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Chinese Language a/II

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Course Unit Code712-2902/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated2 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Optional
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
NGU0057Mgr. Alice Nguyenová
WAN0051Jiantao Wang
FRY0070Mgr. Michaela Frydrychová
Summary
In this course students are going to know Chinese phonetic system, they will learn basic conversation phrases and they will get to know Chinese writing system.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The aim is to create a grounding of general language with the output level A1-A2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
Course Contents
HSK Standard Course 1: lessons 7-11

1. course introduction and its requirements, review of lessons 1-6
2. lesson 7 What´s the date today: dialogues, ecpression of date, sentences with a nominal predicate, sentences with a serial verb construction
3. lesson 7: review of dialogues, combination of second tone with other tones, characters – structure of Chinese characters (2), radicals water 氵 and word 讠
4. lesson 8 I´d like some tea: dialogues, modal verb xiǎng, interrogative pronoun duōshao, measure words ge and kǒu
5. lesson 8: review of dialogues, Chinese currency, combination of third tone with other tones, characters – structure of Chinese characters (3), radicals metal 钅 and mouth 口
6. lesson 9 Where does your son work: dialogues, verb zài, interrogative pronoun nǎr, preposition zài
7. lesson 9: review of dialogues, interrogative particle ne, combination of fourth tone with other tones, characters – structure of Chinese characters (4), radicals go 辶 and door 门
8. review of lessons 7-9
9. lesson 10 Can I sit here: dialogues, verb yǒu – indicating existence, conjunction hé, modal verb néng, imperative sentences with qǐng
10. lesson 10: review of dialogues, pronunciation of neutral-tone syllables, reduplicated syllables and suffixes men, zi and tou, characters – structure of Chinese characters (5), radicals surround 囗 and indicate 示
11. lesson 11 What´s the time now: dialogues, expression of time in chinese, time word used in sentences
12. lesson 11: review of dialogues, function of neutral-tone syllables, characters – radicals hill 阝and person 亻
13. review of lessons 10-11
14. credit test
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
Liping Jiang,Wang Fang, OXENDEN, HSK Standard Course 1. Peking, 2014. ISBN 9787561937099.
JIANG, Liping. HSK Standard Course 1. Beijing: Beijing yuyan daxue chubanshe, 2013. ISBN 978-7-5619-3709-0.
Recommended Reading:
KANTOR, Philippe. Chinese with Ease. Vol. 1. Chennevières-sur-Marne: Assimil, 2005. ISBN 978-2-7005-0293-0.
DLUHOŠOVÁ, Táňa. Moderní čínština: pro nesinology. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2011. ISBN 978-80-244-2701-0.
ŠVARNÝ, Oldřich. Hovorová čínština: úvod do studia hovorové čínštiny. Druhé přepracované vydání. Editor David UHER. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2001, 190 s. ISBN 80-244-0298-X.
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