Chinese and Chinese Characters 3 (5 ECTS) Haaga-Helia |
| Language of instruction: English |
| Time: Course open in Moodle: 30.1.2025 |
| Online meetings: Optional online meetings once a week at 10-11 o´clock on Thursdays starting from Feb. 13th 2025. |
| Exam on Moodle: March 27th 2025 |
| CEFR-level: starting level A2.1 -> target level B1.1 |
| Prerequisites: KiVANET Chinese 2 or at least over one year´s learning of Chinese. |
Course description
Course Objectives
The purpose of this course is to learn and practice language skills involving everyday life and basic business situations.
After the course, students will:
- achieve the proficiency of the whole Pinyin system
- learn basic Chinese business vocabulary and expressions
- manage superficial conversations in everyday life and the most common business situations
- be able to read and write common characters seen in business places in Chinese-speaking areas
Course Content
The course prepares students with basic language skills in both common everyday life and simple business situations. Learning materials cover for example the following items:
- getting acquainted with a new person
- introducing oneself and others
- asking about time, schedule, etc.
- telling about one’s own home, present life situation, friends and foreign language skills
- ways of addressing customers and business partners
- business companies, positions, rank and business card
- business work unit, location and phone number
- advanced level understanding and interpreting of complicated Chinese characters
Learning Materials
All learning materials can be found from the digital learning platform.
Teaching and Assessment Methods
The student will learn and practice independently with the help of teaching videos, recordings, texts and various exercises on the learning platform. The student is required to complete independently different learning tasks and assignments, which will be evaluated as well. The course includes voluntary online consulting- and learning sessions, where pronunciation, conversations and character-writing are practiced.
Grading Criteria
Pass/Fail
Amount of work by implementation method
- Independent study (includes learning tasks) 115-125 h
- Voluntary on-line consulting- and learning sessions or study the recorded teaching videos independently at the student’s own pace 10h
- Exam assignment 5 h
A total of 135 h. One credit corresponds to 27 h of student work (5 x 27 h = 135 h).
Enrolment to the courses in the spring term starts on December 2nd 2024 and ends on January 12th 2025.