Chinese with Sitcom

The aim of this course is to systematically deepen students' language skills in an entertaining way using the audiovisual material of the Chinese situation comedy Jia you er-nü (家有儿女). By analyzing the relevant passages of each episode, students will gain a realistic insight into the practical use of grammar and vocabulary used in everyday situations. Teacher will also point out to numerous cultural and historical contexts that occur in the series. In addition, further active language excercise will be implemented through group rehearsal and subsequent imitation of selected scenes from individual episodes. Thanks to this method, the course participants will excercise speaking and imitation of prosodically authentic Chinese pronunciation, typical Chinese gesticulation and many other communication skills.

The course is intended for advanced students of Chinese (min. HSK3).