{"id":1625,"date":"2024-10-25T14:22:25","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T11:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.uwasa.fi\/kivanet\/?page_id=1625"},"modified":"2026-10-27T10:22:48","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T08:22:48","slug":"chinese-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.uwasa.fi\/kivanet\/en\/spring-2026\/chinese\/chinese-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese and Chinese Characters 3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Organizing school<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0University of Helsinki<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Language of instruction<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0English<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Schedule<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Webinars<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Exam on Moodle<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CEFR-level<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0Starting level A2.1 -> target level B1.1<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ECTS<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a05<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Prerequisites<\/strong><\/td>\n KiVANET<\/span> Chinese <\/span>2<\/span>, or <\/span>at least over one year<\/span>\u00b4s learning <\/span>of <\/span>Chinese<\/span>.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Course description<\/h2>\n

Course Objectives<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The purpose of this course is to learn and practice language skills involving everyday life and basic business situations.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

After the course, students will:\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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  • achieve the proficiency of the whole Pinyin system\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  • learn basic Chinese business vocabulary and expressions<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  • manage superficial conversations in everyday life and the most common business situations<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  • be able to read and write common characters seen in business places in Chinese-speaking areas<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Course Content<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    The course prepares students with basic language skills in both common everyday life and simple business situations. <\/span>Learning materials cover for example the following items:\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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    • getting acquainted with a new person\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
    • introducing oneself and others<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
    • asking about time, schedule, etc.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
    • telling about one\u2019s own home, present life situation, friends and foreign language skills<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
    • ways of addressing customers and business partners\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
    • business companies, positions, rank and business card<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
    • business work unit, location and phone number<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
    • advanced level understanding and interpreting of complicated Chinese characters\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Learning Materials<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

      All learning materials can be found on the digital learning platform.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

      Teaching and Assessment Methods<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

      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.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

      Grading Criteria<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

      Assessment will be conducted in accordance with the practices of the host institution.<\/p>\n

      Amount of work by implementation method<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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      • Independent study (includes learning tasks) 115-125 h\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Voluntary on-line consulting- and learning sessions or study the recorded teaching videos independently at the student’s own pace 10h<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Exam assignment 5 h<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        \u00a0<\/span>A total of 135 h. One credit corresponds to 27 h of student work (5 x 27 h = 135 h).<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

        Enrolment\u00a0in the cross-institutional study service in Peppi\/Sisu Dec 1st 2026 till Jan 17th 2027.<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Organizing school \u00a0University of Helsinki Language of instruction \u00a0English Schedule \u00a0 Webinars \u00a0 Exam on Moodle \u00a0 CEFR-level \u00a0Starting level A2.1 -> target level B1.1 ECTS \u00a05 Prerequisites KiVANET Chinese 2, or at least over one year\u00b4s learning of Chinese.\u00a0 Course description Course Objectives\u00a0 The purpose of this course is to learn and practice language […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":185,"featured_media":0,"parent":883,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1625","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"lang":"en","translations":{"en":1625},"pll_sync_post":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.uwasa.fi\/kivanet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1625"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.uwasa.fi\/kivanet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.uwasa.fi\/kivanet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.uwasa.fi\/kivanet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/185"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.uwasa.fi\/kivanet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1625"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/sites.uwasa.fi\/kivanet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4563,"href":"https:\/\/sites.uwasa.fi\/kivanet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1625\/revisions\/4563"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.uwasa.fi\/kivanet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.uwasa.fi\/kivanet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}