Study Guide

Objective

Having successfully completed this course, the student will
1) possess extensive knowledge of basic Chinese grammar and an extended vocabulary
2) be able to understand and extract information from short recorded passages dealing with everyday matters
3) also be able to give a short, rehearsed, basic presentation on a familiar subject
4) be able to write very short, basic descriptions of everyday events, past activities and personal experiences
5) be able to achieve the level A2 of the CEFR (the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages).

Content

The course consists of extended information of used everyday events, e.g. talking and making plan, travelling in China, making conjections and suggestions, etc. The course also includes extensive information through texts, lectures and different media on Chinese culture background; enlarged vocabulary of the above mentioned topics. Further Chinese essay reading and writing skills are included as well.

Further information

The teacher and a more detailed schedule will be announced later.

If you miss the first class session and have not discussed your absence with the teacher, your place can be given to the first person on the waiting list.
Remember to cancel your registration if you will not be taking the course.
A degree student attending the Lapland University of Applied Sciences can register free of charge for LUC studies offered by the University of Lapland,
if the studies can be linked to their own degree. Enrollment takes place through the Applicant’s Desktop of the University of Lapland: https://hakeutuminen-lay.peppi4.lapit.csc.fi/web/hakijan-tyopoyta/.
From the left hand menu, first select "Study selection" and then "LUC studies YO”, and you will see the entire offering. Choose the study unit in question and register.

Evaluation scale

Approved/Rejected

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Pass/fail

Qualifications

Chinese 1-3 or equivalent studies.