Studying at the University of Verona
Here you can find information on the organisational aspects of the Programme, lecture timetables, learning activities and useful contact details for your time at the University, from enrolment to graduation.
Study Plan
This information is intended exclusively for students already enrolled in this course.If you are a new student interested in enrolling, you can find information about the course of study on the course page:
Laurea magistrale in Lingue per la comunicazione turistica e commerciale - Enrollment from 2025/2026The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.
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1st foreign language2nd foreign language2° Year activated in the A.Y. 2019/2020
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TAF (Type of Educational Activity) All courses and activities are classified into different types of educational activities, indicated by a letter.
Chinese language (elementary) (2018/2019)
Learning outcomes
This course aims at learning correct pronunciation of morphemes, basic grammatical and syntactic structures and the minimal vocabulary of the Chinese language in communicative contexts; developing listening, comprehension and oral production skills; correct writing of the characters, starting from the strokes, their structure and fundamental radicals. At the end of the course, the student should be able to interact in simple conversations regarding some daily-life situations and to read and understand short and simple texts.
Program
Phonetics and conversation: phonetic system pinyin, simple ad compound vowels, tone variations and the neutral tone. Some conversational topics include: simple greetings, presenting oneself and family, asking for phone numbers and addresses, telling time, date, age, price, etc.
Grammar: sentence structure and order, grammatical classes, affirmative, negative and interrogative sentences, adverbs, personal pronouns and interrogatives, temporal and locative expressions, nominal determination, nominal and adjectival predicates, auxiliary verbs, classifiers, and particles.
Caratteri: brief history and origins of Chinese characters, strutture, basic and compound strokes and stroke order, common radicals.
| Author | Title | Publishing house | Year | ISBN | Notes |
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| Magda Abbiati, Zhang Ruoying | Dialogare in cinese 1. Corso di lingua colloquiale | Libreria Editrice Cafoscarina | 2010 | 978-88-7543-275-1 | Unità 1-10 |
Examination Methods
The final exam consists of a written test on grammar and characters, a listening test and an oral test in Chinese. In addition, homework is considered as an integral part of the final exam.
The division of the points is as follows:
Written test: 30 points
Listening test: 30 points
Oral test: 30 points
Homework : 10 points.
Since attendance is mandatory, 80% of attendance is required to be admitted to the final exam. Students must obtain at least 18/30 in each part of the test (written, listening, oral) in order to pass the exam. All parts of the exam must be taken on the same date. The credits will be registered as eligibility). Whoever intends to repeat the exam must repeat all parts of the exam.
Details regarding the content of individual parts of the exam will be published on the E-learning page during the course.
