Text Comp 2024

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Session 1: Organizational issues THU Feb 29, 8:00-8:30 s. 413 SIN II MGR

THU (8:00-9:30 s. 413) 9:45-11:15 s. 413 SIN II MGR 文章写作 Praktyczna nauka języka chińskiego – kompozycja tekstu Text Comp 2024 29.2.-6.6.2024 (S1 29.2., S2 7.3., S3 14.3., S4 21.3., S5 28.3., S6 4.4., S7 11.4., S8 18.4., S9 25.4., S10 2.5., S11 9.5., S12 16.5., S13 23.5., S14 30.5., S15 6.6.)

What we learn in this class

• We learn about Chinese text sorts and appropriate writing styles.
• We learn how to translate Chinese text sorts from Chinese into English.
• We learn how to write Chinese texts according to the specific traditions of text sorts.

Textbook

Please select from the 200 topics of the textbook the one, which you want to present with a powerpoint presentation in class.

Homework until Session 2

Please make a Chinese translation of the text of the topic you selected for presentation including questions at the end of the textbook text. When you select a topic, please coordinate with your class representative that no other students selects the same topic.

Preparatory homework for every session

Please prepare the topics of the following session by reading the respective texts in the textbook and by answering the respective questions.

Final paper after Session 15

Please think of a new topic of a phenomenon of traditional or modern Chinese culture. Please use the same format as the other topics in the textbook, including text, terms, references, questions. Whenever you indicate a reference, please also mention the page number. When you select another topic, please coordinate with your class representative that no other students selects the same topic and confirm with the instructor that the topic is appropriate.

Topic: Fairy tales - Translation Exercise in Class

Please translate the following text from Chinese into English and answer the questions beneath:

Topic: Fairy tales - Text composition

Please write an extremely short fairy tale.

Apply the rules and use the expressions you have learned with the translation exercise.

Session 2 THU Feb 29, 9:45-11:15 s. 413 SIN II MGR

The topics and contents of the following sessions will be determined by the selection of the students.

Topic: Chat GPT - Translation Exercise in Class

Please create a few short chat gpt texts and compare them. Are there similarities that help you to decide whether or not a text is a Chat GPT text?

Rules for artificial creation: In the prompt, please limit the text to 100 characters in order to create a short text.

Findings through comparison:

• Language very similar through the whole text, each sentence often using some pathetic ("gem", "realm") or illustrative (比喻 corresponds to metaphor, allegory, figure of speech, figurative speech) words ("delve into") and often mention at least two aspects of one thing. To mention two aspects makes a text look more objective, as if you have also considered counter arguments, and more professional.
• Longer texts in ChatGPT are often split into paragraphs explaining single aspects and headed by a subheader. Characteristical for ChatGPT is, that these paragraphs are often equally long although one aspect might be much more important and worth to be elaborated than another aspect.

Topic: Text in the style of a Chat GPT-Text - Text composition

Counter-intuitively manually write a text that reads like a Chat GPT text.

Apply the rules and use the expressions you have learned with the translation exercise.

C1 Mar 7, C2 Mar 14

Session 4 THU Mar 21, 9:45-11:15 s. 413 SIN II MGR

C3 Mar 28

Mar 28 - Apr 2: Easter Holiday in Poland

Session 6 THU Apr 4, 9:45-11:15 s. 413 SIN II MGR

Apr 4-6 is Qingming holiday in China, the Chinese students make up for the missed classes on Sun (!) Apr 7 and 28.

C4 Apr 11, C5 Apr 18

Session 8 THU Apr 25, 9:45-11:15 s. 413 SIN II MGR

May 1-3 are Workers' and Constitution holidays in Poland. (May 8 is sports holiday.)

May 1-5 is an extended May 1st holiday in China, the Chinese students make up for missed classes on Sat May 11.

Session 10 THU May 9, 9:45-11:15 s. 413 SIN II MGR

C6 May 16, C7 May 23, C8 May 30, C9 Jun 6

May 30-31 holiday Corpus Christi in Poland.

June 8-10 is Duanwu holiday in China.

Session 14 MON Jun 17, 9:45-11:15 s. 413 SIN II MGR

Mon Jun 17 (Thursday classes), Tue Jun 18 (Friday classes) in Poland.

Final Exam THU Jun 20, 9:45-11:15 s. 413 SIN II MGR

Exam session: Jun 24-Jul 7. Retake session Sep 1-15.

Jul 20-22 Chinese Studies Conference.

Session 1: Organizational issues FRI Mar 1, 8:00-8:30 s. 400

FRI (8:00-8:30 s. 400) 9:45-11:15 SIN III s. 424 中國文學-詩歌 Język chiński klasyczny – proza lub poezja Chin Poetry 2024 1.3.-7.6.2024 (S1 1.3., S2 8.3., S3 15.3., S4 22.3., S5 29.3., S6 5.4., S7 12.4., S8 19.4., S9 26.4., S10 3.5., S11 10.5., S12 17.5., S13 24.5., S14 31.5., S15 7.6.)

What we learn in this class

• We learn about Chinese text sorts and appropriate writing styles.
• We learn how to translate Chinese text sorts from Chinese into English.
• We learn how to write Chinese texts according to the specific traditions of text sorts.

Textbook

Please select from the 200 topics of the textbook the one, which you want to present with a powerpoint presentation in class.

Homework until Session 2

Please make a Chinese translation of the text of the topic you selected for presentation including questions at the end of the textbook text. When you select a topic, please coordinate with your class representative that no other students selects the same topic.

Preparatory homework for every session

Please prepare the topics of the following session by reading the respective texts in the textbook and by answering the respective questions.

Homework until Session 5

Please translate another topic you are interested in into English. When you select another topic, please coordinate with your class representative that no other students selects the same topic.

Homework until Session 10

Please translate another topic you are interested in into English. When you select another topic, please coordinate with your class representative that no other students selects the same topic.

Homework until Session 15

Please translate another topic you are interested in into English. When you select another topic, please coordinate with your class representative that no other students selects the same topic.

Final paper after Session 15

Please think of a new topic of a phenomenon of traditional or modern Chinese culture. Please use the same format as the other topics in the textbook, including text, terms, references, questions. Whenever you indicate a reference, please also mention the page number. When you select another topic, please coordinate with your class representative that no other students selects the same topic and confirm with the instructor that the topic is appropriate.