CHINESE LANGUAGE 1 MOD.1

The aim of the course is to provide the students with a knowledge of the basic structures of written and spoken Chinese.

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Principles of grammar and exercises (30 ore);
conversation practice (60 hours);
writing practice (60 hours).

BOOKS FOR GRAMMAR LESSONS
Claudia Ross and Jing-heng Sheng Ma, Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar - A Practical Guide, Routledge, London and New York, 2006 e succ. (www.routledge.com)
Claudia Ross, Jing-heng Sheng Ma e Baozhang He, Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar - Workbook, Routledge, London and New York, 2006 e succ. (www.routledge.com)
Abbiati, M., Grammatica di cinese moderno, Cafoscarina, Venezia 1998.

BOOKS FOR EXERCISES OF SPOKEN LANGUAGE
Abbiati, M. e Zhang Ruoying, Dialogare in cinese: corso di lingua colloquiale, vol. 1, Cafoscarina, Venezia 2011. Listening exercises are also available online, in Materiale ISA Prof. Abbiati: Esercitazioni/Cinese I anno.

OTHER REFERENCE BOOKS:
Abbiati, M., Materiali ed esercizi per l'apprendimento della grammatica cinese moderna, Cafoscarina, Venezia 2010, part 1 (also available on the University website: www.unive.it, in the section “Magda Abbiati, Materiale I.S.A., Esercitazioni/Cinese II anno.”).
Abbiati, M., La lingua cinese, Cafoscarina, Venezia 1992, or Abbiati, M., Guida alla lingua cinese, Carocci, Roma 2008.

DICTIONARIES
Casacchia G. and Bai Yukun, Grande dizionario Cinese-Italiano, IsIAO, Roma 2008, 2 vols., or
Zhang Shi Hua, Dizionario cinese-italiano italiano-cinese, Hoepli, Milano 2007, or
Wang Huanbao, Wang Jun, Shen Emei, Ke Baotai, Dizionario cinese. Italiano-cinese cinese-italiano, De Agostini, Novara 2006.
Zhao Xiuying, Il Dizionario di Cinese - Dizionario Italiano-Cinese Cinese-Italiano, De Agostini, Novara, 2013 (version with DVD ROM for both Windows e Mac operating systems) (www.zanichelli.it)
Pleco E-dictionary (www.pleco.com)

written

grammar test, writing skill test, listening comprehension

Conventional methods

Italian

This is a two terms course. The first term exam consists of a written test on principles of grammar, listening comprehension and writing skills.
Further information on examination procedures are available on the University website: www.unive.it, in the section “Magda Abbiati, Materiale I.S.A.”, while samples of examination are available in the section "Fiorenzo Lafirenza, Materiali I.S.A. > Autovalutazione"
Students get 18 credits by passing both the first term exam and the second term exam.
The 10 cfu exam of the previous course of Chinese Language 1-1 consists of the same program and the same tests of the new course of Chinese Language 1 (first term).

• Course with sustainable contents
• Lecture notes, material for reference or for self-assessment available online or as e-book
• E-learning, moodle platforms