Elementary Chinese Course A2.1
- Faculty
Faculty of Business Management and Social Sciences
- Version
Version 1 of 23.01.2025.
- Module identifier
22B1586
- Module level
Bachelor
- Language of instruction
German, Chinese, English
- ECTS credit points and grading
5.0
- Module frequency
winter and summer term
- More information on frequency
winter and summer terms
- Duration
1 semester
- Brief description
The module consolidates and secures general language skills. It prepares students for the acquisition of specialised language skills at level A2.
- Teaching and learning outcomes
- Development of basic knowledge through everyday and regional topics
- Reviewing and consolidating basic grammar and vocabulary, as well as using them in various everyday communication situations
- Overall workload
The total workload for the module is 150 hours (see also "ECTS credit points and grading").
- Teaching and learning methods
Lecturer based learning Workload hours Type of teaching Media implementation Concretization 60 Seminar Presence - Lecturer independent learning Workload hours Type of teaching Media implementation Concretization 90 Preparation/follow-up for course work -
- Further explanations
Hours used in instructor-led learning are teaching hours.
- Graded examination
- Portfolio exam or
- Portfolio exam
- Remark on the assessment methods
PFP-1) The portfolio examination is worth 100 points and consists of two 30-minute written tests (K30), a presentation (PR) and an oral examination (M). Each K30 is weighted at 30 points. The PR and M are each weighted at 20 points.
PFP-2) The Portfolio examination is worth 100 points and consists of a one-hour written examination (K1), a presentation (PR) and an oral examination (M). K1 is worth 50 points. PR and M are each worth 25 points.
- Exam duration and scope
Written examination as part of the portfolio examinations: See the relevant study regulations
Presentations as part of the portfolio examinations: approx. 15-20 minutes
Oral examination as part of the portfolio examination: See the general part of the examination regulations
The requirements are specified in the specific course.
- Recommended prior knowledge
Chinese for Beginners A1 or HSK1
- Knowledge Broadening
Students will be able to explain the basic grammar they have learnt and produce examples. They will also be able to place basic idioms in appropriate contexts.
- Knowledge deepening
Students will be able to classify basic vocabulary and pay attention to correct sentence structure when forming sentences for everyday language situations.
- Knowledge Understanding
Students will be able to differentiate between the use of similar basic vocabulary in situations of everyday communication.
- Application and Transfer
Students acquire a solid basis for acting in relatively more complex general communicative situations through oral and written text production and short presentation
- Communication and Cooperation
Students will be able to understand and use basic vocabulary and idioms in more complex everyday general language situations in a culturally appropriate way.
- Literature
- Unvergessliches Chinesisch, Stufe B, Lehrbuch Taschenbuch, 7. September 2015, ISBN-13-978-3940497499, 3., verb. Auflage., Herausgeber: Hefei Huang
- PONS Grammatik Chinesisch kurz & bündig: Die Nachschlagegrammatik mit Online-?bungen (PONS Grammatik kurz & bündig), Taschenbuch – 18. Juli 2022, ISBN-13-978-3125624467, Herausgeber: PONS Langenscheidt GmbH
- Applicability in study programs
- Business Law (Bachelor)
- Business Law, LL.B.
- International Business and Management
- International Business and Management, B.A.
- Public Management
- Public Management, B.A.
- Business Management in the Health Sector
- Business Management in the Health Sector, B.A.
- International Management
- International Management, B.A.
- Business Administration and Management
- Business Administration and Management, B.A.
- Person responsible for the module
- Lackner, Ying
- Teachers
- Lackner, Ying