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Lecturer(s)
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Uher David, doc. Mgr. PhD.
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Course content
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1. Chinese customs and traditions 2. Chinese exams 3. Applying for a scholarship 4. Applying for a visa 5. Buying a plane ticket 6. At the airport
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
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Learning outcomes
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The course is aimed at students who do not yet have the experience of living and studying in China (i.e. especially the students of the second year of the Bachelor's degree). The course is taught by a Chinese native speaker and uses materials dedicated to practical conversation (textbooks, movies, TV shows etc.) to prepare the students for their life in China. The students shall gain a better understanding of the Chinese cultural background and shall prepare for the real communicative situations, which they will be encountering during their studies in China. The course is recommended for students who have already passed the course Survival Chinese 1.
Two-semester course focuses on the cultural aspects of students in the Far East with emphasis on the historical development of contemporary and historical causes of cultural diversity and focus on core cultural concepts of the Far East (ideographic writing, Buddhism, Taoism, Asian values), how the perception of the Far Eastern Europe (Orientalism, colonialism) and on the other hand, the reception key concepts Euro-American civilization in the Far East (colonialism, capitalism, nationalism, democracy, globalization).
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Prerequisites
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The course is designed for students II. bachelor study branch block Chinese and Japanese philology and potential candidates from among students FF UP and UP. Discharge is a prerequisite course the Far East Culture 1.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Mark, Oral exam, Written exam
For completion of the subject 75 % attendance in the classes is required (forms 40 % of the final result, in case of illness the student should inform the teacher in advance) and there is a final oral exam (forms 60 % of the final result, students make small groups and draw a topic which they will perform a dialogue about).
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Recommended literature
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FAIRBANK, John K., REISCHAUER, Edwin O. a CRAIG, Albert M. East Asia the Modern Transformation. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company; Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1965. Modern Asia Edition..
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PANIKKAR, K.M. Asia and Western Dominance. London, 1967..
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SAID, Edward W. Orientalism. New York: Vintage Books, 2003..
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SHEN, Fuwei. Cultural Flow Between China and Outside World Throughout History. Trans. Wu Jingshu. Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, 1996..
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SCHIAVONE, Giuseppe. ed. Western Europe and South-East Asia: Co-operation or Competition? London: Macmillan, 1989..
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