Chinese Ii | Università degli Studi di Milano Statale

A.Y. 2023/2024

Max ECTS

Overall hours

SSD

L-OR/21

Language

Italian

Included in the following degree programmes

Language Mediation and Intercultural Communication (Classe L-12)-Enrolled from 2011/12 Academic Year Until 2021/22 Academic Year

Learning objectives

The course aims to strengthen the knowledge of written and spoken Chinese, Specifically addressing the main grammatical and syntactical issues, together with detailed explanations and examples. Phonetics, writing and listening and communicating abilities will always be the main concern of mother-tongue instructors.

Expected learning outcomes

When terminating this course the students will be able not only of reading and translating the texts of the manual but also of holding extensive and articulate conversations and translate from Italian to Chinese increasingly complex phases. The skills acquired will be sufficient for taking the certification exam HSK 2 (A2).

Lesson period: year

Lessons timetable

Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi

Exams calendar

Single course

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Course syllabus and organization

Single session

Responsible

Bulfoni Clara

Lesson period

year

Syllabus
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Course structure

Course syllabus

Unit 1
Simple and compound locatives; approximation terms; additional prepositional phrases; the complex sentence: temporal subordinates and subordinate conjunctions; indicators of the imminent future; verbal suffix indicating a perfective action.
The didactic units 14-17 of the textbook course of Elementary Chinese language will be carried out.
The didactic units 1-2 of the textbook course of intermediate Chinese language will be carried out.

Unit 2
Verbal complements of degree, result, potential and duration of time; verbal suffixes indicating experience and the continuation of a state.
The didactic units 3-8 of the textbook course of intermediate Chinese language will be carried out.
Unit 3 - Approch to reading and translating contemporary Chinese texts
Starting to read texts more and more complex with analysis of the syntactic construction.

Prerequisites for admission

Full mastery of the notions learned during the first year.

Teaching methods

The Italian teacher will explain the new words, the grammatical and syntactic rules; she is also responsible for translating conversations and readings from Chinese into Italian and translating sentences from Italian to Chinese.
The mother tongue teacher will take care of the pronunciation and writing of Chinese characters, and will exercise students in understanding and exposition.

Teaching Resources

BULFONI C. - SUN X.L., Elementary Chinese language course (2nd revised and expanded edition), Unicopli Editions, Milan, 2012
BULFONI C. - SUN X.L., Intermediate Chinese language course, Unicopli Editions, Milan, 2018

Recommended readings:
ABBIATI M., The Chinese language, Cafoscarina, Venice, 1992
ALLETON V., The grammar of the Chinese, Astrolabio, Rome, 2004
ABBATI M., Chinese writing over the centuries, Carocci, Rome, 2012

Recommended dictionaries:
Han-ying cidian, A Chinese-English Dictionary (terza edizione), Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press, Beijing, 2010
Zhao Xiuying, Il dizionario di cinese, Zanichelli, 2013
Casacchia G, Bai Yukun, Dizionario cinese italiano, Cafoscarina, 2013

Assessment methods and Criteria

The exam consists of a written test and an oral test, both mandatory. In order to participate in the oral test it is mandatory to have passed the written one.
Both the intermediate test and the written appeals will be valid for all the appeal sessions of the academic year. 2023-2024

The written test for Italian students involves the development of different exercise methods. In particular it consists of:
-phrases in characters to be transcribed in pīnyīn and translated into Italian
- phrases to be translated from Italian to Chinese (characters only)
- phrases to be reordered
-phrases in which to insert the missing word given in spaces A, B, C or D.
-phrases in which to insert the missing word by choosing from those indicated in A, B, C, and D.

At the end of the first half, an intermediate, non-mandatory, check is scheduled.

The oral discussion for Italian students will be divided into two parts:
- reading and translation of conversations and passages and explanation of some grammatical structures present within all the lessons covered during the course
- conversation in Chinese with the native speaker.

The written test for Chinese students involves the composition of a theme in Chinese language.

The oral discussion for Chinese students will only include an interview with the Italian teacher: the candidate will be asked to try their hand at translating the conversations and readings from the textbook Intermediate Chinese language course (lessons 1-9) into Italian.

L-OR/21 - CHINESE AND SOUTH ASIAN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES - University credits: 9

Lessons: 60 hours

Professor: Bulfoni Clara

Professor(s)

Bulfoni Clara

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