CHINESE LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION 2

The student is expected to be able to master the basic elements of Chinese language: syntax, writing, reading and comprehension of texts; he is also expected to be able to read and write approximately 900 characters and read some text in traditional characters. The student is expected to achieve roughly the 3^rd level of proficiency of the HSK, Chinese Language Proficiency Test (汉语水平考试).

Lectures and tests.

The student will be introduced to the reading of a literary text, of newspaper articles, and of spoken language. The content of the lessons will be supplemented with the literary and didactic material provided by the professor, as well as simple texts and exercises to be performed individually, which will have the purpose of consolidating student's translating, reading, oral and written comprehension.

1) Masini et al., Il cinese per gli italiani 意大利人学汉语, volume 2, Corso intermedio, Hoepli, Milano 2010.

2) newspaper articles, literary texts and audiovisual material provided by the professor.