Oriental Languages and Cultures

For the first year: Reading and translation of Chinese literary texts for lectures by the lecturer. Lessons 11-20 of the text F. Masini, Zhang T., Sun P., P. De Troia, Liang D., Il cinese per gli italiani, corso avanzato, Hoepli, Milano 200 by the lecturer. For the second year: Reading and translation from Chinese into Italian of Chinese non-fiction texts, for the lecturer's lessons.The lecturer will instead work with the students on translation exercises from Italian into Chinese, with oral presentations by the students.

Having already taken at least 36cfu of Chinese language courses, equal at least to HSK 3 or better HSK4 levels.

Lessons 11 to 20 of the following textbook: F. Masini, Zhang T., Sun P., P. De Troia, Liang D., Il Cinese per gli italiani, Corso avanzato, Hoepli, Milano 2008,

The students are strongly suggested to regularly attend classes.

At the end of the second semester will take place a self-assessment test, which should be not considered as a formal examination. The final exam will be composed of a written examination (60/100) and an oral examination, including conversation in Chinese and exercises of Chinese-Italian translations

Lessons by the Italian teacher (2 hours per week on two semesters) and by the mother tongue Chinese lecturer (4 hours per week on two semesters).