Universität Wien

150153 KU Reading Practice 2a (2022W)

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

1 Bazant-Kimmel , Moodle
2 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

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 the end of the deregistration period (in the uspace system AND in writing by e-mail to christina.bazant-kimmel@univie.ac.at). If you have not de-registered within the official deregistration period, you will receive a mark.
For a passing grade, you may not miss class more than three times. Special cases must be discussed with the teacher.

  • Monday 03.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum Sinologie 1 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-10
  • Monday 10.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum Sinologie 1 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-10
  • Monday 17.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum Sinologie 1 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-10
  • Monday 24.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum Sinologie 1 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-10
  • Monday 31.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum Sinologie 1 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-10
  • Monday 07.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum Sinologie 1 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-10
  • Monday 14.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum Sinologie 1 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-10
  • Monday 21.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum Sinologie 1 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-10
  • Monday 28.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum Sinologie 1 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-10
  • Monday 05.12. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum Sinologie 1 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-10
  • Monday 12.12. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum Sinologie 1 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-10
  • Monday 09.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum Sinologie 1 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-10
  • Monday 16.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum Sinologie 1 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-10
  • Monday 23.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum Sinologie 1 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-10
  • Monday 30.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum Sinologie 1 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-10

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.

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: German, Chinese
LMS: Moodle

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

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 the end of the deregistration period (in the uspace system AND in writing by e-mail to christina.bazant-kimmel@univie.ac.at). If you have not de-registered within the official deregistration period, you will receive a mark.
For a passing grade, you may not miss class more than three times. Special cases must be discussed with the teacher.

  • Friday 07.10. 08:00 - 09:30 Seminarraum Sinologie 1 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-10
  • Friday 14.10. 08:00 - 09:30 Seminarraum Sinologie 1 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-10
  • Friday 21.10. 08:00 - 09:30 Seminarraum Sinologie 1 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-10
  • Friday 28.10. 08:00 - 09:30 Seminarraum Sinologie 1 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-10
  • Friday 04.11. 08:00 - 09:30 Seminarraum Sinologie 1 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-10
  • Friday 11.11. 08:00 - 09:30 Seminarraum Sinologie 1 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-10
  • Friday 18.11. 08:00 - 09:30 Seminarraum Sinologie 1 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-10
  • Friday 25.11. 08:00 - 09:30 Seminarraum Sinologie 1 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-10
  • Friday 02.12. 08:00 - 09:30 Seminarraum Sinologie 1 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-10
  • Friday 09.12. 08:00 - 09:30 Seminarraum Sinologie 1 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-10
  • Friday 16.12. 08:00 - 09:30 Seminarraum Sinologie 1 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-10
  • Friday 13.01. 08:00 - 09:30 Seminarraum Sinologie 1 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-10
  • Friday 20.01. 08:00 - 09:30 Seminarraum Sinologie 1 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-10
  • Friday 27.01. 08:00 - 09:30 Seminarraum Sinologie 1 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-10

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

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

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%

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

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