The course aims at preparing the future teacher of Chinese language and culture, providing the metalinguistic and methodological knowledge for teaching the Chinese language. 

Lesson programme: 

basic elements of Chinese linguistics; methodology of  teaching Chinese as a foreign language; teaching materials and programs for teaching Chinese in Italy; national and international reference documents for the teaching of Chinese language.

Knowledge and understanding: students will acquire a good understanding of the essential aspects of Chinese as second and foreing language teaching.

Applying knowledge and understanding: students will have the abilitiesto use the linguistic and metalinguistic knowledge to analyse teaching methods and techniques.

Making judgements: students will acquire the critical ability to judge their language productions with regard to linguistic and pragmatic appropriateness.

Communication skills: students will be able to make language choices appropriated to teaching and learnig contexts.

Learning skills:  students will possess the methodological skills to develop and consolidate their learning experiences in autonomous and collaborative way.

The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it

The course will include teaching practice lessons held by a mother tongue lecturer. Reading, writing and practice in conversation lessons will be conducted by Chinese lectors. The attendance to these lessons is highly recommended.

Teaching

Teaching methods include face-to-face lectures, exercise sessions, seminars. The course will include teaching practice lessons held by a mother tongue lecturer. Reading, writing and practice in conversation lessons will be conducted by Chinese lectors. The attendance to these lessons is highly recommended.

Attendance

The attendance to lessons is highly recommended.

Course books

Teaching material will be provided by teachers and the tutor during the course.

Suggested readings:

1. Brezzi A., Lioi (a cura di), La didattica del cinese nella scuola secondaria di secondo grado: esperienze e prospettive, Sapienza Università Editrice, 2015.

2. Lavagnino, A., Mottura B., Cina e Modernità. Cultura e istituzioni dalle Guerre dell'oppio a oggi, Roma, Carocci, 2016.

Assessment

Written test and oral test. 

Written and oral test.

The final grade has two components:

Oral test (reading, translation and comment) written test (translation and essay). 

Disabilità e DSA

Le studentesse e gli studenti che hanno registrato la certificazione di disabilità o la certificazione di DSA presso l'Ufficio Inclusione e diritto allo studio, possono chiedere di utilizzare le mappe concettuali (per parole chiave) durante la prova di esame.

A tal fine, è necessario inviare le mappe, due settimane prima dell’appello di esame, alla o al docente del corso, che ne verificherà la coerenza con le indicazioni delle linee guida di ateneo e potrà chiederne la modifica.