FF:KSCB014 Intens. Conversation for beg. - Course Information

KSCB014 Intensive Conversation for beginners

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching

Teacher(s)

Jia-Xin Cai (seminar tutor)
Chia-Chen Hsieh (seminar tutor)
Hsin-Ping Huang (seminar tutor)
Yu-Min Chang, MA (seminar tutor)
Ying-Chen Chiu (seminar tutor)
Ya-Chiao Yang (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

Prerequisites

NOW( KSCA007 Chinese II )
The course requires knowledge of Chinese at the level of HSK 1 at least. Native Chinese speakers are not allowed into this course.

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

• Chinese Studies (programme FF, B-CS_) (3)

Course objectives

The course has the form of 1 to 1 intensive conversation. Its aim is an intensive training of conversation in Chinese language.

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course students should be able to:
actively use modern Chinese on a 1st year level
better understand speech by a native speaker of modern Chinese

Syllabus

• The course organization:
• each student 2 x 25 minutes per week
• 1 student to 1 lecturer conversations

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, xxxiii, 42. ISBN 9780887276804. info

Teaching methods

Conversation, students presentation.

Assessment methods

100% attendance and preparedness for the classes.

Language of instruction

Chinese

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught every week.
Note related to how often the course is taught: dvakrát týdně 25 minut.

• Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2026, recent)
  
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