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Identical coursesChinese 2 (B-TM-YB1061)
Ameloot Els (coordinator) | Ameloot Els Aims
You use Chinese to get acquainted with people and maintain social contacts with friends and colleagues, both in spoken and in written form.
You use Chinese to perform the following actions in both spoken and written language, using appropriate cultural manners:
1. you exchange personal information, both about yourself and about third parties (name, nationality, work, studies, hobbies, family composition, ...).
2. you make an appointment for an activity on a specific day or part of a day at a specific location. You formulate an invitation for this, you accept an invitation, or politely decline an invitation and formulate a counter-proposal.
3. you formulate your appreciation about activities, people, objects or the weather.
4. you extract information from simple conversations or texts and short authentic sources.
To achieve this, you do the following:
a. you actively use the vocabulary and grammar that was seen and form simple texts, both orally and in writing, by concatenating short but correct basic sentences.
b. you speak Mandarin Chinese, with sufficient correctness of pronunciation and the tones that are used in the Chinese language.
c. you master and use the learned Chinese characters (simplified writing), both handwritten and typed.
d. you use the phonetic script 'pinyin' (spelling + tones) to display the pronunciation of characters and to type Chinese characters.
The learning goals of this course are situated in the elementary level. Once the student masters the elementary knowledge (vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation...) of this course, the student learns methodologies so that they can function in a variety of (simulated) contexts.
Previous knowledge
YB1060: Chinese 1
Identical courses
This course is identical to the following courses:
YB0752 : Chinees 2 (No longer offered this academic year)
Is included in these courses of study
- Bachelor Bedrijfsmanagement (Mechelen) (Internationaal Ondernemen) 180 ects.
- Bachelor Organisatie & Management (Mechelen) (Human Resources) 180 ects.
- Bachelor Organisatie & Management (Mechelen) (Intercultural Relations Management) 180 ects.
- Bachelor of International Business Management - English Programme (Mechelen) (Global Supply Chain Management - Initially start(ed) in February) 180 ects.
- Bachelor of International Business Management - English Programme (Mechelen) (Global Supply Chain Management - Start September) 180 ects.
- Bachelor of International Business Management - English Programme (Mechelen) (International Business and Trade - Initially start(ed) in February) 180 ects.
- Bachelor of International Business Management - English Programme (Mechelen) (International Business and Trade - Start September) 180 ects.
- Bachelor of International Tourism and Leisure - English Programme (Mechelen) (International Tourism and Leisure - Start September) 180 ects.
- Bachelor of International Tourism and Leisure - English Programme (Mechelen) (International Tourism and Leisure - Start(ed) initially in February) 180 ects.
Activities
3 ects. Chinese 2 (B-TM-YB6187)
EnglishFormat: Lecture-practical
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Second termAmeloot Els Content
You use Chinese to get acquainted with people and maintain social contacts with friends and colleagues, both in spoken and in written form. In order to achieve this, you learn (among other things) the following:
1. The numbers (up to 999),
2. Talking about about amounts.
3. Exchanging phone numbers.
4. Tell where and when someone does an activity.
5. Ask for and discuss on locations and times.
6. Formulate an invitation to an activity at a specific time at a specific location.
7. Accept or politely decline an invitation, or make a counter proposal.
8. Introduce yourself or a third person.
9. Speak about family and friends (amount + family relationship, names, preferences, work, ...).
10. Speak about school, occupations, hobbies and interests.
11. Express appreciation (about activities, people, the weather, ...)
The basis more or less corresponds to chapters 5-8 in the manual (New Practical Chinese Reader 1). Additional vocabulary and grammatical structures are seen in class.
Course material
compulsory study material:
LIU Xun (2010), New Practical Chinese Reader, Textbook Vol.1 (2nd edition), Beijing Language & Culture Univ Press, ISBN: 978-7-5619-2623-9.
Course materials offered via the online learning platform. The student has to bring this material to class.
Course notes made by the student.
Estimated cost of the course materials: 30 Euro. Important note: students who already bought the 'New Practical Chinese Reader: Textbook' for the course of 'Chinese 1' don't need to buy this book again.
Language of instruction: more information
Chinese and English.
Simple instructions and explanations are given in Chinese wherever possible, in order to speed up familiarity with the target language.
Format: more information
Interactive lectures with attention for listening, reading and writing, but with focus on speaking. Interaction between teacher and student, but also between students through pair work and short assignments in small groups.
In order to achieve the objectives of the course, you must follow the instructions of the teacher, attend the classes, regularly revise the content, practice the characters by frequently writing them, practice the pronunciation and listen to the sound files that come with the course book.
In addition, you must carefully make preparations and assignments.
All communication about this course takes place via the Canvas page of this course.
Evaluation
Chinese 2 (B-TM-YB8061)
Explanation
| Assessment | Grading scale |
|---|---|
| TOTAL | 1-20/20 scale |
First exam opportunity:
* 20%: permanent evaluation: this consists of announced and unannounced tasks, dictations and tests.
The submission date for a task is communicated in class and via the online learning platform. If you don't submit a task on time then you will receive a zero for that assignment. If you hand in a task that does not meet the requirements, then you will receive a zero for that task. If you are not present during a part of the permanent evaluation will receive a zero for that part of the evaluation.
Part of the permanent evaluation serves to strengthen the understanding of the language. These tasks are evaluated on whether or not they were duele completed by the student. These tasks are returned to the students after correction by the teacher.
Part of the permanent evaluation is assessed in terms of content and is given a grade that reflects how well an assignment / test was performed. The student will have the opportunity to look at these tasks / tests after correction by the teacher, but is not allowed to take these tasks / tests home.
Legitimate absence must be reported to the teacher by e-mail before the start of the lesson. If you don't participate in a part of the permanent evaluation due to legitimate reason, this specific part of the permanent evaluation does not count for you. There is no catch-up moment for missed parts of the permanent evaluation.
You must participate in at least 1 of the planned dictations and at least 1 of the tests in order to receive a total mark for the dictations and the tests respectively. If this is not the case, that is if you are absent from all dictations and/or all tests (legitimate or not), then you receive a zero for the total of the dictations and/or tests respectively.
You are not allowed to use AI-tools to make assignments.
* 80%: exam: of which standard 30% for the written part and 50% for the oral part.
The written exam must be completed in simplified Chinese characters, unless explicitly stated otherwise. Only those words whose characters were not seen may be written in pinyin (with tones). Only correctly written pinyin with the correct tones will be considered. The knowledge of the pinyin transcription system (with tones) will also be tested.
The written exam consists of two parts: 1) a part 'supporting knowledge' (vocabulary and grammar): short closed questions (fill-in questions, write pinyin, translate, ...) and short open questions (e.g. formulate short sentences within a given context); 2) a part 'writing' (focus on substantive writing, influenced by technical writing).
During the oral exam, communication skills, vocabulary and grammar are assessed. Pronunciation also plays a role in the assessment. No preparation time is provided for the oral exam. During the exam you have to enter into a conversation with the teacher or another person, eg. in the form of a role-play or dialogue, and you have to answer questions from the teacher and / or another person and formulate questions yourself.
You need to be able to both speak Mandarin Chinese and write in Chinese characters in order to pass this course.
You have to participate in both the oral and written exam in order to obtain a final result for the exam. If you only participate in one of the two exam components (oral exam and written exam), you will receive a zero as total exam score.
If you score 6/20 or less on either the oral exam or written exam, you will obtain a maximum of 6/20 for the entire course, even if the sum of all the different evaluation components would lead to a tolerable or passing grade.
Students who take this course under an exam contract follow the evaluation method of the second examination opportunity in each examination period.
Information about retaking exams
This course unit does not allow partial mark transfers.
Second examination opportunity - Third examination period (August):
Written exam with oral continuation: 100%, of which standard 50% is for the written part and 50% for the oral part.
The written exam must be completed in simplified Chinese characters, unless explicitly stated otherwise. Only those words whose characters were not seen may be written in pinyin (with tones). Only correctly written pinyin with the correct tones will be considered. The knowledge of the pinyin transcription system (with tones) will also be tested.
The written exam consists of two parts: 1) a part 'supporting knowledge' (vocabulary and grammar): short closed questions (fill-in questions, write pinyin, translate, ...) and short open questions (e.g. formulate short sentences within a given context); 2) a part 'writing' (focus on substantive writing, influenced by technical writing).
During the oral exam, communication skills, vocabulary and grammar are assessed. Pronunciation also plays a role in the assessment. No preparation time is provided for the oral exam. During the exam you have to enter into a conversation with the teacher or another person, eg. in the form of a role-play or dialogue, and you have to answer questions from the teacher and / or another person and formulate questions yourself.
You need to be able to both speak Mandarin Chinese and write in Chinese characters in order to pass this course.
You have to participate in both the oral and written exam in order to obtain a final result for the exam. If you only participate in one of the two exam components (oral exam and written exam), you will receive a zero as total exam score.
If you score 6/20 or less on either the oral exam or written exam, you will obtain a maximum of 6/20 for the entire course, even if the sum of all the different evaluation components would lead to a tolerable or passing grade.
Students who take this course under an exam contract follow the evaluation method of the second examination opportunity in each examination period.