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Empieza a hablar con 1.3 mil millones de personas.

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Descripción de cursoEste curso introductorio del idioma chino da énfasis en la habilidad básica de chino en vida cotidiana en países en que hablan Madarín. El curso utiliza pinyin, el sistema estándar de ortografía romanizada para transliterar el chino, así los estudiantes pueden comprender y estudiar el idioma con más facilidad.Este curso se divide en varias partes: Diálogos (enseñado por pinyin), ejercicios de comprensión auditiva (en situaciones auténticas), caracteres chinos (utilizados frecuentemente en vida cotidiana), canciones de Mandarín y la Hora de Té (consejos para el auto-estudio).Este curso sirve para cualquiera que tiene interés en estudiar Mandarín, especialmente si tiene planes en trabajar o estudiar en países en que hablan chino. Este curso también es un buen inicio para HSK Prueba de Nivel Chino.

Introducing China in English (Part 3)

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About This Course Introducing China in English is designed to provide participants with a wide range of areas best defines Chinese culture. It is divided into three parts. Each part is a stand-alone course. Part Three presents a colorful picture of China with the following four topics: development and features of Peking Opera, traditional Chinese Medicine, Chinese painting and Chinese Kung Fu. Peking opera is an intriguing and mellow form of traditional Chinese theater. To help you to appreciate Peking Opera, we’ll explain its development and unique features like four major roles, meanings of facial makeup and four artistic skills in speech, singing, dancing and combating in movements that are more symbolic and suggestive. Traditional Chinese medicine is based on Chinese philosophy about yin-yang balance theory, harmonious relationship between man and nature. With those views, we’ll look at meridians and Qi, traditional treatment methods such as acupuncture, scraping therapy, herbals, etc. Traditional Chinese painting is the third theme discussed. We’ll talk about historical periods of Chinese painting from pottery painting of Yangshao civilization (5000 BC) till present day. Of course, we’ll also display some famous paintings and painters with some techniques explained. In the last unit, we'll explore the principles and characteristics of Chinese kung fu deeply rooted in Chinese philosophy of yin yang and force or Qi theory. We’ll also look at the major schools such as Wudang kung fu, Emei kung fu, Kunlun kung fu, etc.

Introducing China in English (Part 2)

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About This Course Introducing China in English is designed to provide participants with a wide range of areas best defines Chinese culture. It is divided into three parts. Each part is a stand-alone course. Part Two presents a colorful picture of China with the following topics: traditional Chinese wedding, Cheongsam or Qipao, paper cutting and Chinese architecture. In introduction to traditional Chinese wedding, we first focus on the stages of wedding including engagement, preparations, wedding ceremony and post-wedding rituals, which is controlled by a set of rigid rites called “three letters and six rites”. Meanwhile, people’s sense of hierachy, views on life and folk customs are represented in the process. Cheongsam or Qipao is a kind of traditional dress for women, yet still in fashion today. With the description of the development and design of Cheongsam, we hope to give a glimpse of aesthetic interests and national characteristics of Chinese people. Chinese paper cutting has a long history from the primitive to the modern society. We’ll explore the cultural connotations of the paper arts and crafts deeply rooted in Chinese philosophy and archelology for domestic decoration, festivals, wedding ceremonies, etc. Chinese architecture will be exemplified by Forbidden City. With the explanation of the layout and structure of the buildings and the cultural symbols there such as Fengshui, yin-yang, Eight Trigrams, Five Elements, number of lucky animals, etc., you will have a better understanding of Chinese architecture.

A Beginner’s Guide to Etiquette (Part 2)

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About This Course The Chinese nation is known as the "state of etiquette", and its etiquette culture has a long history. Etiquettes, reflecting one’s recognition and respect for others, society and country, can effectively show the upbringing, manners and charm of the person who shows and the person who receives and returns. Etiquette is an indispensable lubricant in cross-cultural communication and a necessary professional skill for everyone to enter the Chinese workplace. "A Beginner’s Guide to Etiquette" is a compulsory career development course for new professionals in the workplace as well as a career culture development course for people around the world to understand the Chinese workplace and etiquette.It is divided into two parts. Each part is a stand-alone course. Based on the characteristics of actual Chinese workplace, this part focuses on five themes. ◇ Business Banquet Etiquette ◇ Communication and Contact Etiquette ◇ Reception and Visit Etiquette ◇ Job Interview Etiquette ◇ Business Speech Etiquette The course, following the principle of “pragmatism and flexibility”, is not only content-minded, but also audience-oriented. It adopts "double titles", includes actually shot scenes, and is supplemented with soothing background music, and relevant video clips from such sources as news reports and movies. It leads in with some etiquette proverbs and concludes with some tips. Through the study of this course, students are expected to master the knowledge and skills of etiquette in China’s workplace, improve their etiquette literacy and professional comprehensive ability, and prepare themselves better for future international careers.

Ships (Part 2)

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About This Course This course is based on China’s traditional marine culture and focuses on ship and 13 first-level disciplines. It learns from famous traditional Chinese ships such as “the canoe of Cross-Lake Bridge” and holds fast to its commitments to ships civilization proposed in I Ching. By building Big Ship Theory”, it guides people to recognize the humanistic connotation of “ships” and drive to a better place. For example, the first part, Ship and Philosophy, focusing on the Canoe of Cross-Lake Bridge, illustrates the original aspiration of building ships enshrined in Chinese famous phiosophic work I Ching, “They hollowed out trees to form canoes; they cut others long and thin to make oars. Thus arose the benefit of canoes and oars for the help of those who had no means of interconnection with others.” This canoe is named after the Cross-Lake Bridge relics excavated in Hangzhou, China in 2002, which belongs to 8000 years ago. It is also the oldest canoe that has been evacuated in China and even in Asia. Thus it is known as the First Canoe in China and the First Canoe in Asia. The last part, Ships and Art, focuses on two objects: the 9 pieces of “Picture Scrolls of Tang Ships and Lan Ships” collected by New York Public Library and 12 pieces of “Pictures of Tans Ships” at Matsuura Historical Museum, Nagasaki. They illustrate the art design’s philosophy explained in Chinese classics including Chuang Tzu, which is though crafted by humans yet still natural and pure: craftsmen outperform rulers and compasses, whose skills function and change naturally with the objects, needless to focus. Hence their minds are undivided and free from restrictions. In a word, the course “Ship” is consistent with the Big Ship Theory. In the context of the Eastern philosophy, it integrates ship with various fields, fully embodying the free and spontaneous image of ship. The course enables us to reconsider the connotation of the new maritime civilization, contributing to a jointly-built maritime community of a shared future. Format Ships (Part 2) is organiazed with six units. Each unit contains 3 to 4 short lecture videos with a quiz in the end. The end of course: November 10, 2019 Participants are encouraged to attend lectures, take a quiz each week and devote their sparkling ideas in Discussion. RequirementsThis course is open to all with no prerequisites. Before learning the second part, you must learn the first part.Course StaffsSUN JIANPINGJianping Sun is the course director as well as the lecturer of the course of Ships. As the lecture of maritime economics and management of Dalian Maritime University, his teaching achievements include: 1. The high-quality video demonstration class of Liaoning province in 2013: Sinology and Management-The Traditional Culture Path of Maritime Power 2. First prize of 2017 Liaoning province 21st Education and Teaching Information Contest 3. Second prize of 2017 Liaoning province “Promote Socialist Core Values, Build Our Chinese Dream” Excellent Online Audio-Visual Programs Contest 4. First Prize of 2017 DMU 3rd Multi-Media Courseware Contest His academic achievements include: 1. Basic Archives of Chinese Navigation History (Overseas Volume) (picture volume), Ministry of Transport, 14.4 2. Researches on Artic Routes, National Nature Science, involved 3. Analysis of the Geopolitical Game Mechanism of Arctic Routes, World Regional Studies, 2011.3.15, the second author 4. Analysis of Sino-Australian Trade Cooperation Based on Dependence and Complementarity, Inquiry into Economic Issues, 2011.9.1, the second author 5、Research on the Methods of Implementing On-Site Management in Tobacco Enterprises, Economic Perspective (Mid Term), 2011.1.15, the first authorJIANG XINJiang Xin, graduated from the Communication Department of Simon Fraser University in Canada. She has many years of overseas study, work and life experience, and research interests in cross-cultural communication. Course Schedule Week 1: CHAPTER VIII SHIP AND ENGINEERING Week 2: CHAPTER IX SHIP AND AGRICULTURE Week 3: CHAPTER X SHIP AND MEDICINE Week 4: CHAPTER XI SHIP AND MILITARY SCIENCE Week 5: CHAPTER XII SHIP AND MANAGEMENT Week 6: CHAPTER XIII SHIP AND ART Evaluation Evaluation : quizes in each unit and final evaluation. Learners successfully completing the course (with a score of 60% or higher) will then receive a free course completion certificate. The course is a part of the collection "Ships" divided into two parts. Part 1 focuses on seven themes: SHIP AND PHILOSOPHY, SHIP AND ECONOMICS, SHIP AND LAW, SHIP AND EDUCATION, SHIP AND LITERATURE, SHIP AND HISTORY, and SHIP AND SCIENCE. Course start : June 3, 2019 Part 2 covers six topics: SHIP AND ENGINEERING, SHIP AND AGRICULTURE, SHIP AND MEDICINE, SHIP AND MILITARY SCIENCE, SHIP AND MANAGEMENT and SHIP AND ART. Course start :NOVEMBER 4, 2019 This MOOC is provided under a cooperative agreement between FUN-MOOC and XuetangX Producer This MOOC is produced byDalian Maritime University Dalian Maritime University (hereinafter referred to as "haida") is a polytechnic University directly under the Ministry of Transport, which is characterized by shipping and has multidisciplinary comprehensive development. It is one of the maritime universities recognized by the International Maritime Organization. DMU has a long history and is the result of the merger of only three shipping colleges and universities in China during the 40-year period from late Qing Dynasty to the founding of new China. The school is now affiliated to the Ministry of Transport. It is a university jointly established by the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Transport, Liaoning Province, Dalian City, the National "211 Project" University, and the National "Excellent Engineer Training Program". Terms of use Content use condition Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

A Beginner’s Guide to Etiquette (Part 1)

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About This Course The Chinese nation is known as the "state of etiquette", and its etiquette culture has a long history. Etiquettes, reflecting one’s recognition and respect for others, society and country, can effectively show the upbringing, manners and charm of the person who shows and the person who receives and returns. Etiquette is an indispensable lubricant in cross-cultural communication and a necessary professional skill for everyone to enter the Chinese workplace "A Beginner’s Guide to Etiquette" is a compulsory career development course for new professionals in the workplace as well as a career culture development course for people around the world to understand the Chinese workplace and etiquette.It is divided into two parts. Each part is a stand-alone course. Based on the characteristics of actual Chinese workplace, this part focuses on five themes. ◇ Introduction ◇ Professional Image ◇ Deportment and Manners ◇ Seating Arrangement Etiquette ◇ Meeting and Communication Etiquette The course, following the principle of “pragmatism and flexibility”, is not only content-minded, but also audience-oriented. It adopts "double titles", includes actually shot scenes, and is supplemented with soothing background music, and relevant video clips from such sources as news reports and movies. It leads in with some etiquette proverbs and concludes with some tips. Through the study of this course, students are expected to master the knowledge and skills of etiquette in China’s workplace, improve their etiquette literacy and professional comprehensive ability, and prepare themselves better for future international careers.

Introducing China in English (Part 1)

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About This Course Introducing China in English is designed to provide participants with a wide range of areas best defines Chinese culture. It is divided into three parts. Each part is a stand-alone course. Part One focuses on four themes, namely,: Chinese philosophy, Chinese characters, traditional festivals and Chinese food. We’ll first explore the route designed by Confucius to social harmony and political order by means of benevolence (ren) and rites (li). We’ll also visit another most influential philosopher, Laozi, to gain some insights into Daoism about the law of nature, principles of reversion, relationship between being and non-being. In regard to Chinese characters, we discuss the development of the pictographic language from oracle bone and bronze inscriptions to seal and clerical scripts, untill regular and curvise scripts. The methods of Chinese writing are also explained with six rules of formation, stroke and radical order and other features of Chinese characters. In traditional festivals, we’ll deal with Chinese calendar and some major festivals like Spring Festival, Mid-autounm Festivals and so on. When we talk about Chinese food, not only do we present you with the eight Chinese cuisines consisting of a variety of dishes with color, aroma and taste, but also we introduce Chinese conceptions and principles of cooking, i.e. yin-yang balance, medicine and food homology and five-taste in harmony, so that people have a better understanding of Chinese culinary culture.