Exploring Chinese Characters (15 hours only)

By studying the course Exploring Chinese Characters (15 hours only), you will:

• be able to understand the basics of Chinese characters
• be able to read the printed and handwritten scripts on everyday topics
• be able to write simple texts using descriptive language accurately
• be able to develop the ability to recognise and understand a minimum of 200 characters
• be able to acquire the skill to write a minimum of 100 characters
• have developed knowledge of culture and well-being related to the Chinese characters
• have developed and enhanced intercultural competence

Course content

• Chinese character basics, including basic strokes and derivative strokes, rules of stroke order, structures of characters, radicals, components, and the history of the evolution of Chinese Characters
• Chinese characters formation including pictographs, ideographs, pointers and phono-sematic compounds
• Common radicals and example characters, radicals including, for example, 亻扌辶 氵 衤 钅礻
• 100 most frequently used characters to write
• 200 frequently used characters to recognise
• Historical and cultural contexts of Chinese characters)
• Characters in the context and word formation
• Chinese character learning strategies
• Skills in using dictionaries, APPs and other self-learning resources
• Skills in typing Chinese characters
• Chinese calligraphy experience

By studying the course Exploring Chinese Characters (15 hours only), you will establish and develop knowledge of Chinese characters and improve recognition and writing of characters.