L0605 - CHINESE LANGUAGE III

courses

ID:

L0605

Duration (hours):

42

CFU:

SSD:

LINGUE E LETTERATURE DELLA CINA E DELL'ASIA SUD-ORIENTALE

Located in:

PESCARA

Url:

Course Details:

FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES/CORSO GENERICO Year: 3

Year:

2025

Course Catalogue:

https://unich.coursecatalogue.cineca.it/af/2025?co...

Date/time interval

Annuale (03/10/2025 - 31/05/2026)

Course Objectives

This course meets the general objective, pursued by the Course of Study, of enabling students to acquire a solid proficiency in the language they have chosen to study (i.e. written and spoken Chinese), corresponding to level b2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
The course, therefore, aims to complete the study of the fundamental grammatical (morpho-syntactic) and lexical elements of the Chinese language undertaken during the first two years.

Course Prerequisites

The course is suitable for students who have acquired the written and oral competence expected after attending the Chinese Language First and Second Year Courses.

Teaching Methods

Classes (42 hours in total), additional classwork exercises or tests (students are mainly required to translate sentences from Italian into Chinese and viceversa).

Assessment Methods

-Mid-term tests (translating sentences and texts from Italian into Chinese and viceversa)
- Final written and oral exams. The written exam, of a 2 hours duration, consists in translating sentences from Italian into Chinese and translating a newspaper article from Chinese into Italian (the use of dictionaries is not permitted, the teacher will provide a glossary of words which have not been explained during class). The oral exam consists in reading, translating and analysing (from a morpho-syntactic perspective) texts included in the handbook and newspaper articles (previously explained in class). In order to be admitted to the oral examination, students must have passed the written one. The final result, at the end of the oral exam, is expressed with a 30-point scale (passing: 18 to 30 cum laude).

Texts

Coursebooks:
- MASINI F., ZHANG TONGBING, BAI HUA, DI TORO A., LIANG D. 2010. “Il cinese per gli italiani – Corso intermedio”, Milano: Hoepli;
- COLANGELO L. (a cura di). 2013. Diamoci un tono. Milano: Hoepli
Suggested reading:
- PATERNICO’ L. M., VARRIANO V., TIAN H. 2021. Grammatica della lingua cinese, Torino: UTET Libreria.
- ARCODIA G.F., BASCIANO B. 2024. La lingua cinese. Roma: Carocci editore.
Further bibliographical material might be provided in class.

This course is a continuation of the study of modern Chinese grammar and lexicon initiated in the Chinese Language First year course. The main contents consists in in-depth studies of verbal complements (in particular, the complex directional complement, the duration complement, and the potential complement), the passive voice, and comparative structures.

Course Language

Italian and Chinese

More information

It is highly recommended that students attend classes. Besides classes, the teacher will set weekly consultation hours (office hours) for students who need clarifications or assistance with their study (information about: course contents, examinations, thesis, etc.) It is also highly recommended that students attend the classes given by the lecturer (CEL), prof. Xie Yi: her course (final exams included) is a fundamental support in the process of learning the language.