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2015/2016  BA-BALKO1002U  Chinese 2

English Title
Chinese 2

Course information
Language Chinese
Course ECTS 7.5 ECTS
Type Mandatory
Level Bachelor
Duration One Semester
Start time of the course Spring
Timetable Course schedule will be posted at calendar.cbs.dk
Study board
Study Board for Asian Study Programme
Course coordinator
  • Susan Aagaard Petersen - Department of International Economics and Management (INT)
Susan Aagaard Petersen
Main academic disciplines
  • Language
Last updated on 09-12-2015
Learning objectives
To achieve the grade 12, students should meet the following learning objectives with no or only minor mistakes or errors: At the written exam the student should demonstrate that s/he:
  • Can provide an accurate English translation of a written Chinese text with regard to syntax, genre, audience and function (providing explanatory footnotes when deviating considerably from the original syntax).
  • Can make a grammatical sentence analysis at the syntactical level
  • Can write with a minimal competence on the rhetorical and syntactical level
Examination
Chinese 2:
Exam ECTS 7,5
Examination form Written sit-in exam
Individual or group exam Individual
Assignment type Written assignment
Duration 4 hours
Grading scale 7-step scale
Examiner(s) Internal examiner and external examiner
Exam period Spring
Aids allowed to bring to the exam Limited aids, see the list below:
  • Written sit-in-exam with pen and paper
  • Allowed dictionaries
  • Additional allowed aids, please see the list below
Make-up exam/re-exam
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
If the number of registered candidates for the make-up examination/re-take examination warrants that it may most appropriately be held as an oral examination, the programme office will inform the students that the make-up examination/re-take examination will be held as an oral examination instead.
Description of the exam procedure

The exam based on an unknown text. Dictionaries (in the form of books and wordtanks like an electronic dictionary (for instance Besta) with no internet access) and grammar handbooks are allowed.

The exam consists of the following parts:

  1. Translation from Chinese into English
  2. Grammatical analysis of a sentence from the exam text
  3. Essay in Chinese of max 800 characters

The grade is based on a holistic assessment of all 3 disciplines.
Course content and structure

The focus of teaching is applied language use to enable the students to communicate in lower intermediate Chinese about general topics related to culture and society. We continue to work with translation as a tool to ensure reading comprehension, and continue to expand the range of vocabulary and Chinese characters even further.

The course consists of 3 interrelated classes:
1) translation and grammar
2) written exercises
3) speaking classes


Chinese 2 is a lower-intermediate language course that builds upon the knowledge acquired from Chinese 1 while gradually increasing the level of difficulty. 
Teaching methods
Teaching methods involve pair/ group work monitored by the instructor, and individual writing and listening exercises. Learning is based on cooperative learning principles which are designed to facilitate equal participation and simultaneous interaction to ensure each student's maximum output during class time. Teaching methods also involve e-tivities (online activities) to support the development of translation skills.

Teaching is based on textbooks as well as audio input corresponding to an intermediate level. The languages of instruction are Chinese to continuously stimulate and develop spoken fluency and listening comprehension, and English to talk about grammar and to translate texts.
Student workload
Teaching 62 hours
Preparation 140 hours
Examination 4 hours
Expected literature

Textbook: TBA

 

Useful handbooks:

 

  • Hung-nin Samuel Cheung: A Practical Chinese Grammar (Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 2002 (org. 1994))

 

  • Claudia Ross & Jing-heng Sheng Ma: Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar: A Practical Guide (London and New York: Routledge, 2006)

On-line dictionaries Chinese-English English-Chinese:

  • dict.youdao.com
  • www.mdbg.net
  • linedict.com

 
Last updated on 09-12-2015