus 2 for the colloquium). Recommended Type of Completion: z (credit). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Yuan-Pin Chang, MA (lecturer)
Mgr. Kateřina Frecerová (assistant)
PaedDr. Marta Holasová, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Yuan-Pin Chang, MA
Contact Person: PaedDr. Marta Holasová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Language Centre Unit for Pan-university Studies and Life-long Learning – Language Centre
Prerequisites
SOUHLAS
This is a course for absolute beginners of Chinese. No prior knowledge of the language is required. The course is taught in English.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 12 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/12, only registered: 1/12, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/12
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
After the course, students will be able to:
Identify and comprehend conversation situations and reproduce conversation schemes in basic conversation situations given by the textbook;
Apply the conversation schemes and acquired vocabulary to other interactive conversation situations;
Read and write basic conversation texts given in the textbook;
Apply acquired grammar, vocabulary and increase necessary reading and writing comprehension.
Syllabus
  • Week 1: Lesson 1 Greetings: Chinese phonetics.
  • Week 2: Lesson 1 Greetings: Grammar of shì, Chinese phonetics.
  • Week 3: Lesson 1 Greetings: Grammar of yě, Chinese phonetics.
  • Week 4: Lesson 1 Greetings: Grammar of ma, Chinese phonetics.
  • Week 5: Lesson 2 Family: Grammar of yǒu, Chinese phonetics.
  • Week 6: Lesson 2 Family: Grammar of liǎng, Chinese classifiers, Chinese phonetics.
  • Week 7: Lesson 2 Family: Grammar of shénme, Chinese phonetics.
  • Week 8: Lesson 2 Family: Grammar of shéi, Chinese phonetics.
  • Week 9: Lesson 3 Socializing: How to talk about “not” in Chinese.
  • Week 10: Lesson 3 Socializing: How to talk about place and activities.
  • Week 11: Lesson 3 Socializing: Numbers, how to express time in Chinese.
  • Week 12: Lesson 3 Socializing: How to make an invitation.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Information on completion of the course: plus 2 za k
The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught every week.
Teacher's information
https://www.cjv.muni.cz/nabidka-kurzu/chinese-course-spring-2025
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