KSCB922 Business Chinese II

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/4/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Yu-Min Chang, MA (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Yu-Min Chang, MA
Department of Chinese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Yu-Min Chang, MA
Supplier department: Department of Chinese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
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 apply the knowledge acquired when reading and listening to unknown business texts in Chinese; they should be able to discuss business topics in Chinese, to handle business correspondence and to act as business translators/ interpreters.
Syllabus
  • 1. Preliminary Negotiations
  • 2. Visiting a Factory
  • 3. Price Negotiations
  • 4. Delivery and Payment
  • 5. Sales Agents
  • 6. Advertising and Sales Promotion
  • 7. At a Trade Fair
  • 8. Job Interview
  • 9. Signing the Contract
Literature
    required literature
  • 关道雄 / GUAN DAOXIONG. 基础实用商务汉语 (A Practical Business Chinese Reader). Peking University Press, 2017. 3rd edition. ISBN 978-7-301-29132-0. URL info
Teaching methods
The course will be taught online (distance learning). - students' home preparation includes: acquiring of new vocabulary, preparation for the text translation - the course has a seminar layout: reading and transaltion of the text, explanation of new grammar, interpretation of cultural realia in the texts, the check of students' home preparation, oral and written exercises.
Assessment methods
Course completion is conditioned with regular attendance (max. 3 skipped classes tolerated), home preparation, active participation, and the passing of a final test. • Evaluation: regular testing of new vocabulary (min.60%), or of new grammar; comprehension questions during the class.
Language of instruction
Chinese
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo Čínská studia není možný.
Teacher's information
Additional texts will be provided online in the learning materials section.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2021.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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