Faculty
Copenhagen Business Confucius Institute

Course Coordinator
CBCI

This course is mainly designed  for overseas Chinese 2nd generation who can listen and speak Chinese, but would like to have a intensive course to improve their skills in reading and writing Chinese characters.

People without Chinese family background, but have similar needs, are also welcome.

You can take HSK test Level 3 ("Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi" in Chinese, a standard Chinese proficiency test for non-native speakers) to find out your level of Chinese language before the course begins.

The test is not compulsory, and you do not need to choose your course on the basis of the test result. The test is available online:

http://center.chinesetest.net/adminca/public/index-hsk.aspx

Please contact the teacher of this course to create a valid test ID and password for you.

This course will focus on reading and writing Chinese characters of Mandarin Chinese Beginner’s Level. Through the course, students are going to study four ways of forming Chinese characters ( pictographic characters, self-explanatory characters, associative characters and phonogram ); to study single characters and mixed characters; to study 50  most commonly used radicals in Chinese characters； to study characters of similar shapes, homophones and polyphonic; to study  how to look up Chinese characters in Chinese dictionaries, etc.  In addition, games to help memorizing Chinese characters, methods to learn Chinese characters; online teaching and learning resources and some interesting short passages in Chinese will be introduced.

Time:

Wednesdays 17:30-20:00  

Venue:

Dalgas Have 15, DSØ

2000 Frederiksberg

Teacher:

Qingbao Song  qs.int@cbs.dk  

 

After learning the course, participants shall master the 4 ways of forming Chinese characters; meaning elements and sound-bearing elements of characters; basic strokes of Chinese characters; stroke orders of Chinese characters; exercises to write around 300 Chinese characters.

Teaching language

In Chinese

An elective HSK test. Take Level 3 online at:

http://center.chinesetest.net/adminca/public/index-hsk.aspx

if you want to know your level of Chinese language after completing this course.

Please read under "Prerequisite / progression of the course" for details.

The course is based on a textbook called “New Practical Chinese Reader"(1), supplemented by other references.

Register Here

Please register yourself no later than Aug 12, 2012.

The course fee should be transferrred to Copenhagen Business Confucius Institute's payment account at CBS no later than Aug 20, 2012:

Danske Bank

Reg.no.: 3001 

Account: 10292786

SWIFT: DABADKKK

IBAN:DK3630000010292786

Course Fee: DKK 2.000, 00 incl. teaching material.

For Students: DKK 1.500, 00 incl. teaching material.

Please note that the minimum number of students for the class is 5. The Institute reserves the right to cancel the class if there is not enough enrolment.