Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages

Culture of Chinese Characters

Release Date: 2017-09-22

1. Basic Course Information

Course Code:203102
Course Name: Culture of Chinese Characters
Course Type: Professional Required Course 
Periods:32 
Credits:2
Target Students: for undergraduates majoring in International Chinese Education 
Assessment: Examination
Preparatory Course: Modern Chinese

2. Brief Course Introduction

      Culture of Chinese Characters course is a Professional Required Course for those whose major is International Chinese Education, which mainly teaches students history, development and features of  Chinese characters and improves their Chinese competence . It will lay a foundation for the Chinese character teaching in the international Chinese education. The content of this course mainly includes the following: introduction to <Shuo Wen Jie Zi>; the six books of ancient Chinese classics; usual interpretation and terminology of <Shuo Wen Jie Zi>; preface of <Shuo Wen Jie Zi>; Chinese character research and application; Chinese characters and other characters in our nation; Chinese character and literary art; Chinese character, reign title, family name and its taboo; Chinese character and its ideology and thinking way; Chinese character and its basic necessities; Chinese characters and its economical activity; development and teaching of Chinese characters.