Universität Wien

150087 KU Business Chinese (M1) (2021S)

für WiWi und ECOS Studierende

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

nur für MA IBW Uni Wien und MA ECOS Studierende
Wirtschaftschinesisch 4 ECTS = Sprechpraktium 1b für ECOS (M1)
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).

Details

max. 25 participants
Language: Chinese

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

The course is taught synchronously online due to Corona; this means that the students and the teacher meet at class time via video conferencing tool.

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 March 26, 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 05.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
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  • Friday 19.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
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  • Friday 26.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
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  • Friday 16.04. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
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  • Friday 23.04. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
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  • Friday 30.04. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
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  • Friday 07.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
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  • Friday 14.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
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  • Friday 21.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
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  • Friday 28.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
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  • Friday 04.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
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  • Friday 11.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
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  • Friday 18.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
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  • Friday 25.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
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Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The emphasis is on practicing everyday communicative situations in a business environment. The students will acquire the necessary skills and competencies to use the Chinese language appropriately in basic oral business conversation.
The focus is on acquiring and enlarging the productive and receptive business-related vocabulary as well as typical sentence patterns and phrases. This also includes typical expressions and patterns pertinent to a more formal communicative register.
Methods, activities:
- Reading/Listening to and analysis of business-related dialogues and texts.
- Practicing business-related dialogues orally.
- Classroom work; pair work (closed and open pairs); group work; role plays.
- Collaborative learning
Overview of topics/situations/semantic fields:
- getting to know each other: talking about study majors
- control language (useful phrases to control a conversation)
- telephoning (L1 in the textbook)
- asking for/giving directions (L3 in the textbook)
- describing location
- office supplies
- office small-talk
- business-lunches/banquets and toasting
- making appointments (L5 in the textbook)
- price negotiations (L6 in the textbook)
- money

Assessment and permitted materials

Assessment of written and oral contributions during the entire semester (preparation; homework; tasks in Moodle using tools as forum, WIKI, glossaries; Moodle tests with single-choice-tasks, multiple-choice-tasks, drag-and-drop-tasks, cloze tasks): 40%
Written exam: 30%
Oral exam: 30%

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)
If you miss more than three classes you will receive a negative mark.

Examination topics

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

Reading list

ZHANG Li (Hg.): "Shangwu Hanyu rumen" (Gateway to Business Chinese Daily Communication). (Beijing Daxue Chubanshe 2005).
Relevant chapters and additional material will be provided on Moodle.

Association in the course directory

MA ECOS, MA IBW Uni Wien

Last modified: Fr 12.05.2023 00:17