At the end of the third module the student will reach an intermediate/B1 level of linguistic proficiency (CEFR), equivalent to HSK level 3. HSK (Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi) is an exam that measures the ability of people to use the Chinese language who are not native speakers. The test is administered by Hanban, an agency of the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China.
Course Prerequisites
Previous knowledge of the language is required, which can be achieved with at least 80 hours of study.
Teaching Methods
Classroom-taugt lessons
Assessment Methods
The exam consists of a written test and an oral test. It is possible to take the oral exam only after passing the written test. The duration of the written test is 2 hours. The use of the dictionary is not permitted for any test.
Texts
Textbooks: – Masini, Federico et al. (2010), Il cinese per gli italiani, Volume 2 (seconda edizione). Milano: Hoepli. – Miriam Castorina (2011), La cultura cinese. Manuale di mediazione linguistica. Milano: Hoepli. – Other materials will be indicated or provided by the teacher during the lessons. Grammar reference textbooks: Abbiati, Magda (1998). Grammatica di cinese moderno. Venezia: Cafoscarina. Li Dejin 李德津 e Cheng Meizhen 程美珍 (2009), A Practical Chinese Grammar for Foreigners (revised edition) 外国人实用汉语语法 (修订本), Beijing, Beijing Language and Culture University Press. Chiara Romagnoli (2012), Grammatica cinese. Le parole vuote del cinese moderno, Hoepli, Milano. Recommended dictionaries: 现 代 汉 语 词 典 The Contemporary Chinese Dictionary (Chinese-English edition). Beijing: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press, 2002. 精 选 英 汉 汉 英 词 典 Coincise English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary. The Commercial Press, Oxford University Press. Oxford Chinese Dictionary. English-Chinese; Chinese-English, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010, edizione maggiore (ISBN 9780199207619). Il dizionario è disponibile anche in edizione minore. 新世纪汉英大词典 [A New Century Chinese-English Dictionary], Beijing: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press, 2008 (ISBN 9787560025940).
Contents
– Aspectual verbs: 过 (guò) and 着 (zhe) – Verbal complements: result complement, duration complement, directional complement, potential complement – Verbal classifiers – The structure with 把 (bǎ) – Passive sentences – Comparative sentences – Indefinite pronouns – Reading and translation of texts of graded difficulty.
