CULTURAL MEDIATION FOR CHINA

This course is designed for science students and offers guidelines and useful tips to step into Chinese culture. Science students are likely to work, with Chinese colleagues during their careers, or might as well already have met some at school: this course will give them the essential cultural tools to team up in the right way with native Chinese speakers. Also, important information will be provided to help our future scientists to travel and work in China mainland.
During class time, participants are going to spot many highlights that will feed their interest for Chinese culture and language, and that possibly will lead to further ways of personal study and development.
Every nation's culture and language are connected to the roots, for this reason each lesson presents some linguistic elements that complete the main points and arguments.

Main goal of this course is to enable participants to acknowledge important cultural traits of Chinese nation and prepare them to interact positively with these cultural elements in China. Also, participants are expected to learn the basics of Geography, transports and life in China mainland.

Proficient Italian language and basic digital competences.

The course develops these main themes:
- The Chinese state and its geography
- Costumes and traditions
- To live and work in China
- How to overcome misunderstandings and stereotypes

Miriam Castorina, La cultura cinese. Manuale di mediazione linguistica

To verify the participants' understanding on the main themes of the course, exam will be arranged as follows: written tasks with multiple choice items and open questions.

Classes are in person and held as standard lessons with participation of the students, flipped classroom mode and interactive laboratories with interviews and participation of Chinese natives working in Italy, as well as Italian expats working in China mainland.

Italian

written

This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "International cooperation" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development