KSCA006 Chinese Language I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/6/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Sean Hsiang Chou (seminar tutor)
doc. Wei-lun Lu, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Zuzana Pospěchová, Ph.D. (alternate examiner)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Zuzana Pospěchová, Ph.D.
Department of Chinese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Wei-lun Lu, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Chinese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Timetable of Seminar Groups
KSCA006/01: No timetable has been entered into IS.
KSCA006/02: No timetable has been entered into IS.
KSCA006/03: No timetable has been entered into IS.
Prerequisites
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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
Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to:
- form simple sentences in written and oral modern Chinese language;
- understand simple speech by native Chinese speaker.
- read simple text;
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
  • The modern Chinese is taught according the Integrated Chinese 1.1 textbook, following the order of the textbook's lessons.
Literature
    required literature
  • Integrated Chinese : simplified characters. Edited by Yuehua Liu. 3rd ed. Boston: Cheng & Tsui Company, 2010, xxxi, 335. ISBN 9780887276446. info
  • Integrated Chinese : simplified characters. Edited by Yuehua Liu. 3rd ed. Boston: Cheng & Tsui Company, 2009, viii, 184. ISBN 9780887276408. info
Teaching methods
The course is taught by a native speaker who combines various methods od teaching - seminars, class discussion, conversations, homeworks, written presentations, oral presentations etc.
Assessment methods
Final written test and oral exam.
Besides the test, the following rules must be observed:

1) 4 absences allowed in one semester. In case of 5 or more absences the student fails.
2) The students fullfils all tasks given by the teacher (homeworks, presentations etc.) Unpreparedness is judged as absence.
3) Students must not switch study groups, unless the teacher explicitly approved it.
Language of instruction
English
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2020, recent)
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