KSCA021 Reading in Chinese II

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Ondřej Vicher (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Ondřej Vicher
Department of Chinese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Ondřej Vicher
Supplier department: Department of Chinese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
KSCA020 Reading in Chinese I
KSCA020
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
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Course objectives
This course is practical reading and translating class. Students are given texts in written Chinese (shumian yu) and provided with basic vocabulary. Students have to prepare for the class in advance. The topics are various, raging from news from the media to academic writings.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students should be able to apply the acquired knowledge when reading advanced texts in written Chinese; emphasis will be put on ellucidating of sentence structure and gradual building of students' vocabulary, incl "chengyu".
Syllabus
  • 1. - 10. Texts available in elf
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Yi fenzhong xiaoshuo xuan. Beijing Yuyan xueyuan bian, 1980.
  • Úvod do hovorové čínštiny. Edited by Oldřich Švarný. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1967, 606 s. URL info
  • Úvod do hovorové čínštiny. Edited by Oldřich Švarný - Čang Ťing-Jü Rotterová - Josef Bartůšek. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1967, 458 s. URL info
Teaching methods
students' home preparation includes: acquiring of new vocabulary, preparation for the text translation - the course has a seminar layout: reading and translation of the text, explanation of new grammar, interpretation of cultural realia in the texts, examination of students' home preparation - reading a random text during the class
Assessment methods
  • Regular testing of vocabulary in class
  • final written test - minimum mark of 70%
  • oral exam on reading performance - the student will be asked to read and translate a selected section of the text and is then asked to explain selected grammatical phenomena
    • Language of instruction
    Czech
    Further Comments
    The course is taught annually.
    The course is taught: every week.
    The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
    • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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