Chinese Language and Culture - Grammar 2 3600-7-SI2-G2
This course helps students understand the grammar problems comprised in the two textbooks used in other Chinese Language and Culture courses: 新实用汉语课本 (New Practical Chinese Reader) III-IV and 当代中文课程 (A Course in Contemporary Chinese, part II and five first lessons of part III).
The teachers use the above-mentioned coursebooks as well as their own materials. The course acknowledges the differences between the coursebook from mainland China and the Taiwanese coursebook.
Grammar problems:
Fall semester:
1. Describing the way to a place or an object's localization: 从…往… oraz 离…
2. The use of the complement 起来 to express assessment or the beginning of an action.
3. The construction 一边…一边…
4. Further information on the particle 着.
5. Further information on sentences with 把.
6. The comparative and the superlative degree with 更 and 最.
7. Further information on 离合词 type of verbs.
8. Further information on comparisons with 有/没有.
9. Rhetorical questions.
10. Further information on sentences with serial verb phrases.
11. The resultative complements 上 and 开。
12. Further information on existential sentences.
13. Reduplication of adjectives.
14. The structural particle 地。
15. The use of 一点也不.
16. The construction 还是…吧.
17. Further information on 一点.
18. The use of 不太.
19. The differences between 部 and 边.
20. Further information on 了.
21. Further information on the complement of state.
22. Numerals over 10, 000.
23. Approximate numbers.
24. Further information on pivotal sentences.
25. The construction 只要… 就….
26. The use of 差不多.
27. The particle 过.
28. The use of 才.
29. The use of 想起来.
30. Further information on the reduplication of verbs.
31. The construction 除了… 还…
32. The use of 按照.
33. Detailed information on 跟.
34. Detailed information on 给.
35. Detailed information on 对.
36. The use of 还.
37. The construction 等…就…
38. Further information on the complements 到 and 在 and the resultative complement 给.
39. The use of 而且.
40. Furher information on directional complements.
41. The use of 为了.
42. The differences among the structural particles 的, 得 and 地.
43. Furher information on 就 and 还.
44. The potential complement.
45. The complement 出来。
46. The reduplication of nouns, numeral-measure word phrases and measure words.
47. The construction 既…, 又…
48. Further information on sentences with a subject-predicate phrase serving as the predicate.
49. Further information on the use of interrogative pronouns.
50. The resultative complements 着 and 住.
51. The subjectless sentence.
52. The construction 连…也/都…
53. Multiples, percentages, fractions.
54. The construction 一… 也/都+没/不.
55. The construction 就是… 也…
56. The construction 一… 就… : review.
57. The construction 除了… 以外, 还/也/都.
58. The complement 下去 expressing continuation of an action.
59. Further information on comparisons,
60. The construction 越… 越…
61. Summary of the types of complements.
62. Differences between 再 and 又.
63. The complements 见, 懂, 会,了 anc 完.
64. The complements 好 and 到.
65. The complements 极了, 得不得了, 得很.
66. The complement 起 (to be able to afford).
Spring semester:
1. The complement 出来 as "to figure out".
2. The complement 下 as "enough space to accomodate".
3. The use of 趁。
4. The differences among 其他的, 别的 i 另外的.
5. The verb classifiers: 趟, 次, 遍, 下.
6. The differences among 然后, 后来 i 以后.
7. Further information on 才.
8. Sentences with 被.
9. The reduplication of verbs with the particle 了.
10. The complement 上 expressing coming into contact.
11. The use of 总(是)，终于, 必须 and 究竟.
12. Denoting degree (e.g. A得多).
13. The use of 一天比一天.
14. The construction 不是…, 而是…
15. The use of 几乎, 为了，在… 方面, 在… 中.
16. Double negation.
17. Conditional sentences with 要是…, 就…
18. The construction 只有…, 才…
19. The detached phrase (独立语).
20. Various meanings of 让.
21. The use of 快一点.
22. The complement 起 with verbs such as "talk", "think".
23. The construction 只要…, 就…
24. Topic as contrastive.
25. The use of 靠, 关于, 受，之内.
26. Further information on sentences with serial verb phrases.
27. The construction 即使…, 也…
28. The construction 不管…, 都/也…
29. The use of 好, 怪不得, 尤其, 连忙.
30. Further information on rhetorical questions.
31. The construction 不但不/没…, 反而…
32. The construction 不是…, 就是…
33. The use of 仍然, 还是, 那么, …似的.
34. Reduplicated adjective as predicate.
35. The construction V怀/死了.
36. The construction 不/没(有)…, 就…
37. The use of 就 (only), 遍, 一下子, 从来.
38. Reduplication of verbs and adjectives: summary.
39. The use of 本, 一切, 成为, 根据.
40. Prepositional phrase as complement.
41. Providing explanations with the use of 是.
42. The construction 无论…, 也/都…
43. The use of 就是, 本来, 嫌, 并.
44. Further information on pivotal sentences.
45. The construction 在… 下.
46. The construction 要么…, 要么…
47. The use of 基本上, 当… 的时候, 也许, 却.
48. The construction 在… 上.
49. The construction 既然…, 就…
50. Further information on the particle 过.
51. The complement 走.
52. Various meanings of 叫.
53. The construction 别再… 了.
54. Expressing certainty with the help of 会… 的.
55. The use of 透过.
56. The construction 才… 就…
57. The construction 每 + time expression.
58. The construction 就要… 了.
59. The use of 谈到/说到.
60. The construction 对A 有B.
61. The construction 连… 都…
62. The construction 不但… 而且… / 还…
63. The construction 一M一M.
64. The construction 一M比一M.
65. Four-character phrases.
66. The use of …的话, 不到, 差一点(就 )…
67. The use of 恐怕…
68. The use of 好不容易
69. The construction 说…就…
70. The use of 一般来说.
71. The use of 弄.
72. The use of 再说.
73. The complement 成.
74. The use of 只好.
75. The use of 受到(… 的)影响.
76. The use of 幸亏…
77. The use of 算是…
78. Expressing the meaning "it is indeed true that" with 是.
79. The use of 难怪.
80. 多少 as "some".
81. The construction 再… 也…
82. The differences between 说 and 谈.
83. Various meanings of 上.
84. The construction 非… 不可.
85. The construction 对… 来说.
86. The construction 对…讲究.
87. The complement 满.
88. The complement 出.
89. The use of 不如.
90. The construction 不再… 就… 了.
91. The complement 掉.
92. The use of 居然.
93. The use of V+个不停.
94. The use of 以来, 关系到, 一直, 其实.
95. The construction 是… 的.
96. Double interrogative sentences.
97. The construction 尽管…, 还是…
98. The use of 看来，某, 正好, 简直.
99. The construction 一方面…, 一方面….
100. The use of 恨不得, 从此, 左右, 进行.
Course coordinators
Type of course
Mode
Prerequisites (description)
Learning outcomes
Alumnus knows and understands
K_W12 has extensive knowledge of the Chinese language (its structure, history, script)
K_W13 is aware of the complex nature of the Chinese language, its place and significance in the cultural and historical context of China and Taiwan
Alumnus is able to
K_U12 has a good command of Chinese at the B2 level
K_U13 analyze and interpret source texts in Chinese
K_U14 can translate literary texts and writings from Chinese into Polish
K_U15 interpret key terms from a culture of China and Taiwan through linguistic/philological analysis
K_U16 fluently use the Chinese script and the necessary tools to learn and analyze it (traditional and electronic dictionaries, lexicons, linguistic corpora, data bases, etc.)
K_U17 properly function in the linguistic and cultural environment of China and Taiwan
K_U_21 has a skill in presenting detailed aspects within the scope of cultural issues of China and Taiwan in Polish and in Chinese taking into consideration the intellectual tradition of China and Taiwan
K_U22 has a skill at formulating own opinions and conclusions in writing and in speech both in Polish and Chinese
K_U24 use electronic and internet tools both in Polish and Chinese
Alumnus is prepared to
K_K01 understands the need to learn all one’s life
K_K02 cooperate and work in a group as well as forge relationships and build social relations
K_K03 establish relations and cooperate with representatives of other cultures
K_K07 is aware of significance the culture of China and Taiwan has for the culture of the world
K_K08 acts in aid of sharing and promoting cultural and linguistic heritage of China and Taiwan
Assessment criteria
The grade is the arithmetic mean of the results of two written tests organized during the semester.
Bibliography
Liu Xun 刘珣 (2005). Xin shiyong Hanyu keben 新实用汉语课本 III i IV. Beijing Yuyan Daxue Chubanshe 北京语言大学出版社. Beijing.
Deng Shouxin 邓守信 (2015). Dangdai Zhongwen kecheng 当代中文课程 II i III. Guoli Taiwan Shifan Daxue Guoyu Jiaoxue Zhongxin 国立台湾师范大学国语教学中心. Taipei.