This 12-credit course is divided into two parts:
1. a linguistics module (30 hours of face-to-face lectures) – 6 credits;
2. a language module (75 hours of face-to-face language lessons) – 6 credits.

Linguistics: This module aims at strengthening Chinese grammar knowledge to an intermediate level. In particular, the module will present the morphological, lexical and syntactical structures, as well as the basis for translation skills from Chinese to Italian. At the end of the module, the student will have achieved linguistic analysis skills of the intermediate level literary text. In addition, this module offers four texts for a better understanding about China’s culture.

Language lessons: the module has an objective of helping the student to develop communication skills on oral and written expression and at the end of the module the students will have improved the techniques of reading, oral expression and written composition in Chinese language reaching an intermediate level of Chinese language.