Chinese For Beginners 2 (3 cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Materials

Course materials
- Hai Guo & YLE 2009: BBC Real Chinese/Kiinaa matkailijoille (lesson 5-10)
- Additional materials will be distributed during contact hours.
ps: All the materials will be given to the students either in class or via Moodle. A student does not need to purchase or borrow any books for the course.

Teaching methods and instruction

The course is designed for students who have successfully completed Chinese for Beginner 1 coursework and have mastered the basic conversational skills required at a basic level. The student will not only be provided with further opportunities to practice simple conversations on familiar topics, but they will also be expected to create their own conversations based on a given situation. In addition, they will be exposed to some basic and simple Chinese characters and to the basic structural characteristics of Chinese characters. Chinese writing will be introduced at this level, too. Meanwhile, major aspects of Chinese customs and culture will be introduced in order to enrich the students’ experience in Chinese language learning.
Learning methods
The learning goals of this module can be reached in the following ways:
• Interactive classroom activities
• Individual and pair work
• Internet learning
Assessing one´s own learning is a compulsory part of the module.

Exam dates and re-exam possibilities

- The exam will be at the last teaching week right before the intensive week.
- Re-exam via normal re-exam routines.

Completion alternatives

Alternative ways to complete the course
Not attending the contact hours but doing the assignments and taking the final exam.
Recognition of prior learning
A student can demonstrate his or her equivalent language skills relating to the course objectives and content. This must be agreed upon with the teacher no later than two weeks before the course begins. Each student may attempt this only once in the period prior to the giving of the course. Evaluation is on a scale of 1-5.

Learning assignments

• telling the time, hobbies and everyday routines
• telling about one's family
• basic language skills in a tee house, café, bar, restaurant, shop, etc.
• basic language skills in traveling situations such as buying train and plane tickets, asking for directions, etc.
• different kinds of question sentences and their answers
• culture elements will be introduced during the contact hours

Assessment methods

Assessment
The module is evaluated on a scale excellent (5), very good (4), good (3), satisfactory (2), fair (1), fail (0). The assessment criteria is presented on a scale 1 - 3 - 5.
Grade 1
The student communicates on a limited variety of aspects within common topics.
The student responses show difficulty in understanding most of the questions or comments even when rephrased.
Grade 3
The student communicates some of the time on a limited variety of aspects within common topics.
The student responses show difficulty in understanding some of the questions or comments, some of the responses are inappropriate.
Grade 5
The student communicates most of the time on a variety of aspects within common topics.
The student’s responses show understanding of most questions and comments.
Final exam 80%, Internet assignments 20%