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Chinese I

Class at Faculty of Social Sciences |
JLB049

Syllabus

The planned content of the term:  

Note: Teaching pace will respect the students' learning pace,  final exam content will follow the content of the material studied before the term ends.  

Week 1

 Introduction in the basics of pronunciation (pinyin - initials and finals)

 Introduction to the basics of writing (character layout, stroke order rules)  

Radicals I  

Week 2

L1:

Tones  

Saying hello

Greetings

Word order  

Radicals II  

Week 3

L2

Neutral Tone

Requesting

Questions with 吗

Adjectival predicate  

Radicals III  

Week 4

L3

Identifying people

Asking someone's nationality  

Radicals IV  

Week 5

L4

Introducing oneself

Asking permission

Sentences with 是  

Radicals V  

Week 6

L5

Saying goodbye

Asking for directions

Expressing thanks

Questions with an interrogative pronoun  

Radicals VI  

Week 7

L6

Making comments and suggestions

Polite refusals

Sentences with a verbal predicate  

Radicals VII  

Week 8

L7

Meeting someone for the first time

Talking about one's major

Attributives

Indicator of a short and quick action

Questions with 呢

Adverbs 也 and 都  

Radicals VIII  

Week 9

L8

Talking about family, occupation and university

还 for introducing additional remarks

Conjunction 和

Adverb 太

Numbers, questions with 几 and 多少

Sentences with 有  

Radicals IX  

Week 10

L9

Making an appointment

Asking about someone's age and birthplace

Celebrating someone's birthday

Date and days of the week

A phrase 祝你 。。。 to extend one's good wishes

Expression 是吗?

Adverb 多  

Radicals X  

Week 11

L10

Likes and dislikes

Solving language problems

Shopping, asking the price of something, Chinese currency

Asking how one should do something, the phrase 怎么 + VP

Demonstrative pronouns 这 and 那 as attr.

Prepositional phrases, 给, 送  

Radicals XI  

Week 12

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Annotation

The Chinese course will acquaint students with both linguistic knowledge and communication skills about Mandarin Chinese, cultivate their interests about Chinese culture.

The course is offered within the programme of lifelong education. FSV students enrolled in programmes offered in foreign languages who cover their own tuition are exempt from the course payment in accordance with the Regulations of Lifelong Education of Charles University. The tuition for other participants amounts to 3,720CZK per 2 semesters.

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Variabilní symbol: 700140

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Variable symbol: 700140

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