Sommario
Chinese Communicative and Negotiation Strategies (1 st year)
Prof. Mao Wen
Chinese Language Classes (Year 1)
Dr. Chiara Piccinini; Dr. Zhang Li
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Chinese Communicative and Negotiation Strategies (1st year)
PROF. MAO WEN
COURSE AIMS
The course plans to understand and analyse the texts that describe the sociocultural and political-economic landscape of present-day China, but also has the
aim of improving the student’s ability to use and understand the Chinese language
and of preparing them to enter an international socio-business setting.
COURSE CONTENT
The course will study a selection of literary, business and international relations
texts downloaded from reliable websites on China and taken from international
newspapers and specialized magazines.
The course will prioritize the student’s need to acquire the specific terminology, in
particular that of the business and the socio-political sector. The reading and
comprehension of the texts and working on the different types of exercises set by
the lecturer will enable the student to master the content and understand the
relative cultural context.
During classes, the students will be invited to comment on themes relative to the
relevance of an inter-cultural society; the problems of contemporary China (e.g.,
the demographic issue, protection of the environment, etc.), and the administrative
bodies of the Chinese state.
Special emphasis will be placed on the progress of communication driven by the
new technologies and the media evolution. In addition, we will study the new
semantic values of the Chinese lexicon and the language’s neologisms.
READING LIST
Authentic material and the texts selected during lectures.
TEACHING METHOD
Lectures.
Students must search the internet, newspapers and magazines suggested by the lecturer
to find material and texts that address the most current problems and topics discussed in
China and the international scenario, in particular those with political, economic-business,
scientific, cultural and topical content. The student will then select from that material the
articles that interest them the most. Each text chosen must have a minimum of 500
characters. The students will take it in turn to present the material collected in class and then
discuss it with the lecturer and their classmates.
ASSESSMENT METHOD
Oral exams: each student must prepare at least eight articles, each of which must contain
at least 500 characters. About midway through the course, the student will hand in the
articles to the lecturer for review. During the exam, the lecturer will chose at random one or
two of the eight articles selected and use them as a basis for the student’s oral exam. The
student must present the content of the article and respond to the lecturer’s questions in
fluent Chinese.
NOTES
Further information can be found on the lecturer's webpage at
http://docenti.unicatt.it/web/searchByName.do?language=ENG, or on the Faculty notice
board.
Chinese Language Classes (Year 1)
DR. CHIARA PICCININI; DR. ZHANG LI
COURSE AIMS
The course will impart the theoretical and practical notions needed to enable the
student to progress their Chinese language skills to the advanced level of
comprehension and production, placing special emphasis on developing their oral
and written abilities through the analysis of specialised texts related to their chosen
study programme.
COURSE CONTENT
– Study of the notions of grammar and syntax starting with the reference
textbook, with particular emphasis on the comprehension of both dialogues and
narrative-descriptive texts.
– Advanced and specialised notions for producing and understanding news,
current affairs topics and oral expressive techniques that feature cultural and
metaphorical references.
– Advanced syntactic structures to understand and summarise the oral texts
chosen from the broader informative programmes and specialized multimedia
material.
– Production and comprehension of written texts and dialogues made up of the
specific vocabulary dealt with in class.
READING LIST
LIU XUN 刘珣, New Practical Chinese Reader 4, Textbook (课本), Beijing Language and
Culture University Press, Beijing, 2009.
LIU XUN 刘珣, New Practical Chinese Reader 4, Workbook (综合练习册), Beijing Language
and Culture University Press, Beijing, 2009.
Each book comes with a useful CD so the student can listen individually to the classes and
the exercises.
The material deposited with the Reprographics Department throughout the year.
TEACHING METHOD
Classes will focus on:
– listening and comprehension of oral texts.
– reading, comprehension and production of written texts.
– exercises in the oral production of sentences and conversations.
ASSESSMENT METHOD
Final written and oral exams.
NOTES
Further information can be found on the lecturer's webpage at
http://docenti.unicatt.it/web/searchByName.do?language=ENG, or on the Faculty notice
board.