FF:KSCA007 Chinese II - Course Information
KSCA007 Chinese II
Faculty of ArtsSpring 2025
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/6/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching - Teacher(s)
- Yu shan Chou (seminar tutor)
doc. Wei-lun Lu, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Zuzana Pospěchová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Yu-Min Chang, MA (alternate examiner) - Guaranteed by
- doc. Wei-lun Lu, Ph.D.
Department of Chinese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Zuzana Pospěchová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Chinese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts - Prerequisites
- KSCA006 Chinese Language I
Passed Chinese I.
- The course is offered EXCLUSIVELY to the students of the Chinese Department of Masaryk University.
- Exceptions could be made ONLY IF an Erasmus student has Chinese Studies as their major at their home university and if the student can present documented proof. Language proficiency certificates (HSK/TOCFL) are NOT accepted. - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- there are 6 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- At the end of the course students should be able to:
form simple sentences in modern Chinese (in speech and writing)
understand simple fluent speech by Chinese native speaker
read simple text in modern Chinese - Learning outcomes
- Student will be able to: - use spoken and written version of new vocabulary - use new grammatical phenomena - answer to basic questions and create basic sentences - react properly in basic dialogue on textbook topics
- Syllabus
- This course (Chinese II) uses Integrated Chinese Level 1 Part 2 (Lesson 11-20; i.e., 10 lessons + 2 review weeks), following the order of the textbook's lessons.
- Literature
- Integrated Chinese : simplified and traditional characters. Edited by Yuehua Liu. 3rd ed. Boston: Cheng & Tsui Company, 2010, vii, 190. ISBN 9780887276927. info
- Integrated Chinese : simplified and traditional characters. Edited by Yuehua Liu. 3rd ed. Boston: Cheng & Tsui Company, 2010, x, 201. ISBN 9780887276835. info
- Integrated Chinese : simplified and traditional characters. Edited by Yuehua Liu. 3rd ed. Boston: Cheng & Tsui Company, 2010, xxvii, 407. ISBN 9780887276897. info
- Integrated Chinese : simplified and traditional characters. Edited by Yuehua Liu. 3rd ed. Boston: Cheng & Tsui Company, 2010, xxxiii, 42. ISBN 9780887276804. info
- Integrated Chinese : simplified characters. Edited by Yuehua Liu. 3rd ed. Boston: Cheng & Tsui Company, 2010, xxxi, 335. ISBN 9780887276446. info
- Integrated Chinese : simplified and traditional characters. Edited by Yuehua Liu. 3rd ed. Boston: Cheng & Tsui Company, 2009, vii, 90. ISBN 9780887276767. info
- Integrated Chinese : simplified and traditional characters. Edited by Yuehua Liu. 3rd ed. Boston: Cheng & Tsui Company, 2009, vii, 133. ISBN 9780887276484. info
- Integrated Chinese : simplified characters. Edited by Yuehua Liu. 3rd ed. Boston: Cheng & Tsui Company, 2009, viii, 184. ISBN 9780887276408. info
- Integrated Chinese : simplified characters. Edited by Yuehua Liu. 3rd ed. Boston: Cheng & Tsui Company, 2009, viii, 230. ISBN 9780887276743. info
- Teaching methods
- The course is taught by Czech teacher and Chinese native speakers who combine various teaching methods (conversation, questions answering, listening, written tasks, presentations etc.) The course contains of three sessions per week, the first one is taught in Czech language, the second and the third are taught in English.
- Assessment methods
- Final written exam (computerized, on campus) and oral exam (in person). The student needs to pass both the written (70% above) and the oral exam.
Besides the exams, the following rules must be observed:
1) Up to 4 unexcused absences are allowed in one semester. In case of 5 or more unexcused absences, the student will not be allowed to sit the final exam.
2) In order for an absence to be excused, the student should approach the Study Department of the Faculty with an official request.
3) The student fulfills all tasks given by the teacher (assignments, presentations, etc.) Unpreparedness is judged as absence.
4) Students must not switch study groups, unless the teacher explicitly approved. - Language of instruction
- English
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
General note: Posluchači Čínských studií povinně zapisují v 2. semestru studia. - Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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