SUT0156 - CHINESE LANGUAGE 3

The course aims to reinforce the foundations laid in the previous year and to rapidly expand students’ skills in understanding and expressing themselves in spoken and written Chinese. During the third year, the Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) of the Chinese language course are as follows: 1) Acquisition of the rules governing Chinese cursive script in order to be able to recognize it: study of the last ten lessons of the textbook Chinese Cursive Script. An Introduction to Handwriting in Chinese by Fred Fang-yu Wang.
2) Passive (recognition/reading) and active (writing) mastery of the first 1,500 fundamental characters, which must be read in both their original traditional form (yuantizi 原体字) and simplified form (jiantizi 简体字).
3) Mastery of the correct use of basic vocabulary (the first 4,316 fundamental words) in the context of simple sentences and certain types of complex sentences, corresponding to the skills required to pass the HSK 5 Chinese proficiency exam (CEFR B2).
4) Completion of the study of the main grammatical and morphosyntactic rules governing the various forms of complex sentences.
5) Acquisition of basic skills in translating from Chinese to Italian and from Italian to Chinese using texts at the B1 and B2 levels.
6) Improved proficiency in listening to and understanding spoken Chinese at normal speed.
7) Ability to engage in conversations typical of a professional setting.
8) Introduction to reading and translating journalistic, political, and literary texts. Upon completion of the Chinese Language III course, students will be able to successfully pass the internationally recognized Chinese language proficiency exam (Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi – HSK 3.0) at Level 4 (CEFR B1) and Level 5 (CEFR B2), which requires mastery of 900 characters and 2,245 basic vocabulary words, exams they will be encouraged to take during the year—ideally the HSK 4 and HSKK Intermediate at the end of the first semester, and the HSK 5 and HSKK Advanced at the end of the second semester—after attending specialized extracurricular preparation courses offered by the Confucius Institute at the University of Milan. They will have learned to write correctly in Chinese (both in Chinese characters and using the Pinyin phonetic transcription), memorizing approximately 1,500 of the most frequently used Chinese characters, both in their original forms (for which only passive recognition of the characters learned during the course is required) and in their simplified forms. They will be able to recognize, translate, and use a basic vocabulary of approximately 4,316 words in written composition. They will have completed their study of Chinese grammar and will be able to express themselves orally and in writing sufficiently for most professional contexts that value proficiency in the Chinese language. They will be able to read, understand, and translate complex texts and serve as interpreters in office-related work situations (business negotiations, trade fairs, tourism, etc.).
They will be able to further enhance and refine the level they have achieved by participating in an extended study abroad program in China, thanks to scholarships provided by the Confucius Institute at the University of Milan and various Chinese universities. This option is highly recommended, as it will allow them to certify an even higher level of proficiency (HSK 6 or higher, corresponding to CEFR C1).