Unit CHINESE II
- Course
- Lingue e culture straniere
- Study-unit Code
- GP000081
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Gabriele Tola
- Teachers
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- Gabriele Tola
- Hours
- 54 ore - Gabriele Tola
- CFU
- 9
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2025
- Offered
- 2026/27
- Learning activities
- Caratterizzante
- Area
- Lingue e traduzioni
- Sector
- L-OR/21
- Type of study-unit
- Opzionale (Optional)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- The course provides students with basic and practical level of knowledge of the Chinese language, and the linguistic circumstances of contemporary China (level B1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages – HSK level 3).
- Reference texts
- Textbooks:
Compulsory:
• MASINI, Federico, ROMAGNOLI, Chiara, ZHANG Tongbing, CHANG Yafang (2021). Comunicare in cinese. Volume 1 and 2. Livello 1 e 2 del Chinese Proficiency Grading Standard. Milano: Hoepli.
Suggested grammar books:
• ROMAGNOLI, Chiara; WANG Jing (2016). Grammatica d'Uso della Lingua Cinese. Milano: Hoepli.
• ROMAGNOLI Chiara. Grammatica cinese. Le parole vuote del cinese modern. Milano: Hoepli.
• PATERNICÒ Luisa Maria, VARRIANO Valeria, TIAN Huiting (2021), Grammatica della lingua cinese. UTET Università.
• Additional exam materials will be suggested by the teacher during classes. Students who will not attend classes are invited to contact the teacher for further information.
• A Chinese-English dictionary, recommended:
• A Chinese-English Dictionary. Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press
Recommended:
• PLECO – Free app for iPhone, iPad, Android.
• WENLIN –Software for Learning Chinese, Wenlin Institute (www.wenlin.com).
Students with disabilities and/or Specific Learning Disorders (SLD) and/or ADHD or ADD who have uploaded a regular certification into SOL can apply for the compensatory tools provided by current regulation (e.g., textbooks in accessible digital format; study materials in accessible formats: presentations, handouts, and exercises, provided if necessary in advance of lessons, see www.unipg.it/disabilita-e-dsa). For further information, please contact the Department Referent (Dr. Alessandra Di Pilla: alessandra.dipilla@unipg.it). - Educational objectives
- Basic knowledge of Chinese linguistics and active production (oral and written) of simple and medium-complexity sentences (HSK level 3: B1)
- Prerequisites
- Preparatory exams, as per regulations.
- Teaching methods
- Lessons in presence at the Department and at the CLA.
- Other information
- Erasmus students, subject to approval of their learning agreement, are exempt from taking the Chinese Language 2 exam, provided that an equivalent exam (substituting for Chinese Language 2) has been included in the learning agreement and approved by the relevant commission. The validity of the test (written and oral) taken at the CLA is based on the regulations of the relevant structure.
Students with disabilities and/or Specific Learning Disorders (SLD) and/or ADHD or ADD: for any information on the University’s dedicated services, please consult the webpage www.unipg.it/disabilita-e-dsa and contact the Department Referent (prof. Alessandra Di Pilla: alessandra.dipilla@unipg.it). - Learning verification modality
- ORAL EXAM. Exam on the characteristics of the Chinese language and grammatical questions, sentence analysis and translation (including texts not read before), discussion of examples. Selection of one or more texts from those translated in class: reading, analysis, and translation. The final grade is out of 30. The final grade for the entire exam is the average of the final CLA grade (preparatory to the department exam) and the final Department grade.
** Native Chinese-speaking students must take only the Department oral exam.
** For students taking an exam for 6 ECTS, which must be completed and recorded at the Department, the oral exams will be shorter.
PLEASE NOTE: • The exam is passed and recorded ONLY if all parts are passed.
• ONLINE EXAM REGISTRATION IS MANDATORY.
• For dates, please consult the official calendars of the Department.
Students with disabilities and/or Specific Learning Disorders (SLD) and/or ADHD or ADD who have uploaded a regular certification into SOL: for examinations (written and/or oral), they may request the compensatory tools, dispensatory measures, and inclusive technologies provided for by current regulations (see www.unipg.it/disabilita-e-dsa), by contacting the Department Referent (prof. Alessandra Di Pilla: alessandra.dipilla@unipg.it). - Extended program
- The course aims to provide students with a knowledge of the Chinese language and the linguistic circumstances of contemporary China at level B1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (HSK level 3). Grammar: moderately complex syntactic structures typical of contemporary Chinese and further analyses; translation of short texts.