Course schedule:

12.9.2025 – 12.12.2025

Registration period:

4.8.2025 – 28.8.2025

Teaching time:

Autumn, Daytime

Form of study:

Contact teaching

Language:

English

Level:

Intermediate

Course code:

LC-9055

Credits:

4 ECTS

Fee:

80,00 €

Course information

Learning outcomes

Upon completing the course, you will be able to do the following things in Chinese:

- Communicate with people using a variety of vocabulary and key grammatical structures
- Understand simple everyday texts
- Be able to write longer texts and exchange emails
- Know the fundamental elements of grammar and grammatical structures
- Understand about 200 new characters

Content

Expanding Chinese vocabulary, revising and increasing grammar, plenty of oral exercises, listening comprehension exercises and writing assignments, deepening knowledge of Chinese culture.

Teacher

Sari Annala

Study material

-

Workload

36 h (contact hours) + 72 h (self-study)

Prerequisites

Recommended prerequisites: Chinese 4 or equivalent knowledge

Evaluation

  1. Lectures 36 h and self-study 45 h, active participation. Passing the course requires 75% attendance in class.
  2. Group work, oral and written assignments (40%)
  3. Oral exam (20%)
  4. Written exam (40%)

Teaching time and location

The teaching time and the location of the course can be found at Sisu information system

  1. The link leads to Completion methods tab of the course page
  2. From the top of the page (Version drop-down menu), check that academic year 2025-2026 is selected  
  3. From the blue bar, click Lecture and open the Groups and teaching times tab to see the teaching time and the location of the course. Exam times can be seen by clicking Exam.
     

    Exam instructions at the Open University

The teacher has four (4) weeks to grade the exam submissions starting from the exam date.

Further information

CEFR level: A2.2

Online learning environment for the course  

MyCourses online learning environment is a tool for both students and teachers for communication and managing everyday course work. You need an Aalto User ID to log in to the course's MyCourses workspace and participate in teaching.

Digital workspace of the course:
MyCourses

More details on completing the course will be available at MyCourses closer to the start of the course.

Registration and course fee

Registration for Open University courses is done via the link below: 
Course registration

Registration for this course starts on 4.8.2025 at 9.00  
Registration for this course ends on 28.8.2025 at 23.59

It is not possible to register before the registration period has started or after it has ended.

The number of participants is limited to 6. Please note: The course is organized if a minimum of 10 students register for it.

This course is organized by the Aalto University Language Centre.

The course fee is paid upon registration for each course at a time and it is binding. Familiarize yourself with registration and payment rules as well as other guidelines for students:
Registration, payments and rules

Activating Aalto ID and Multifactor Authentication


You can activate your Aalto User ID the day after the registration and you should activate it no later than the day before the start of the course.
Instructions for activating your Aalto user ID

Once you have activated your Aalto user ID, also enable multifactor authentication. Some of Aalto University's services require multifactor authentication.

Instructions for using Multifactor Authentication 

Studying at the Open University

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