- Docente: Tommaso Pellin
- Foreign language assistant Xiaohong Gao
- Language: Chinese
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
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Corso:
First cycle degree programme (L) in
Foreign Languages and Literature (cod. 0979)
Also valid for First cycle degree programme (L) in Languages, Markets and Cultures of Asia and Mediterranean Africa (cod. 9264)
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from Sep 25, 2025 to May 14, 2026
Course contents
The Chinese language and linguistics exercises include lessons organised around four types of skills:
-listening comprehension: the ability to understand the communicative elements of a dialogue or speech;
-reading comprehension: the ability to understand the content of a written text;
-speaking: the ability to engage in effective dialogue with an interlocutor or to articulate an effective and correct speech;
-written production skills: the ability to write correct, comprehensible and effective texts.
The materials offered for comprehension and the topics proposed for production will initially be taken from the textbook Masini. F. et al. (2010). Il cinese per gli italiani. Corso intermedio, vol. II and subsequently from Masini. F. et al. (2023). Comunicare in cinese, vol. III Hoepli. In any case, they will respect the level proposed by the textbook. In addition, in the second semester, the teaching assistant will propose topics for creative writing, at a level appropriate for the class, with a view to possible publication on platforms such as social networks, social media, magazines and others.
Readings/Bibliography
Masini. F. et al. (2010). Il cinese per gli italiani. Corso intermedio, vol. II Hoepli.
Masini. F. et al. (2023). Comunicare in cinese, vol. III Hoepli.
Teaching methods
Reading and explanation of vocabulary, reading and comprehension of texts, completion of oral and written exercises proposed by the textbook and the instructor.
Assessment methods
Check the relevant section of the Language and Linguistics 3 course.
Teaching tools
Wenlin Software for Learning Chinese (for Windows e Mac), www.wenlin.com ;
Pleco Software (per iPhone/iPad e Android), www.pleco.com (at least a bundle is recommended).
Monolingual dictionaries available on gongjushu.cnki.net via access from Almastart (the list of dictionaries available free of charge will be posted on Virtuale).
Office hours
See the website of Tommaso Pellin