KSCB122 Listening in Chinese

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Tereza Švarcová (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Wei-lun Lu, Ph.D.
Department of Chinese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Tereza Švarcová
Supplier department: Department of Chinese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 14:00–15:40 C32, except Mon 21. 4. to Sun 27. 4.
Prerequisites (in Czech)
NOW( KSCA009 Chinese IV )
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 12 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 12/12, only registered: 0/12
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to improve listening skills by practicing listening to authentic recordings of native speakers of Chinese from various regions. The recordings correspond in difficulty to to the knowledge and skills of the second-year undergraduate students for whom this course is designed for this course. In the course, students will learn a variety of listening strategies, expand their vocabulary with expressions frequently used in the natural speech of native speakers, deepen their knowledge of prosody Chinese language and learn how to further develop their listening skills.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction 2. My favourite countries 3. Cultural differences 4. Taiwanese hot-pot 5. Train travel in China 6. Five-year plan 7. Red Envelopes 8. Relationships between men and women 9. I lost my passport! 10. Studying Chinese 11. Living in China 12. Chinese abroad 13. Final testing
Assessment methods
Attendance (max. 1 absence), active participation in group work/pair work, homework, participation in research on listening strategies
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2017.
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