Study Guide

Learning outcomes

The students will be able to:
• Achieve a Chinese proficiency of New HSK Level 4;
• Use Chinese to fulfill the basic communication activities and tasks encountered in their life, study, work and travel;
• Acquire preliminary listening, speaking, reading and writing skills;
• Handle most of the communication tasks when they travel to China;
• Analyze and evaluate cultural representations in historical and disciplinary contexts, with the understanding that standards of evaluation are themselves historically produced and contingent.
• Reach an upper basic level in Chinese proficiency, which is approximately equivalent to Level B2 in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

Implementation and methods of teaching

Teacher: Chenchen Fan

Classroom teaching sessions and independent study (preview and review, group work, assignment, final exam preparation)

Learning material and recommended literature

• New Concept Chinese Editorial Group, New Concept Chinese 2 (Textbook), Beijing Language and Culture University Press, 2015.
• Yonghua Cui, New Concept Chinese 2 (Workbook), Beijing Language and Culture University Press, 2015.
• New Concept Chinese Editorial Group, New Concept Chinese 2 (Teaching Cards), Beijing Language and Culture University Press, 2012.
• New Concept Chinese Editorial Group, New Concept Chinese 3 (Textbook), Beijing
Language and Culture University Press, 2015.
• Yonghua Cui, New Concept Chinese 3 (Workbook), Beijing Language and Culture University Press, 2015.
• Liping Jiang, Standard Course HSK 3 (Workbook)?Beijing Language and Culture University Press, 2014.
• Liping Jiang, Standard Course HSK 4 (Workbook)?Beijing Language and Culture University Press, 2014.
• Handouts: to be distributed.

Learning environment

Classroom and independent study.

Student time use and work load

84 h of classroom teaching sessions (64 h of lectures, 6 h of quizzes and written tests, and
14 h of exercises); 51 h of independent study (preview and review, group work, assignment, final exam preparation)
Total workload 135 h.

Contents

Basic Chinese 2 is for international students who have a background in Chinese language studies (preferably to HSK 3). The course will continuously teach more than 100 new syllables frequently used in communication, over 300 new Chinese characters and more than 76 new grammar items as well as the practice for the HSK 3 and HSK 4 test. This course is for lower-intermediate level students.

Additional information for students: previous knowledge etc.

Chinese 1 or corresponding Chinese proficiency (mastery of basic Chinese grammar and about 600 syllables and 900 Chinese characters)

Assessment criteria

0 - 5. Attendance/participation (20%), Homework (30%), Speaking Activities (15%), Quizzes (15%), Final Presentations (5%), Final Exam (15%)

Assessment scale

1-5

Assessment criteria: level 1 (assessment scale 1–5)

The student masters the contents of the course in a satisfactory way.
The student can communicate in a satisfactory way in situations studied during the course.

Assessment criteria: level 3 (assessment scale 1–5)

The student masters the contents of the course well.
The student can communicate well in situations studied during the course.

Assessment criteria: level 5 (assessment scale 1–5)

The student masters the contents of the course in an excellent way.
The student can communicate in an excellent way in situations studied during the course.