OTP062 - Fundamental Course for Chinese Literature

This course focuses on introducing basic Chinese language and Chinese cultural knowledge in several aspects, such as The Chinese Phonetics, Chinese Characters, Chinese Language Structure and Chinese Culture.

Faculty of Humanities consists 7 departments. They are:

1. English Department
2. Chinese Department
3. Japanese Department
4. Psychology Department
5. Business Law Department
6. International Relation Department
7. Primary Teacher Education Department

Chinese Pronunciation and Pinyin

-    Initial and Final

Chinese Characters

-    Origin of Chinese Characters

-    Basic Strokes

-    Radical

Reading skills are abilities that pertain to a person's capacity to read, comprehend, interpret and decode written language and texts. Exceptional reading skills can be highly beneficial to assimilating and responding to written communications like emails, messages, letters and other written messages

Presentation skills are the skills you need in delivering effective and engaging presentations to a variety of audiences. These skills cover a variety of areas such as the structure of your presentation, the design of your slides, the tone of your voice and the body language you convey.

Basic of Chinese Language

-    Greeting

-    Thank you

-    Introducing

Traditional holidays are generally celebrated in Chinese speaking regions. For the most part, however, only Chinese New Year, Qingming Festival, the Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival are statutory public holidays. Chinese New Year is the longest and most important festivity in the Chinese calendar.

Paper-cut is a very distinctive visual art of Chinese handicrafts. It originated from the 6th century when women used to paste golden and silver foil cuttings onto their hair at the temples, and men used them in sacred rituals. Later, they were used during festivals to decorate gates and windows.