Ludic Chinese language learning method with tactile HYPA keyboard
Dates & timetable:
Application for this micro-credential will be opened in Spring semester of academic year 2024/2025
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| 29/04/2025 | 09:00-11:00 (CET) |
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06/05/2025
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13/05/2025
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20/05/2025
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| 27/05/2025 |
Description:
Experiment the possibility of a same writing for all languages by learning Chinese language in an innovative way with HYPA (Hyper Pinyin Alphabet) tools invented at La Rochelle University.
After an introduction to those innovative tools, this micro-credential will concentrate to a first guidance step in practical phonetic exercises in Mandarin Chinese. Those exercises which will be proposed to be done in parallel with encoding specific gestures on those HYPA tools. In conclusion, the translation of those gestures in the languages of the different members attending those micro-credits courses, will help the participants to perceive more concretely the power of the basic paradigm of the Chinese writing system which is a same writing for different languages. The Chinese intuition that a common writing system for many different languages is so much unknown by Westerners that they do not even imagine what could be a Europe sharing a same writing system, as Chinese do. The training would help students to get just a first concrete glimpse of this intuition.
Learning Outcomes:
- Show a basic knowledge of Chinese language.
- Demonstrate a first level of oral proficiency.
Sustainable development goals:
- SDG4: Quality education
- SDG10: Reduced inequalities
- SDG11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
If you need some extra assistance with the application, here is a step by step instruction on how to complete the application form.
Sector:
University
Thematic area:
Professional Communication & Academic Writing
HASHTAGS/KEY WORDS:
#innovations #languages #culture #communication
Volume (ECTS):
1
Language:
English
Hard skills:
Oral comprehension Mastering digital tools
Soft skills:
Creative thinking Communication
Study format:
Online
Study methods:
Chinese phonetic initiation
Hours
Synchronous contact hours: 10
Asynchronous hours & self directed learning: 15
Entry requirements:
Bachelor student in one of the 9 partner universities of EU-CONEXUS, providing a proof of English proficiency of at least B2 level (certificate or online test).
Assessment:
Ability to write in pinyin some basic Chinese characters with the HYPA tools in specific
sentences, Ability to pronounce some basic Chinese phonems Practical registration of repetition of Chinese sentences shared online.
HOST UNIVERSITY:
La Rochelle Universitรฉ, France
Stage of accreditation:
TBA
