FF:KSCA656 Academic Chinese II - Course Information
KSCA656 Academic Chinese II
Faculty of ArtsSpring 2021
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. Wei-lun Lu, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
- Guaranteed by
- doc. Wei-lun Lu, 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
- Wed 8:00–9:40 VP
- Prerequisites
- TYP_STUDIA(N)
Sufficient fluency in Chinese (at least CEFR B1) - 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, N-CS_) (2)
- Culture Studies of China (programme FF, N-MS)
- Course objectives
- The aim of the course is to train students how to give a conference presentation in Chinese and to write a conference paper in Chinese. During the course, the students prepare the conference presentation and the final essay through the help of the teacher and the assistants and then present it at a conference.
Conference date this year: 28 May 2021. - Learning outcomes
- At the end of the course, the student is able to:
- write a conference paper in Chinese
- present it at an academic conference - Syllabus
- The course does not have a syllabus. The students meet the assistants individually online every week (preferably during the class time), to discuss how to improve their writing. In the first half of the semester, the students need to finish a 5-page essay progressively.
- Submission deadline this year: 15 May 2021.
- 3.3: Course overview
- 10.3: 0.5 page (A4)
- 17.3: 1 page
- 24.3: 1.5 page
- 31.3: 2 page
- 7.4: 2.5 page
- 14.4: 3 page
- 21.4: 3.5 page
- 28.4: 4 page
- 5.5: 4.5 page
- 12.5: 5 page
- 19.5: Rehearsal 1
- 26.5: Rehearsal 2
- 28.5: Conference date
- Literature
- MCNAUGHTON, William. Reading and writing Chinese :a guide to the Chinese writing system : the student's 1,020 list, the official 2,000 list. Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1979. ISBN 0-8048-1188-1. info
- Teaching methods
- Weekly individial consultations.
- Assessment methods
- Fulfillment of the tasks - handing in a 5-page essay in Chinese (by 15 May 2021) and presenting it at a conference (on 28 May 2021).
Format of essay: Single-spaced; font: 標楷; font size: 11
Weekly meeting with the assistant. Up to two absences tolerated. - Language of instruction
- Chinese
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2021, recent)
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