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.

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Master's degree in Languages for Communication in Tourism and Commerce - Enrollment from 2025/2026

The 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.

CURRICULUM TIPO:
Modules Credits TAF SSD
Between the years: 1°- 2°
Further language skills
6
F
-
Between the years: 1°- 2°
Project work/stage
9
F
-
Between the years: 1°- 2°

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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.




S Placements in companies, public or private institutions and professional associations

Teaching code

4S007207

Credits

9

Coordinator

Barbara Bisetto

Language

Chinese zh

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

L-OR/21 - CHINESE AND SOUTH ASIAN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES

Courses Single

Authorized

The teaching is organized as follows:

Lezioni

Credits

6

Period

II semestre (Lingue e letterature straniere)

Academic staff

Barbara Bisetto

Esercitazioni linguistiche

Credits

3

Period

Annuale (Lingue e letterature straniere)

Academic staff

Wenwen Huang

Learning objectives

The course aims to improve the linguistic and translation competence of students at upper intermediate and advanced level. It aims also to promote the linguistic and metalinguistic reflection through the analysis of texts of different registers, written in simplified characters and in traditional characters, and related to general and specialized communicative contexts. At the end of the course the students will be able to communicate independently at an advanced level of written and spoken language, in general and specialized communication contexts. At the end of the course students have reached a level of linguistic and lexical knowledge corresponding to an HSK5 certificate, i.e. a C1 level in the international classification.

Prerequisites and basic notions

Level B2 Chinese Language (HSK 4)

Program

The course aims at consolidating the linguistic-translational skills of the students at an intermediate and advanced level and at enhancing linguistic and metalinguistic reflection through the analysis of texts of the formal variety related to general and specialized communicative contexts. The course therefore aims to expand the vocabulary and linguistic structures in relation to texts belonging to different genres and types of formal texts,with particular attention to formal written language and Chinese language for specific purpose, also from a contrastive perspective.

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Didactic methods

Lectures with the support of power point presentations.

Learning assessment procedures

The examination consists of two parts (written and oral). The written part consists of a paper with the translation from Chinese into Italian of a text from a specialized field and its translation commentary. The text must be approved by the teacher and the written paper must be submitted by e-mail to the teacher one week before the examination date. The oral part consists of a discussion of the paper, with linguistic analysis of extracts from the translated text, and questions about theory.

Students with disabilities or specific learning disorders (SLD), who intend to request the adaptation of the exam, must follow the instructions given HERE

Evaluation criteria

Theoretical and practical skills.

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

Grades are measured in thirtieths. The exam is passed with a score of 18/30 or higher.

Exam language

Cinese, italiano