Universität Wien

150153 KU Reading Practice 2a (2021W)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 15 - Ostasienwissenschaften
Continuous assessment of course work

Summary

1 MIXED Bazant-Kimmel , Moodle
2 ON-SITE Bazant-Kimmel , Moodle

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
Registration information is available for each group.

Groups

Group 1

max. 25 participants
Language: German, Chinese
LMS: Moodle

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Update from January 7, 2022: The final exam will take place DIGITALLY on Feb. 1, 2022.

You have to confirm your registration by attending the first class. If you are unable to attend the first class you have to confirm your registration per e-mail not later than the date of the first class, otherwise you will be removed from the list.
You can de-register until October 29, 2021 (at uspace AND per e-mail to christina.bazant-kimmel@univie.ac.at). If you have not de-registered by the above said date you will receive a mark.
To pass the course you may not miss more than three classes. Special cases must be discussed directly with the teacher.

  • Monday 04.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
  • Monday 11.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
  • Monday 18.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
  • Monday 25.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
  • Monday 08.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
  • Monday 15.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
  • Monday 22.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
  • Monday 29.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
  • Monday 06.12. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
  • Monday 13.12. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
  • Monday 10.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
  • Monday 17.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
  • Monday 24.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
  • Monday 31.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
  • Tuesday 01.02. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03

Aims, contents and method of the course

Targeted training of reading comprehension skills: This encompasses the enlargement of vocabulary and the receptive knowledge of Chinese characters (mainly simplified, but also also traditional characters to a minor extent), since this is the basis for understanding texts in the target language. Another goal is to achieve the ability to analyze and hence understand more complex sentences and paragraphs in order to quickly grasp the gist of texts. In addition, students’ awareness of the difference between oral and written utterances will be promoted and we will practice structures typical of more formal written texts.
We will practice various reading strategies to achieve competence in the areas of "skimming, "scanning", and "reading for detail".

You will read a story outside of class which is written in simple Chinese and reinforces the basic vocabulary by using it repetitively and thus should enable you to actually enjoy reading an entire story in Chinese.
Reading and analysis of the texts (classroom work, group work).
Exercises for various reading strategies (esp. dealing with new authentic texts; intelligent guessing).
Exercises for enlarging the vocabulary and improving knowledge of grammatical structures.

Assessment and permitted materials

Assessment of written and oral contributions during the entire semester (preparation of texts, homework, tasks in Moodle using tools like forum, WIKI, glossaries, assignment, …): 10%
Short written tests (paper-based or digital Moodle-tests): 20%
Oral Mid-term Exam: 30%
Written Final Exam: 40%

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

100% – ≤90%: Very good(1)
89% – ≤80%: Good (2)
79% – ≤70%: Satisfactory (3)
69% – ≤60%: Sufficient (4)
59% – 0%: Insufficient (5)

Group 2

max. 25 participants
Language: Chinese
LMS: Moodle

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Update from January 7, 2022: All remaining LV dates in January 2022 will take place digitally.
Update from November 20, 2021: All course dates up to and including January 7, 2022 will take place digitally.

The course is planned to be held on-site. Information on corona-induced measures will be published in a timely manner.

You have to confirm your registration by attending the first class. If you are unable to attend the first class you have to confirm your registration per e-mail not later than the date of the first class, otherwise you will be removed from the list.
You can de-register until October 29, 2021 (at uspace AND per e-mail to christina.bazant-kimmel@univie.ac.at). If you have not de-registered by the above said date you will receive a mark.
To pass the course you may not miss more than three classes. Special cases must be discussed directly with the teacher.

  • Friday 08.10. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Friday 15.10. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Friday 22.10. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Friday 29.10. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Friday 05.11. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Friday 12.11. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Friday 19.11. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Friday 26.11. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Friday 03.12. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Friday 10.12. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Friday 17.12. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Friday 07.01. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Friday 14.01. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Friday 21.01. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Friday 28.01. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Tuesday 01.02. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03

Aims, contents and method of the course

Targeted training of reading comprehension skills: This encompasses the enlargement of vocabulary and the receptive knowledge of Chinese characters (mainly simplified, but also also traditional characters to a minor extent), since this is the basis for understanding texts in the target language. Another goal is to achieve the ability to analyze and hence understand more complex sentences and paragraphs in order to quickly grasp the gist of texts. In addition, students’ awareness of the difference between oral and written utterances will be promoted and we will practice structures typical of more formal written texts.
We will practice various reading strategies to achieve competence in the areas of "skimming, "scanning", and "reading for detail".

You will read a story outside of class which is written in simple Chinese and reinforces the basic vocabulary by using it repetitively and thus should enable you to actually enjoy reading an entire story in Chinese.
Reading and analysis of the texts (classroom work, group work).
Exercises for various reading strategies (esp. dealing with new authentic texts; intelligent guessing).
Exercises for enlarging the vocabulary and improving knowledge of grammatical structures

Assessment and permitted materials

Assessment of written and oral contributions during the entire semester (preparation of texts, homework, tasks in Moodle using tools like forum, WIKI, glossaries, assignment, …): 10%
Short written tests (paper-based or digital Moodle-tests): 25%
Oral Mid-term Exam: 25%
Written Final Exam: 40%

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

100% – ≤90%: very good(1)
89% – ≤80%: good (2)
79% – ≤70%: satisfactory (3)
69% – ≤60%: sufficient (4)
59% – 0%: insufficient (5)

Information

Examination topics

All material covered in the class-sessions or as homework and all exercises and material provided in Moodle.

Reading list

Textbook: PENG Zhiping (Hg.): "Hanyu Yuedu Jiaocheng" di-er ce (= "Chinesisch-Lesekurs", Bd. 2): A selection of the texts in chapters 31 to 39.
Additional material will be provided as PDF document in Moodle.
A short novel (Download in Moodle).

Association in the course directory

S 231

Last modified: Fr 12.05.2023 00:17