This beginners' course focuses on 15 topics from every day and school life. The attention is drawn to the topics in the field of social communication: greeting each other, family, jobs, food & drinks, expressing numbers, time, age and dates, place words (at home and school), subjects, activities & hobbies, Chinese astrology, shopping, invitation of going out and birthday party, etc.
Period
16-07-2012 - 27-07-2012 (2 weeks)
Target group
Beginners. Students preparing for an exchange program.
Course aim
After the Chinese Beginners Summer Course you will be able to:
- describe the characteristics of the Chinese language
- use Pinyin transcriptions (i.e. the standard Mandarin Romanization system in use) as a writing system to communicate with others;
- apply basic grammar rules to construct simple sentences;
- recognize 300 Chinese words in 15 topics;
- understand a number of common spoken expressions; - differentiate the cultural differences between the Dutch and Chinese
Credits
4.0 ECTS credits
Course fee
EUR 426: External Participants pay 426 euro. (Prospective) Students, Members of Staff and Alumni who graduated less than four years ago might be able to get a refund.
Course leader
Ms. A Hsiao
Tilburg University International Office
Address: PO Box 90153 International Office P 2.219
Postal code: 5000LE
City: Tilburg
Country: Netherlands
Website: http://tilburguniversity.nl/summerschool
E-mail: summerschool@tilburguniversity.nl
Phone: 0031134663743 (or 8911)
Chinese Beginners
