Кто читает:: Факультет мировой экономики и мировой политики

Статус:: Курс по выбору

Когда читается:: 1-й курс, 1-4 модуль

Преподаватели

Мичурина Анастасия Алексеевна

Шатравка Анна Владиславовна

Full Syllabus

Abstract

This 2-year course is catered for students with no prior experience in the language. We will start the course by introducing pronunciation, reading, typing, and writing. Great emphasis will be placed upon standard pronunciation, listening comprehension, and everyday “survival” language. Through a wide range of learning activities such as daily dictation, oral and written tests, recalling of conversation, story-telling, dialogue construction, presentations, the course focuses students towards improving their pronunciation and tones; learning new grammar patterns; and applying the grammar and vocabulary learned. Various supplementary listening materials will be used from the beginning of this course to give students an authentic, practical way to learn correct pronunciation and reinforce class lessons. Additionally, the course will integrate Chinese culture into language learning to enhance the understanding of cultural influence on the language. The course aims at providing well-balanced development of the four language skills—reading, writing, speaking, and listening in the Chinese language, while also providing students with a deeper understanding of China and its culture. It is expected that by the end of the course students will reach B1 level according to CEFR and level 4 according to HSK.

Learning Objectives

• communicative competence – developing communicative skills through speaking, listening, reading and writing in communicative scenarios and topics chosen for the course;
• language competence – learning new language units (orthographic, phonetic, lexical, grammar) related to communicative scenarios and topics of the course; learning about language phenomena in the foreign language, about various ways of expressing ideas using the native and foreign languages;
• socio-cultural competence – introducing students to the culture, traditions and realia of the country whose language they are learning; developing skills of presenting their country and its culture when communicating with foreigners;
• cognitive competence – developing general and special academic skills; familiarizing students with available ways of autonomous learning of a foreign language and culture, ICT included.

Expected Learning Outcomes

1. In terms of speaking, students will be able to clearly express themselves in short but well connected paragraphs with some elaborations and limited idiomatic phrases. They will be able to produce sentence-level language. Their speech should be close to natural speed.
2. In terms of writing, students can satisfy some practical writing needs, such as simple messages and letters, requests for information, and notes. They are able to create with the language to communicate simple facts and ideas in a series of loosely connected sentences on topics of personal interest and social needs.
3. In terms of listening, students will be able to understand information conveyed in simple, sentence-length speech on familiar or everyday topics. They are able to engage in face-to-face conversations or in routine listening tasks such as understanding highly contextualized messages, straightforward announcements, or simple instructions and directions.
4. In terms of reading, students will be able to understand short, non-complex texts that convey basic and familiar information and deal with basic personal topics, such as in notices, weather reports, or a social announcement. Students at this level may comprehend some meaning from short connected texts featuring description and narration, dealing with familiar topics.

Course Contents

1 YEAR. Introduction: Chinese Pronunciation-Pinyin System, Tones, 150 basic Chinese radicals
Greetings
Everyday objects
Countries and nationalities
Family
Study
Students’ life
Shopping and Currency exchange
Talking about day, date, month and year.
Birthday celebration
Hobby and Future plans
Asking about directions
School routine
Sports
Visiting the doctor
Renting an apartment
2 YEAR. Beijing and Shanghai
Visiting an Exhibition
Seasons and Weather
Consulting a doctor. Traditional chinese medicine
Travelling on vacation
Going to the bookshop
Attending a Chinese wedding
Chinese New Year: Customs & Traditions
Travelling by plane
Visiting Peking opera
Going on a mountain climbing trip
Ordering food in restaurant
Planning vacation
Go to the police when you are in trouble
Chinese lucky numbers

Assessment Elements

Final exam (1st year)
The oral exam is carried out on a separate day during the exam session. It includes materials introduced in classes up to the day of the exam and has got three parts: 1) Listening and completing the tasks based on the listening part; 2) Providing definitions and explanations of 5 Chinese phrases in Chinese; 3) Topic Presentation/Conversation.
Final written assignment (1st year)
Final written assignment consists of two parts: 1) Dictation and 2) Translation from Russian into Chinese (grammar part). The grade is calculated according to the following formulae: Gwritten exam = 0,4 * Gdictation + 0,6 * Ggrammar
Unit test (2nd year)
Students have several written and oral tests during the semester. Usually they are given after the discussion and completion of the topic. Unit tests consist of such assessment activities as 1) writing test (lexico-grammatical test, vocabulary test, sentences or texts for translation from Russian to Chinese and vice versa); 2) Interview (students are required to talk to the instructor on the topic of the Unit / read, retell the text and answer the questions). The format and the topics of the test are subject to change at the discretion of the instructor. These grades are entered into the electronic journal into the rows “Test written grade” and “Test oral grade”. The overall weight of the written work is higher than that of the oral work. The grade is calculated according to the following formulae: Gunit tests = 0,4 *Goral test + 0,6 *Gwritten test
In-class assignment (1st year)
During the semester there are grades for oral and written work. Written Classwork consists of various assessment activities conducted in class during the course: vocabulary and character quizzes, written translations, etc. In-class oral assignment consists of such activities as retelling the text, dialogue practice, conversations, group discussions, etc. The grades for these assignments are entered into the the electronic journal into the rows “written grade” and “oral grade”. The overall weight of the written work is higher than the overall weight of the oral work. The grade for the in-class assignment is calculated according to the following formulae: GIn-class assignment = 0,4 * Goral + 0,6 *Gwritten
Attendance
Final exam (2 year)
The oral exam is carried out on a separate day during the exam session. It includes materials introduced in classes up to the day of the exam and has got three parts: 1) Listening and completing the tasks based on the listening part; 2) Providing definitions and explanations of 5 Chinese phrases in Chinese; 3) Topic Presentation/Conversation.
Final written assignment (2nd year)
Final written assignment consists of two parts: 1) Dictation and 2) Translation from Russian into Chinese (grammar part). The grade is calculated according to the following formulae: Gwritten exam = 0,4 * Gdictation + 0,6 * Ggrammar
Unit test (1st year)
Students have several written and oral tests during the semester. Usually they are given after the discussion and completion of the topic. Unit tests consist of such assessment activities as 1) writing test (lexico-grammatical test, vocabulary test, sentences or texts for translation from Russian to Chinese and vice versa); 2) Interview (students are required to talk to the instructor on the topic of the Unit / read, retell the text and answer the questions). The format and the topics of the test are subject to change at the discretion of the instructor. These grades are entered into the electronic journal into the rows “Test written grade” and “Test oral grade”. The overall weight of the written work is higher than that of the oral work. The grade is calculated according to the following formulae: Gunit tests = 0,4 *Goral test + 0,6 *Gwritten test
In-class assignment (2nd year)
During the semester there are grades for oral and written work. Written Classwork consists of various assessment activities conducted in class during the course: vocabulary and character quizzes, written translations, etc. In-class oral assignment consists of such activities as retelling the text, dialogue practice, conversations, group discussions, etc. The grades for these assignments are entered into the the electronic journal into the rows “written grade” and “oral grade”. The overall weight of the written work is higher than the overall weight of the oral work. The grade for the in-class assignment is calculated according to the following formulae: GIn-class assignment = 0,4 * Goral + 0,6 *Gwritten

Interim Assessment

2024/2025 2nd module
0.16 * Final exam (1st year) + 0.24 * Final written assignment (1st year) + 0.3 * In-class assignment (1st year) + 0.3 * Unit test (1st year)
2024/2025 4th module
0.16 * Final exam (1st year) + 0.24 * Final written assignment (1st year) + 0.3 * In-class assignment (1st year) + 0.3 * Unit test (1st year)
2025/2026 2nd module
0.3 * In-class assignment (2nd year) + 0.16 * Final exam (2 year) + 0.24 * Final written assignment (2nd year) + 0.3 * Unit test (2nd year)
2025/2026 4th module
0.3 * In-class assignment (2nd year) + 0.16 * Final exam (2 year) + 0.24 * Final written assignment (2nd year) + 0.3 * Unit test (2nd year)

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

McNaughton, W., & Fan, J. (2013). Reading and Writing Chinese : Third Edition, HSK All Levels (2,633 Chinese Characters and 5,000+ Compounds) (Vol. Third edition). Tokyo: Tuttle Publishing. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1568742
William McNaughton. (2015). Reading & Writing Chinese Simplified Character Edition : (HSK Levels 1 - 4). North Clarendon, UNITED STATES: Tuttle Publishing. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1568914

Recommended Additional Bibliography

Sam Brier, & Xia Lu. (2014). Chinese Phrase A Day Practice Volume 1 : Includes Downloadable CD. [N.p.]: Tuttle Publishing. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1568040

Authors

Воронов Валентин Дмитриевич
Базарова Евгения Сергеевна
Большова Екатерина Владимировна
ANTONOVA ANNA SERGEEVNA

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