Бакалавриат
2025/2026
Продвинутый курс китайского языка
Статус:
Курс по выбору (Программа двух дипломов НИУ ВШЭ и Университета Кёнхи «Экономика и политика в Азии»)
Где читается:
Факультет мировой экономики и мировой политики
Когда читается:
3-й курс, 1-4 модуль
Охват аудитории:
для своего кампуса
Язык:
английский
Course Syllabus
Abstract
This intermediate level Chinese Course (Advanced Course) is designed for non-native learners of Chinese who have taken approximately two years of regularly paced college-level Chinese. It aims to further improve the four basic language skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) and to prepare students for the business world in contemporary Chinese societies, including contemporary usage of business Chinese, Chinese business culture and customs, and preparation for working and living in China. Students will learn specialized business and economic expressions and the principles of business correspondence in Chinese. Class meetings will focus on the topic of the week and authentic materials, where we work through vocabulary, sentence structures, text reading and conversations, as well as its application in the real business world environment. The overall goal of this course is to bring students’ Chinese proficiency to a more advanced level and help them build upon their fundamental Chinese language communication skills by using professional and formal business tool such as letters, reports, and oral presentations in structured business environments. At the end of the course students will achieve B2 level according to the CEFR. The complete syllabus will be presented on the KHU's territory.
Learning Objectives
- By completing this course, students are expected to reach an oral proficiency that is equivalent to Intermediate, and at the same time, to have a very good command of the Chinese language in reading and writing. They are able to fulfill communication tasks independently.
- To develop students’ intermediate communication skills in Chinese language through intensive formal instruction and cultural involvement;
- To provide a grammatical foundation and facilitate language use, with special emphasis on pronunciation, correct syntax, and verbal expression;
- To develop an intermediate level of proficiency in reading and writing formal Chinese;
- To examine extra-linguistic and paralinguistic features of language use;
- To enhance the student’s Chinese skills in a business context and promote their understanding about the business environment and culture in China.;
- Having excellent strategy for future study.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- A student knows the history of the discipline and subfields
- A student knows the main approaches in the field and can use the main methods in political science
- A student can critically evaluate and rethink the accumulated experience (one's own and another's), think about professional and social activities.
Course Contents
- Factory visits
- Formal meetings.
- Interested in new products
- Holding talks about price
- Delivery and shipment
- Modes of payment
- Packing
- Review and Final Assignment
Assessment Elements
- Attendance
- Final exam in 2nd moduleExamination in 2nd module is a written examination, which is held for all students of the group during the exam session.Examination is conducted in a form of writing task (lexico-grammatical test; sentences and texts for translation from Russian into Chinese and vice versa, duration – 90 minutes). Writing task includes using grammar and vocabulary units in writing on topics covered during the course. Student has to demonstrate consistent facility in the use of language, demonstrating syntactic variety, appropriate word choice and idiomaticity. Evaluation of the written task will be based upon the following components: content, vocabulary, grammar.
- In-class assignmentDuring the semester there are grades for oral and written work. Written Classwork consists of various assessment activities conducted in class during the course: vocabulary and character quizzes, written translations, etc. In-class oral assignment consists of such activities as retelling the text, dialogue practice, conversations, group discussions, presentations etc. The grades for these assignments are entered into the the electronic journal into the rows “written grade” and “oral grade”. The grade for the in-class assignment is calculated according to the following formulae: GIn-class assignment = 0,5 * Goral + 0,5 *Gwritten
- Final exam in 4 moduleThe oral exam is carried out on a separate day during the exam session. It includes materials introduced in classes up to the day of the exam and has got three parts: 1) Translation from Russian into Chinese and vice versa 2) Topic Presentation/Conversation. This part of the test starts with a one to two minute presentation by the candidate on a topic which s/he will have prepared in advance. The teacher/Examiner will follow up the presentation with specific spontaneous questions on the topic, bringing the total time for the Topic Presentation and Topic Conversation to approximately five minutes. In the Topic Conversation, candidates should be able to respond to the teacher/Examiner’s questions in a spontaneous and natural manner. It is the extent to which candidates can manipulate their prepared material according to the needs of the teacher/Examiner that determines their marks: once discussion of the prepared topic begins, candidates must not be allowed to deliver a prepared monologue or a series of obviously prepared replies.
Interim Assessment
- 2025/2026 2nd module0.5 * Final exam in 2nd module + 0.25 * Attendance + 0.25 * In-class assignment
- 2025/2026 4th module0.25 * Attendance + 0.5 * Final exam in 4 module + 0.25 * In-class assignment
